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4X games are a genre of strategy-based video and board games in which players control an empire and eXplore eXpand eXploit and eXterminate. The term was first coined by Alan Emrich in his September 1993 preview of Master of Orion for Computer Gaming World. Since then others have adopted the term to describe games of similar scope and design.4X games are noted for their deep complex gameplay.