FANTACTICAL

What is a Tactical RPG?

A tactical RPG is a roleplaying game with battle and basic game mechanics that are drastically different from more traditional roleplaying games. Tactical RPGs are most well known for their battle systems--two forces on an x-y grid that do battle against each other. Rather than simply chosing "attack" to do physical damage, you must walk to your desired target first and then perform an action. This system certainly takes a lot of smarts and many battles require a lot of forethought before you can attain victory (hence: tactical RPGs).
Another aspect of Tactical RPGs that sets them apart from regular RPGs is that, rather than walking around cities and landscapes searching for treasure and people to talk to, you and your army simply navigate a large world map and generally don't get to walk around and explore cities and such.
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