So I've been playing Bushtarion, which is an web based strategy game.
This was introuduced to me by Chris.
I think that the game is seriously flawed, yet still fun. The attack ranges are too wide, there are things that should be counted in the valuation (how the ranges are determined), that aren't. There doesn't seem to be bonuses for defending (which usually has advantages). I find parts of that to be obnoxious, and yet, I still play. So it is a whole lot of fun, even with the flaws.
I can see how the game makes money, the top of a tech tree you have to spend actual money to get the "blueprints", you can also spend actual money to buy game cash or what not. It's certainly a way to make money.
The reset the world every once in a while, to start the slates new.