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I think they used to be 4-R games before marketing discovered that they could do it with Xs and make it look cooler on a box.

I recall that 'Research' was one of them in the old formula, but I cant quite think of what the other were. or maybe it was with Ds, that would allow for Discover, Destroy, Develop... heck, i dont remember. I think that this X stuff seemed to start just after SMAC came out, since theirs were Explore Discover Build Conquer.

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