Open Source PHP Turn Based Strategy Games

GloryLands is a Web-based, Massive Multiplayer Online RPG/Strategy game written entirely in PHP/MySQL. It aims to be endless and always interesting, using the constant contribution of the Game community.

BlackNova Traders is a web-based, multi-player space exploration game inspired by the popular BBS game of TradeWars. It is coded using PHP, SQL, and Javascript.

REMLAB is a fully functional cross-platform web-based Battlemech designer for the tactical board game Battletech. REMLAB is built entirely on HTML, PHP, and JavaScript with Ajax functionality.

A PHP Web Application that you can install on your own web server. It allows you to play chess with other users across the internet or sitting at the same screen. It only permits valid moves and can automatically detect check and checkmate status.

The Quantum Game Library (QGL) for PHP aims to centralise common game elements in a component library. Includes Map Computations for Grid/Hex maps, pluggable map generator, Artificial Intelligence algorithms, plugin system and more. Or it will :).

Diplomacy is a popular turn based strategy game in which you battle to control Europe; to win you must be diplomatic and strategic. webDiplomacy lets you play Diplomacy online. Official game server: http://webdiplomacy.net/

Project SXG (Space eXploration Game) is a multiplayer game of conquest and exploration in space written in PHP for play over the Web to be used with the upcoming phpBB 2.2 forum software.

This is a very unique web-based space strategy game written by Andras Nemeth. Relased by the author himself for open source. Although it is hard to read the code becouse it is full hungarian language, but it has english interface! It is 100% Full playable game for big community. It has more than 5000+ Hours developing and bugfix!!!! Thx Andras! It has a readme file too how to setup and play, so just go on read it before you use this script!!

The gameLab project provides an environment on which you can control experiments in cooperative and non-cooperative games. subjects log on to the program via any web browser and are matched with different opponents according to your experiment outline.

Alien Assault Traders is an online, web-based, turn-based strategy space trading game forked off the source of both Black Nova Traders and Nova Game Systems software and inspired by the popular BBS game of TradeWars.

Apocalypse Game Engine (AGE) is a PHP based framework designed to be moddable. It is geared toward turn-based strategy games, and will allow admins to customize settings. Uses MySQL as the database, although we will port to allow virtually every type DB

Blue Sea will be a turn based mmog set in the future underwater. It will be written in PHP and MySql, and use browsers as an interface. I am also putting together a development team to work on the 3D aspect of the game by popular request.

The latest source for the game can be downloaded from: http://www.1000ad.net/index.cfm?page=downloads Turn based strategy game running through web browser. The game is done in Cold Fusion but couple people are porting the game to PHP. Currently the

Online strategic game.

A multiplayer turn based strategy game, implemented as a web application. Team up with your friends to fight for dominance in World War II, playing your turns at your convenience.

Age of War is an open source game open for people to download and host on their own web site. It is based on other text based stratagy games such as Medieval Battles.

Multiplayer space strategy game written in PHP5 with the Zend Framework. User interface uses Javascript/AJAX for dynamic interaction. Players compete across a hexagonal map of 10,000 sectors, planets, stars and other locations through trade and combat.

Avernia Soccer pretends to be a multiplayer Soccer Management game based on the web. It allows you to run a soccer league with your friends using a web interface. At the moment only Spanish is supported but english is planned.

B.R.E. Revised is bringing new life to the old game Barren Realms Elite by john daily software. It only contains the concept, everything else in the game is different.

Babylon 5: Upheaval is an open source browser game. The goal is to create an epic story line guided by the Babylon 5 series and movies. Upon completion a complex social and economic system will await everyone accepting the challenge.

Battle-Star is a web based, strategy game, where you must build your own empire from the ground up, make fleets, and conquer the universe. Or you can make a trade empire, that concentrates on trading throughout the universe to make its money.

Blue Shift is a turn-based MMOG designed to be playable in any, modern browser. The game stresses community as much as gameplay and implictly supports squads, factions and alliances. ** Project Suspended Temporarily Due To Real Life :)

Boisjoli web-based role-playing game

A browser and tick-based strategy game that lets users select one of five unique races and battle it out for glory and honor using multi-layered strategy elements. Using CakePHP 1.2 and is a functioning Facebook app.

An online, browser-based, multiplayer 'Conquer the World' type turn-based strategy game, implemented using PHP and MySQL. Similar in nature to games such as Risk, or Total War campaigns.