Looking for a list of games that have councils
-Emperor of the fading suns has no emperor, only a regent council position and other posts that Royal Houses compete for.
eg. https://fadingsunsbr.wordpress.com/portal/fading-suns-eng/noble-houses/

-Merchant prince and rise of venice has the venice council of elders made of prominent merchant families.
eg. https://www.gamespot.com/images/1300-2310832
https://gamefabrique.com/storage/screenshots/pc/merchant-prince-08.png

-Some Civilization games have the word assembly representing world rulers and city states.
eg. http://www.megabearsfan.net/image.axd/2019/3/CivV-Congress_election.jpg

-The Guild games has councils in each city representing prominent citizens.
eg. Guild2 https://gamefabrique.com/storage/screenshots/pc/the-guild-2-renaissance-11.png
Guild3 https://img.gg.deals/84/09/8d4916bd5a70ae2aa94143a4b4e8c557a17f_1920xt1080_S1000.jpg

-Knights of honor have various council slots, however its not fixed, you can decide to have an all-merchant council or one of knights or spymasters or a mix. there no limit to positions like say crusader kings that have only one marshal on the council (and that's another game example).
eg. https://imgur.com/gallery/0nhsk

-Business Tycoon Online had some form of councils representing business owners.
-Patrician has the Hanseatic League, also a form of council of city mayors.
-Imperator Rome and Secret Government has councils for each nation.
-Kingmaker
-Stellar Monarch
-Silmaris
-Democracy series
-total war / romance of three kingdoms
-Star Dynasties
-This Is the President

anything missed?
(game-mods welcome in answers too eg. mount and blade normally dont have councils, but with some mods, I think Sands_of_Faith one get them added)

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The Council

I know, I know this game doesn't fit in the category you meant probably.

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Not really, no, but thank you.

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Mechanically Civ games have councils for the United Nations diplomatic win condition, I don't know if that counts for you.

Endless Space 2 has a Senate - "The Senate is an empire's governing body, and allows players to pass laws related to Political Parties that have gained enough representation in your Empire."

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Civ was mentioned, "Some Civilization games have the word assembly representing world rulers and city states."
Thank you.
Endless Space is new to list, thank you.

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Oh sorry, I missed out the civ ones. At the end I'm happy I could add something to the list :)

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Some Total war games have a sort of council mechanic for managing your faction like Rome and Attila.

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Thank you.

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Urban Empire has a town council, with political parties one needs to get approval from when e.g. wanting to create a new district, as can be seen in the 4th screenshot. (And as someone who played various tycoon and sim games, I've been enjoying this game so far, despite them negative reviews.)

And if you count "company board" as a sort of council, there are e.g. Football manager games, where one can get fired for poor performance (without it meaning game over as such).

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Thank you. Don't know these, will have to check them out sometime.

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King of Dragon Pass has a council of advisers that the player has some influence over. These advisers in turn have influence over the capabilities of your people, leading trade missions, raiding parties, and such.

The Shrouded Isle also has a council of advisers representing the major families of your village. They will assist in their appointed duties, but you must choose one to sacrifice each season.

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Thank you. know about yet forgot about King of Dragon Pass, used to be a favourite game too. Shrouded Isle dont know about, will need look at sometime.

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I've been looking for games that have green scissors with pink stripes that are used to cut the dress of a vegan 53 year old man with red hair and wings. So hard to find :(

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Europa Universalis IV.

Crusader Kings 3

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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i mean.. lore-wise Darksiders 1 and 2 have the Charred Council but it's in there as a story piece not as a game mechanic

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I mean, literally the Dragon Age games.
You have the Exalted Council which is a group of nobles from Orlais & Fereldan.
You got the War Council in Dragon Age Inqusition.
You even got the council of Greywardens through all 3 games mentioned constantly. {Almost to the point of hating it}

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The Master of Orion games have a galactic council that can elect you as a galactic leader for a diplomatic victory.

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Tropico 6 allows you to hire ministers from various factions.

https://guides.gamepressure.com/tropico-6/guide.asp?ID=49316

Assigning five ministers is an important aspect of your rules [1]. You can do it after placing a Ministry. You can select from a few candidates for each position [2]. They come from various factions and hiring them will provide you with various profits [3]. Additionally, the faction from which the hires is from will be more attracted to you.

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wow, thanks guys and girls, lots of things here to investigate. really thought I just missed only one or two.

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