What's the difference between "Turn-based strategy" and "Turn-based tactics"?

Hi all, title says it all: what is the difference between a "Turn-based strategy" game and a "Turn-based tactics" game?

I already know how "real-time strategy" (Like starcraft, red alert and AoE) and "real-time tactics" (Like S.W.I.N.E and company of heroes) differ: RTT is basically RTS without base-building, unit-production and resources gathering, also some RTS games may contain few missions that resemble RTT style.

However I'm new to the turn-based war games and still can't tell the difference between an TBS and TBT.

In some discussions I see online ,or in Wikipedia, a specific game is given as an example of TBS in one place and as a TBT in another, meaning that -at least to me- the line between TBS and TBT is more blurry than the one between RTS and RTT.

The only thing I gathered -which could be wrong- is that TBS usually has "bigger/larger scale" than TBT, just as RTS is more robust than RTT. Are there other differences that I missed?

Thanks to whoever could clear up the difference.

Turn-based strategy is on a larger scale; you're usually commanding armies, building nations, and otherwise playing god or president or supreme leader. Maps tend to scale more towards the size of entire countries or even the world/galaxy/etc.

Some TBS games are:

• Civilization series
• Total War series (at least on the campaign map)
• Age of Wonders series
• Endless Space, Endless Legend

Turn-based tactics tend to happen on a smaller scale; you're often commanding squads of soldiers or small amount of units. Battles tend to take place on battlefield maps, not regional or larger maps.

Some TBT games are:

• XCOM
• Gears Tactics
• Battletech
• Into the Breach

Just my opinion FYI, others might disagree.

I would say that most games in both categories belong to the TBS overarching genre, and TBT is sub-genre of it. In other words, all TBT games are TBS games, but not all TBS games are TBT games.

They are both shit. That is all you need to know.

I basically agree with everything @mrbojangles25: said, but if I were to break it down in one sentence:

You use tactics to fight battles, you use strategy to win wars (or build civilizations).

Back in the day, you had Turn-Based Strategy, Real-Time Strategy and Tactics. The difference was that Strategy games were about building, maneuvering and conquering, and you general developed by upgrading resources.

Tactics, on the other hand, were turn-based Strategy-RPG hybrids that were generally focused on unit-leveling, character development and story. And units only leveled by combat and quest completion.

So, one would assume that Turn-Based Tactics would be a redundant turn on the Tactics genre, particularly if these games were about character leveling on top of the other development options that come with other Strategy-genre trappings.

For me the difference is the same as in RTS and RTT, but with turns

Turn based strategy is waging the war, turn based tactics is fighting the battle. It’s simply a subset existing in the same genre.