Can't miss this one. So I'm in. Thanks, Lou, CoH2 is a nice pick.
Strategy is my first genre, my top favorite. I love both fantasy or historical. I like fantasy better but my passion for historical ones is strong too as I love historical stuffs. WW2 is one of my favorite periods in history. There were so much amazing inventions of war machines. Tanks replace the awesomeness of cavalry. I'm crazy about cavalry and for this period it's tanks. Tiger tanks...blitzkrieg...wow. I don't like WW1 much however. I also don't like nukes. They are cowardice and stupid weapons.
For games it's hard to pick favorite. I like so many. I prefer TBS to RTS. I've never played CoH the first but I'd love it. Been waiting to grab it for long. For RTS my favorite include CoH, Blitzkrieg, Men of War, Commandos, Close Combat. For TBS my favorite include Panzer General, Panzer Corps, Hearts of Iron, Making History, WWII: Battles of South Pacific. Those titles are WW2 titles. Could be a wall of text to talk about fantasy or other historical games.... :P