Fantasy war games?

[KainenMorden]

I know of fantasy general and saw it has a sequel now. I also know about fantasy wars and elven legacy.

Any others?

 

[KainenMorden]

And Warhammer rites of war

 

[ValeVelKal]

The Shattered Alliance. Good luck finding older :

https://zeitgame.net/archives/2233

 

[KainenMorden]

The Shattered Alliance. Good luck finding older :
https://zeitgame.net/archives/2233

Hey that's an interesting blog. Any more recent games you know of?

 

[ValeVelKal]

The Shattered Alliance. Good luck finding older :
https://zeitgame.net/archives/2233

Hey that's an interesting blog. Any more recent games you know of?

Not really.
- As you said, Fantasy General 1 & 2, Fantasy Wars and the 4 or so Elven Legacy for a Panzer Generalesque experience,
- Maybe the Crasleen Games : Warbanners, Drums of War, etc. I think the dev is on the codex

I suppose you are not interested in the Heroes of M&M genre (Kings's Bounty, Age of Wonders and alii).

 

[ValeVelKal]

Apologies, I forget a HUGE and OBVIOUS one :

- Battle for Wesnoth.

Probably the best freeware (all genres combined) on the market. Hours and hours of gameplay. 15+ campaigns going from 4 battles to 20+. 7 factions with maybe 25-50 units by faction (including minor "attached" factions), PLUS campaign-specific factions plus zounds of unaligned units...

https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Play

Also a very active multiplayer scene if that's your cup of tea.

Close your eyes and dive into it.

 

[KainenMorden]

I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Good luck with your blog.

Btw what about sword of Aragon? Would you classify that as a war game?

 

[Lagi]

by war games you mean no economy, producing units?
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Shields of Loyalty - however have opinion of poor balanced units
winter falling - small game, try it on web browser, then you can try this in-production : https://discord.com/invite/2JRjkku
drums of war - its older 2d game. tactical though
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personally i think best fantasy war "feeling" i have from Caster of Magic (mod to Master of magic), it have bit of civilization like city building, but AI is so so aggressive (AI is the best i experience in any 4x), that i constantly thinking about it as a war game. I need to prioritize building eco structure or more units. i am scouting map for enemy movement, and secure my rear cities. and tactical combat is great as well, quick and on point, all in one screen.

 

[KainenMorden]

by war games you mean no economy, producing units?
.
Shields of Loyalty - however have opinion of poor balanced units
winter falling - small game, try it on web browser, then you can try this in-production : https://discord.com/invite/2JRjkku
drums of war - its older 2d game. tactical though
.
personally i think best fantasy war "feeling" i have from Caster of Magic (mod to Master of magic), it have bit of civilization like city building, but AI is so so aggressive (AI is the best i experience in any 4x), that i constantly thinking about it as a war game. I need to prioritize building eco structure or more units. i am scouting map for enemy movement, and secure my rear cities. and tactical combat is great as well, quick and on point, all in one screen.

Yes and hex based.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

 

[KateMicucci]

I know of fantasy general and saw it has a sequel now. I also know about fantasy wars and elven legacy.

Any others?

Dominions 5 is the best and last fantasy wargame you will ever play

Spoiler

until Dominions 6

 

[KainenMorden]

I know of fantasy general and saw it has a sequel now. I also know about fantasy wars and elven legacy.

Any others?

Dominions 5 is the best and last fantasy wargame you will ever play

Spoiler

until Dominions 6

I never played a grand strategy game but I would like to try to get into dominions at some point.

 

[Raghar]

Also Fire Emblem games, if you are into emulation, or you have a friend who is (and has library with that stuff).

 

[Dadd]

Dominoins 5 takes way too much micromanaging. It feels like work.

 

[Gaznak]

Warlords series is the epitome of 'fantasy wargame'.

 

[KainenMorden]

Warlords series is the epitome of 'fantasy wargame'.

Yeah, one series that's interested me for sure. I'd even play parts 1 and 2 but isn't there no tactical combat?

 

[KateMicucci]

I never played a grand strategy game but I would like to try to get into dominions at some point.

Dominions is not a grand strategy game. It's just a wargame, genetically derived from Master of Magic. There is no economy, various types of populations or whatever else that makes a game GS.

Dominoins 5 takes way too much micromanaging. It feels like work.

It can be after 2 or 3 game years. Learning the shortcuts helps a lot. It might go better if in a spinoff they abstracted a bit and modeled the non-commanders as groups instead of as individuals.

 

[Gaznak]

isn't there no tactical combat?

There is not, in usually implied meaning. But there IS a very clever and elegant combat simulation in 3rd and 4th games in the series.

Warlords series can be called 'strategic fantasy wargame' while Fantasy General and the like are 'tactical fantasy wargame'. If you prefer the latter, then you can seek at Slitherine, they have some (shitty though) of the kind.

 

[KainenMorden]

isn't there no tactical combat?

There is not, in usually implied meaning. But there IS a very clever and elegant combat simulation in 3rd and 4th games in the series.

Warlords series can be called 'strategic fantasy wargame' while Fantasy General and the like are 'tactical fantasy wargame'. If you prefer the latter, then you can seek at Slitherine, they have some (shitty though) of the kind.

Ok that's what I thought and yeah that's a fair designation to make.

Just a random thought, did you ever play the RTS Warlords battlecry series?

 

[KainenMorden]

I never played a grand strategy game but I would like to try to get into dominions at some point.

Dominions is not a grand strategy game. It's just a wargame, genetically derived from Master of Magic. There is no economy, various types of populations or whatever else that makes a game GS.

Dominoins 5 takes way too much micromanaging. It feels like work.

It can be after 2 or 3 game years. Learning the shortcuts helps a lot. It might go better if in a spinoff they abstracted a bit and modeled the non-commanders as groups instead of as individuals.

Oh ok, I was mistaken then. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Gaznak]

did you ever play the RTS Warlords battlecry series?

Of course I did, and do from time to time, and will do until Death do us part. Warlords Battlecry series (along with Total Annihilation: Kingdoms) are the best fantasy RTSs on this planet. And no, no Warcraft 3 here, for sure.

I could also add Kohan series and Rising Kingdoms to this mini-list, but WBC are my №1 anyway.

 

[KainenMorden]

did you ever play the RTS Warlords battlecry series?

Of course I did, and do from time to time, and will do until Death do us part. Warlords Battlecry series (along with Total Annihilation: Kingdoms) are the best fantasy RTSs on this planet. And no, no Warcraft 3 here, for sure.

I could also add Kohan series and Rising Kingdoms to this mini-list, but WBC are my №1 anyway.

I'll keep them in mind. Do you think I'll have any issues trying to run any of the Warlords games in windows 10?

Also did you play any of the older Warhammer turn based or RTS/rtt games like final liberation or shadow of the horned rat?

 

[ValeVelKal]

You may have missed my answer but for fantasy tactical Battle for Wesnoth should have you covered for one year.


Final Liberation is excellent, but futuristic (Warhammer 40K). Shadow of the Hornet Rat and the second Warhammer Battle games are average-good ; they aged.

Another outstanding strategy game with tactical combat à la Heroes is Eador Genesis. I did not like Eador 2 though.

I ran the GOG version of warlords I II and III without problem recently (I was talking to their designer Roger Keating (with the late Ian Trout) and he wanted to play his old game he did not have any more).

 

[KainenMorden]

You may have missed my answer but for fantasy tactical Battle for Wesnoth should have you covered for one year.


Final Liberation is excellent, but futuristic (Warhammer 40K). Shadow of the Hornet Rat and the second Warhammer Battle games are average-good ; they aged.

Another outstanding strategy game with tactical combat à la Heroes is Eador Genesis. I did not like Eador 2 though.

I ran the GOG version of warlords I II and III without problem recently (I was talking to their designer Roger Keating (with the late Ian Trout) and he wanted to play his old game he did not have any more).

I'll look into battle for wesnoth, I think next time I play a strategy game I'd like to try Warlords 1. I've read that Shadow of the Horned Rat was one of the first RTT games and was very difficult. Have you played any of the Warlords Battlecry rts?

edit: Oh, when you said second warhammer battle games did you mean warlords battlecry?

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Also Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, Dark Omen and Myth -series if real time is acceptable.

edit.
There's also Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion.

 

[KainenMorden]

Also Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, Dark Omen and Myth -series if real time is acceptable.

edit.
There's also Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion.

Thanks, didn't know about some of these.