Non-FPS game recommendation?

[LeJosh]

I'm sure you can turn the gore and sex off in the witcher too... As you asked for below 15.

 

[j.col]

civ iv
football manager 2010
rome total war

warning, all the above are highly addictive!

 

[Tefal]

Galactic civ 2 + expansions, can be found cheap and really good



Here's a long diary that one of the pcgamer journalists made when he played gal civ 2 trying to be as evil as possible.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=161570&site=pcg

And here is his second diary when he played the second expansion and tried to be as nice as possible (it didn't end well ;p)

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=195920 (last 2 days worth are here http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=198344&site=pcg)

Will run on anything with a gfx card basically

Also you get to design your own space ships (full on design the hull etc not just what weapons and shields)