Strategy Game Elements Distilled
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Diplomacy
Convincing people. Aligning interest. Deduce motive skill check irl.

Bluff
In a game of incomplete knowledge a person must read the moves of his opponent and the opponent in turn will try to misinform.
Poker Night at the Inventory - PC Games
Porker is mostly the second. I will need to find a card game for first action.

Force distribution
The more units you have in a particular battle the better. Except there are multiple objectives to fight over with your enemy. Do you concentrate forces and try to kill of the smaller concentrations of your enemy, or split up and try to take as many unit producing objectives as possible.

Complicated Roc. PPr. Sci.
Most strategy games are made from a whole lot of simpler decisions each of which can be made into mini games themselves. I imagine simplifying the problems like this will help make solutions and win strategy games. Also make better games. Suggestions are appreciated.
Game Theory is a significant part of this list.
Game Theory is a significant part of this list.