Hey all. I'm in the mood to play some variety of turn based game, probably strategy or rpg. So suggest away, I want the games to be in depth and complicated, something like Civilization is good - but don't actually say Civ because I've played a lot of it.

Bonus points if I can play it on Wii or a fairly low spec windows laptop

Even more bonus points if it can legally be aquired for $0

Cheers

Not sure if this is very deep, but it's unbelievably fun. Heroes of Might and Magic III. It will no doubt work on a low-end laptop, not sure though if it can be legally obtained for free or not.

Well as for Nintendo console, but I guess you already knew these > Fire Emblem.

On PC there are Jagged Alliance, UFO Series, Fallout Tactics which are more of a tactical rpg. Than you have Heroes of Might and Magic (2+3 are in my personal top), friend also suggested Disciples. Ofcourse there is Alpha Centauri and Master of Orions, but these games are really really old.

EDIT: I forgot Fantasy General and the whole War series (Panzer General, something something...).

I second that, HOMAM 3 is till this day my favourite turn based strategy, I have it still on my pc and play it from time to time. You can get the full version with all datadiscs practicaly for free.

Same here. Absolutely fantastic game. I never get tired of it :D

I would say the Total War-series. The slightly older ones can probably be found for cheap, like Medieval II: Total war or Rome: Total war, and they are still a blast to play.

Heroes of Might and Magic III

I know I'm not the first person who said this, but it's just that good :)

Good taste everyone, but I've played Heroes 3 even more than civilisation.

Total war might be worth getting

My favourite was Rome, and it could run well on weaker PCs.

Jagged Alliance 2

The best gamedesigne of any turn based strategy game with lots of RPG-elements.

It works on older PC or Laptops.
Try to get JaggedAlliance 2 -Wildfire