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None of us have any bloody time any more, do we? The economy being in the toilet is obviously part of that, but the other part is that we're all adults and now we have to do responsible adult things like our laundry, and buying toilet paper, and buying toilet paper again because it simply never ends. It all makes playing games just that little bit trickier, especially when it comes to lengthy strategy game runs. If you're longing for a quick dose of some 4X strategy, though, Monarchs at Play, a turn-based city-builder that only takes an hour, might be the thing you're after.

I know that a simple hour of your time might actually be quite a lot in the greater scheme of things, but for something like a 4X strategy game, that sounds pretty reasonable to me. In Monarchs at Play, you choose from one of several monarchs, each of which has their own unique abilities and buildings.…