HereForTheBeer: Going to take a look later and probably vote for these. Last week I caught a review / Let's Play of one of the games, from Nerd-cubed, and it looked like a lot of fun. Reminded me of the flavor of some of the early strategy games of the 80s and 90s.
You might be interested in the one he did on Twitch -
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/216255915 It is almost 2 hours long, but it is from before the recommendation on YouTube and contain more 'raw' impressions. .
He made it not knowing anything about the game (CW3) or the series, he just basically chose a random very high rated strategy game on Steam, and ending up liking it quite a lot (which lead to the recommendation).
and yes, in case you wondered, in this game you must unlock the credits... they are not like credits in other games... and they are very fun. CW3 is among my 10 best games of all time.