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Interesting point but it's not exclusive to Dwarf Fortress there is a whole category of this kind of (management, simulation) games from SimAnt to Football Manager.

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Heh, we used to call some of these games "managing a spreadsheet" -- Specifically the "Masters of Orion" series

Aurora 4X is almost literally that, but a very interesting take on the epic space 4X nonetheless.

The first one is pretty approachable. The hardware constraints of its time made the game very focused in comparison to other 4X games.

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