The next step is spreadsheets, obviously. If you've played civ management games they always devolve into spreadsheets. Europa Universalis is an excellent exampl

The next step is spreadsheets, obviously. If you've played civ management games they always devolve into spreadsheets. Europa Universalis is an excellent example. So are several mid-2000s spacefaring games. They always come back to spreadsheets for resource management, throughput analysis, etc.