The game is set up like that. Military victory has the most mechanics and is the most fun. Other victories are basically watching numbers grow with little inter

The game is set up like that. Military victory has the most mechanics and is the most fun. Other victories are basically watching numbers grow with little interaction with the enemy. There's few games where non-combat mechanics are as fun as combat mechanics. If you like strategies I recommend Crusader King series - it's about dynastic politics and plots instead of combat (combat still exists but it's not the main focus). It tends to generate very dark Game Of Thrones-like scenarios by the basic mechanics not by hardcoded plot.