I post this here mostly because I think it’s an interesting exploration of two different approaches taken by two indie strategy RPGs. A relevant snippet: This difference in focus has knock-on effects that resonate down to even the smallest choices in the mechanics each game features. For instance: Wesnoth uses a zone of control mechanic […]

I’ve been wanting to check out The Battle for Wesnoth for quite some time; over this past weekend, I finally indulged myself and recorded my first impressions as I did. This video shows the first two battles in the South Guard campaign. You can find more of my thoughts on the game here.

The Battle for Wesnoth is a bit of a classic. It was first developed by David White and released for free back in 2003; because the game is open source, however, it has been further developed and extended by a small army of people over the intervening years. Wesnoth is so old that it gets […]