Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator

Dominions 6 puts you in the role of a Pretender God ruling one of dozens of nations and aspiring to become the next Pantokrator. The Pretender form can range from an arch mage to an ancient dragon to an enormous tree, and the choice cascades into how your Dominion - the divine field reflecting your power and your followers' faith - affects sacred soldiers and territory alike.

Victory requires defeating other pretenders by conquering their lands, extinguishing their Dominion or claiming the Thrones of Ascension. The setting pulls from historical nations and myths rather than generic fantasy - you might lead vanir from Norse legend, Aztecs, Romans, Israelites, Greeks, Kievan Rus or Lovecraftian horrors.

This entry scales armies up, makes mages more expensive, separates mounts and riders into individually targetable stats, and splits illusions into a new Glamour magic path with its own spells, items and sites. Single-player, multiplayer and team play all work simultaneously since every player can submit turns in parallel.