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Age of Empires II.
It's a bit dated, however it was a massive turtle-fest with balanced open field armies. It was the paper/rock/etc open combat, with good control and hotkeys you could take on a 3:1 battle and still win. It also allowed you to build massive fortress cities, with large-long walls connecting to your allies in order to foster trade. Essentially, caravans would travel back and forth, the longer the distance the more money you get. If protected, they would steadily increase in income... giving turtler's an incentive.
Also, Total War II.
This one has one of the best AI out there, better than Civ in my opinion. This one caters to every play style, if you are non-aggressive you could build up massive defenses and strong allies. If you are aggressive your own allies would gradually turn against you as your strength became a problem. Factor in religion, and historical enemies (France/England, etc).... your strongest allies are sometimes on the other side of Europe.
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