games that are like this i can warm up trying

might i suggest ufo extraterrestrials its an excellent turn based strategy game i probably have at least a hundred pc games its one of the few ive finished actually finished it a couple times

Dominions 3 - Basic graphics, very deep strategy, quite high micromanagement.

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic - Low on micromanagement, high on fun. Very similar to Heroes of Might and Magic series in style in that they have basic city building, capturing points on the map is important and tactical battles.

Master of Magic - Like Civ series but with magic. Good fun and free but is dated.

Try Kings Bounty: The Legend or the very similar but newer Kings Bounty: Armored Princess (personally I got both of them from Impulse - super convenient).  They're both great; I prefer the first (KB: The Legend) because I preferred it's alternate magic mechanic (box of rage vs pet baby uber-dragon).  The series is based on the same origin as the Heroes of Might and Magic games (Kings Bounty, back in the 1980s), except the King's Bounty games are truly excellent. I've always felt that not only was the best HoMM game Heroes of Might and Magic 2, but that the later versions were boring or even painful to play.

Hmm.  This may not be what you're looking for: Kings Bounty is more of an RPG with tactical battles.  They're still excellent games, though:-)

thats funny i bought kings bounty a few weeks ago on steam with the xpack for 9 bucks i think. and forgot all about them installing them now. if i can get master of magic free i will try it since elemental is gonna be based on it. thanks guys.

looked into that diminion 3.the gameplay  may be deep but 60 bucks for a 4 year old game that looks like it came out in 94 seems a bit arrogant of the devs.