Battle for Wesnoth

Today we are going to take a look at another free game. Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based tactical strategy game with beautiful graphics and a very professional all-around feel to it. It is set in a medieval, high-fantasy environment, which involves usual races (orcs, elves etc.) and magic.

The game is played on a landscape, which consists of hexagons. There are two types of units; heroes, which are the leaders of your army and normal units. The only resource in the game is coin, which is used to buy new units. You can play in single (campaigns, scenarios) or multi-player modes (Internet, hot-seat). Difficulty of the gameplay ranges from easy to nearly impossible, depending on the AI/scenario difficulty (or your human opponent). If you are looking for a strategic challenge, look no further.

A screenshot from the campaign.

The lasting appeal of the game is great, but there are so many campaigns and scenarios in it that you will probably stop playing before you finish them all. Similar to OpenTTD, the game is huge and costumizable in many ways - there are loads of built-in content - (many campaigns, more than 200 units,...) and you can also conveniently add new content into the game via the game menu. Game modding and creating new content is supported and encouraged. The language support for this game is also excellent, which means it's great for non-English speaking players.

Game trailer.

In conclusion, this game is a must-have for any respectable Ubuntu gamer and amateur tactician. It is also a great start for a player who isn't familliar with the turn-based strategy genre.

Installation: via Ubuntu software center

Links: Official website