Total War games? They are pretty fun you get to throw your stack of dudes into another stack of dudes and the Warhammer series might just be the best because rather than throw roman dudes against carthage dudes you get to throw dinos and lizard dudes against zombie pirate dudes and giant hermit crabs at each other. Every faction is very different not just how they look but also how they play on the strategic map and on the battlefield.

tactical armchair general shit with units on the ground that move and fight in real time

Imagine you had a camera over a battle like Tours, with Umayyad infantry charging a line of French Crossbows and knights coming in from the side to collapse the big blob of troops. Imagine bodies flying around as horses collide into the troops.

Now imagine all of that with bird cavalry, magic fireballs dropping from the sky, and giant monsters stomping around.