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Battle for Wesnoth, a free tactical turned based strategy
iateyourhorse | 9:27 AM on 03.27.2008 5 comments


Neckbeard open sourced game.

http://wesnoth.org/



"The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game played on a hex map, with single-player campaigns as well as multi-player matches. A central philosophy in the design of the game is the KISS principle (keep it simple, stupid); for a new idea to be accepted, it should not complicate gameplay.

Each unit has its own strengths and weaknesses. A unit's defense is based solely on the type of terrain it stands on, making terrain and placement of units very important. Different types of attacks (melee and ranged), weapon types (pierce, blade, impact, arcane, cold, and fire), and a day-night cycle that alternately favors lawful and chaotic units, add to the strategy. Throughout the campaigns, units can advance to higher level counterparts and become more powerful. Part of the fun is developing a personalized army of advanced units as a campaign progresses."

If you like games like Advanced Wars, Fire Emblem, Vanguard Bandits or Heroes of Might and Magic you will enjoy this free game.
I play it windowed and other stuff while I am fighting with someone online, hinders no progress in my online duties or personal shit.
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wesnoth/wesnoth-1.4-windows.exe?download



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Dogen's Destructoid Blog
I went without dinner some nights this summer because I just had to play one more turn...then another...then another...then it was midnight.
Tragic Hero's Destructoid Blog
That Polish guy who appears from time to time posted about this a while ago. It sounded pretty cool, especially the fact that you could create your own units/factions if you took the time.
godkow's Destructoid Blog
I tried it out once but couldn't really get into it.

I'll try it out again, though. Who knows, maybe I just didn't give it the time it deserved.
Dogen's Destructoid Blog
@godkow -
It's definitely not for everyone. I'm a sucker for turn-based RPGs, so it had that going for it. Also, now that I've played a few others I can see it being disappointing to someone familiar with the genre.

Also, be sure to pick a good campaign to run. Some of them aren't very well written or illustrated, which makes the game look like crap. Such is the trouble of fan-created material. I would recommend the campaign with the red-haired kid named Konrad. Can't remember the official title.
Eschatos's Destructoid Blog
Wow, it's a really good game. Anyone wanna play multiplayer?


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