Some of us have more money after the holidays but others have just spent it all on others. In the case you're the latter and didn't get all those games you wanted I've got a treat for you. It can be a bit exhausting trying to plow through those fresh games so why not take a break and give a tiny free game a shot?

Beware of incoming giant pictures...





So that's what you have to expect for graphics. I was surprised by the polish and sheer enormity of races and add-ons. I personally stick to the multiplayer primarily and it has a very Warcraft 3 feel to it. But even the single player is deep and refreshing. There are many campaigns you can go on to fight for or against Wesnoth. I'm not a huge RTS fan so the new (to me) concept of leveled units being recalled and reused in later battles was fun.

The game reminds me a bit of Advance Wars with its turn based action as well. This makes it great for multiplayer so you can play it windowed and explore other avenues when it isn't your turn.

Now there certainly are some problems. Each unit has abilities and attacks given to it. Most have melee and ranged attacks but some only have one. The big problem a lot of others have with the game is ranged attacks still require being only one hex from the enemy. This typically leads to battles where you rush your archers to kill their infantry and then your infantry to kill their archers. Some units are average at both too though so its all a complex system of dice rolls.

I wish there was a friends system or just private chatting in the lobby but other than that you get what you pay for. So head on over to http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.2_branch.29 and make sure you get the stable version that isn't the source code.

Install it, go through the ingame and grab the Extended Era add-on and maybe some others that interest you and have some fun. Its got a great tutorial, some fun campaigns, and multiplayer is great if you can wrangle up a few friends for comp stomps or versus.