[Game On]Battle for Wesnoth. Open Source FE+AW.

Valkun

What is Battle for Wesnoth?
Battle for Wesnoth is an open source (IE free) multiplayer turn based hex strategy game that has the style and polish of a professionally made game. It's gameplay is a cross between Fire Emblem and Advance Wars as you recruit units to fight your opponents who can be upgraded to different units with some fighting experience. Make strategic use of your forces to bypass the enemy's line to steal towns and attack his leader directly.

Did you say it's free?
Yes.

Great, where do I get it?
Get it here. Remember to grab the Development version and not the Stable version. Unless there are major problems, we'll be sticking with the latest and most feature rich releases.

Screenshots:

Rebels


Northerers VS Undead


12 Single Player Campaigns


South Guard Campaign

Features(taken from Wesnoth.org):

• Build up a formidable fighting force, starting from a single leader and a small amount of gold.
• Over 200 unit types in six major factions, all with distinctive abilities, weapons and spells.
• Experienced units gain powerful new abilities as they advance.
• Several multi-player options available, including internet play.
• Scores of different custom-designed maps, and unlimited random maps.
• Hundreds of campaign scenarios available for download via a simple in-game procedure.
• 'Fog of war' feature available for a true test of generalship.
• Sophisticated mark-up language lets advanced users make their own maps, factions or campaigns.
• Excellent language support – 35 different languages currently available.
• GNU/Linux, Windows, MacOSX, BeOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, AmigaOS4, OS/2 & eComStation compatible.

The Factions(Default):

Humans
Being lawful, the humans fight best during the day with better than average ability to fight in the open thanks to their mounted units.

Starting Units:
Bowman
Cavalryman
Fencer
Heavy Infantryman
Horseman
Mage
Mermaid Fighter
Spearman


Elves
Elves have the strongest defense while staying in forests with the best ranged non-magical attacks in the game. All but one of their units have both a ranged and melee attack, making it hard to find weaknesses to exploit against them.

Starting Units:
Elvish Archer
Elvish Fighter
Elvish Scout
Elvish Shaman
Mage
Merman Hunter
Wose


Orcs
A chaotic faction, the orcs favor the night when they can hit the hardest. With a number of hard hitting melee units, the Northerners make up for their lack of magical ability through the use of assassins (poison) and their archers which have a special fire based attack.

Starting Units:
Goblin Spearman
Naga Fighter
Orcish Archer
Orcish Assassin
Orcish Grunt
Troll Whelp
Wolf Rider


Undead
Undead can be incredibly frustrating if you have the wrong units to fight them. With very high resistances to blade, piercing, and cold, the Undead's skeletons can easily shirk off damage from many units while hitting hard themselves. Not the mention the rest of the army which can drain, magic, and poison its opposition with ease.

Starting Units:
Dark Adept
Ghost
Ghoul
Skeleton
Skeleton Archer
Vampire Bat
Walking Corpse


Dwarves and Bandits
The Knalgan Alliance is a dual natured faction with hard hitting, slow, mountain loving dwarves mixed with evasive, quick moving, humans. Players should especially be wary of the Gryphon Rider who can move vast distances over rough terrain while still managing to hit hard.

Starting Units:
Dwarvish Fighter
Dwarvish Guardsman
Dwarvish Thunderer
Dwarvish Ulfserker
Footpad
Gryphon Rider
Poacher
Thief


Drakes
Having one of the lowest evasions on all terrain, the Drakes rely on hitting hard and making use of Saurians to hold the line. Like the elves, most of the units have both a ranged and melee attack making assaulting the Drakes a risky proposition.

Starting Units:
Drake Burner
Drake Clasher
Drake Fighter
Drake Glider
Saurian Augur
Saurian Skirmisher

I'd advise new players to at least play through the tutorial (which isn't nearly as boring as most tutorials tend to be) to get a grasp of the various mechanics involved with the game.

You can find us on the 1.3.12 official server, just look for players with the PA tag.

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Sign Ups

webguy20

This appears to be epic. Ill have to try it this weekend. Drakes ftw.

LeumasWhite

I remember downloading this, and then not liking it for some reason, but I can't remember why. Might as well give it another shot.

Centipeed

I'd be interested in this if someone were to have a relatively fun game with me. I'm not too keen on turn based strategy in the "serious" sense, because I never get interested enough to invest time in good strategies and whatnot. A light hearted "learning" game, though, would be right up my alley.

Valkun

Sure, if you hop onto Vent I'll play a game with you. I haven't really played it all that much because of finals.

Wyborn

Hu-buh?

Well I suppose I will have to look into this. I do enjoy strategy games.

corcorigan

This is rather fun.

Sueve

I'm not to good yet, but its hard to pick and choose which games to play these days. My brother might want to get in on this action, I'll ask him.

I'll be leaving for a month, so when I'm back in January, I'll game on for sure.

Skulk

I like this game, but am really bad at it.

Igel

Skulk wrote: »

I like this game, but am really bad at it.

I agree. I would also be interested in playing some learning games myself.

Velmeran

I really like this game, but got tired of the single player campaigns that were either too easy, or just frustratingly hard where you had to memorize enemy locations and know exactly what units to send. For multiplayer though I'm all up for some games.

citizen059

I've overlooked this game many times on "free games" lists. Now that I've seen some proper screenshots and read a good description, methinks I'll be downloading.

CmdPrompt

I'd be up for some multiplayer games inbetween studying. Elves + forest = silly.

Are people using vent or...?

Valkun

Yeah, it'll probably be best if we all meet up on the Vent server. I'll be home in about an hour if anyone wants to play. Just had an interesting four player game on a tiny tiny map. You know it's small when you can slip heavy infantry through the front line and kill the enemy leader.

Sueve

Valkun wrote: »

Yeah, it'll probably be best if we all meet up on the Vent server. I'll be home in about an hour if anyone wants to play. Just had an interesting four player game on a tiny tiny map. You know it's small when you can slip heavy infantry through the front line and kill the enemy leader.

Alright, I'm ready whenever. Are you on the PA vent?

VThornheart

Wesnoth is awesome. I haven't played it in years, so I imagine it's even improved since its early versions (the early versions already having been awesome in their own right).

Kudos to the mention. I'm going to go reinstall it now and get to 'Nothin.

EDIT: Damn, you can even compile and run it on a Linux PDA. That's butter.

CmdPrompt

I'm on Vent and I have no clue what I should be doing

I assume Ivory Tower is just the regular chatting area but oh god there are people in there and what if they judge me i am so afraid
Honestly though, I have no idea what the usual convention is for this sort of thing. Halp.

Valkun

I'm in Vent now with CmdPrompt, we'll take over Game On 7 just for the hell of it.

webguy20

Damn I need a mic so fucking bad.

mr weenis

i was just in there for a bit...but then i remembered i have the stable version, and i'm a bit tired and i've played all of one campaign mission in my life...so ill play with you guys later.

Valkun

We're not actually using mics, we're mostly chatting in game. Just join the server so we know you're here.

CmdPrompt

Our game got bugged out, so we're in a short break.

Join join join, the more the merrier!

Whiniest Man On Earth

I'm playing the tutorial right now. This is awesome.

How do you do a ranged attack from more than 1 tile away? Or can you?

Valkun

You can't. It's different then most games and takes a bit of getting used to.

Up to 4 players now!

Kane Red Robe

Hell, I love Wesnoth, count me in.

Kane Red Robe

Good game F-Zero, you did pretty damn well for a first time player.

F-Zero_Racer

Kayne Red Robe wrote: »

Good game F-Zero, you did pretty damn well for a first time player.

You cornered me in the end there though

VThornheart

Damn, just wasted the afternoon getting back into Wesnoth.

I still don't think I'm quite ready to play multiplayer yet though. I don't have enough vasoline for the punishment I'd inevitably take.

Rear Admiral Choco

I'm just playing it for the first time. Would multiplayer be a good idea at all at this point or should I finish the campaigns? I'm done the tutorial and have a grasp of how it works.

Also, should I get in Vent even though I have no mic?

Kane Red Robe

F-Zero_Racer wrote: »

Kayne Red Robe wrote: »

Good game F-Zero, you did pretty damn well for a first time player.

You cornered me in the end there though

I had a better economy, he who controls more towns can afford to recruit an entire Wose army in one turn.

Re you other two: The campaigns are very long and honestly not all that great, finishing the tutorial and a couple of maps as your army of choice will suffice to get you started for multiplayer. Hell, it only takes one or two multiplayer games to figure stuff out even if you don't play any singleplayer at all. And yes, you should join Vent even if you don't have a mic.

Edit: Except I think everyone else is done playing.

CmdPrompt

Rear Admiral Choco wrote: »

I'm just playing it for the first time. Would multiplayer be a good idea at all at this point or should I finish the campaigns? I'm done the tutorial and have a grasp of how it works.

Also, should I get in Vent even though I have no mic?

I didn't bother with the campaigns and just played a bit against the AI. Most people are at about the same point you are, so I'd say yes, go for multiplayer.
I did pretty terrible in my first two rounds but won our last game, so you should be fine.

And yes, we were using the games chat mainly.

Nastyman

just downloaded this and played a few missions in one of the campaigns. I love it so far. I'll hop in vent and try some multiplayer tomorrow.

Centipeed

Nastyman wrote: »

just downloaded this and played a few missions in one of the campaigns. I love it so far. I'll hop in vent and try some multiplayer tomorrow.

I'm going to echo this. I had downloaded it a couple of months ago, and I just jumped straight into a mission, didn't know what was going on, and gave up. Now I've played the tutorial and the first mission of The South Guard, I'm enjoying it.

I don't have a mic, but I should be able to play a game of this tonight (Well, it'll probably be mid afternoon for you guys).

Not Uncle Dave

Gentlemen, you will fall before my drakes this weekend.

RoundBoy

I am interested in this .. downloading for play tonight.

Valkun

CmdPrompt, TrevorGoodchild, Igel, and I all got into a four player free for all. It didn't end up too well for us Loyalists in the corners . Fighting the elves, at night, in a big forest, perhaps not the best tactical decision I've ever made.

Does anyone else experience desync issues when playing with non-random maps?

taliosfalcon

boo urns for no recent linux builds oh well downloading the windows version now and i'll be up for playing all night...in 6 hours when i get home from workD:

CmdPrompt

So, anyone up for some games?

Valkun

You know it, just got on myself. This time I won't fall to your pointy elveness! :x

Kane Red Robe

I'm down. Or up, whatever.

Skulk

I'd be up for some games.

EDIT: Oops, looks like I need to download the newest version.