Is Sid Meier's Civilisation a Roguelike?
Procedural Generation - check
Permadeath - check
No Meta-Progression - check
Turn-Based - Check
Grid-based - check
Resource Management - check
Tactical Challenge - check
I posit that it is more Roguelike than most (all?) "Modern Roguelikes"
@Moonrider_acme @ArmouredWizard I'm not sure about the original Rogue, but if I recall correctly, most first generation roguelikes had save options. Nethack almost encouraged save scumming.
As far as I'm concerned, not controlling a single character is what keeps Civilisation from being a roguelike.
For a pretty cool exploration of roguelikeness, I highly recommend https://zenorogue.itch.io/isitrl
Armoured Wizard
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