TinyWarz

I found a nice little multiplayer online strategy game called TinyWarz. It's played directly in your browser and doesn't use Flash, just HTML and some Javascript tricks. And yet, it has graphics - which can only be described as "cute" (and makes me wonder if they couldn't make a client for playing it on mobile phones).



Yes, it looks deceptively simple but in fact it's extremely complex and you don't stand a chance to even start the combat unless you read the tutorial. It's "sort of" realtime - you play it in turns and you have time limit for each turn. Also, for the beginners, I recommend landing on "Beginner" planet where other players cannot kill you and you can try killing pirates.

The playing is free but - as usual - you can pay real money to get more turns, better weapons etc...