Linux games: The Battle For Wesnoth

[janestarz]

Yesterday Livejournal quite died on me, so I played Wesnoth for a while. Then I quit and then later I played some more Wesnoth. It's amazing enough that there are games for Linux out there. (Thank you manesni for finding me this one!) It's even more amazing that the game is actually more nerdish than you'd expect. The writers took care to make it playable on Mac, Linux, and Windows. They also wrote in there a dozen D&D rules. It's just those little details, that just adds a tad extra to the game. For example:

• The time of day is important. When it's full daylight, all chaotic get -25%, and all lawful get +25%.
  
• Trolls recuperate if you don't kill them in one turn. Units in villages also recuperate. And when a shaman is in a village for healing, I believe it also heals other units. Something happens at least.
  
• Turn-based game. You do your things, end your turn, then the enemy does its thing. No mass battles where you lose track of your units.
  
• XP. It's a simple thing, but oh dear lord how much fun it is. Next to the little bar of hitpoints on your units, you have a bar of XP. The mermen, for example, don't do much damage at all, until they've some XP. The more XP, the more hits you will score. And when the bar of XP is full, your unit upgrades. W00t!
  

I found the website for the game: The Battle for Wesnoth. It can be played on: GNU/Linux, Windows, MacOSX, BeOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. It doesn't feature building and I bet it looks quite primitive if you're used to anything better than Warcraft II, but those extra nerdy rules make it fun. *shrug* I love it.

Comments

[butterfly-wt.livejournal.com]

I want to play games, but i have to start from scratch. I never played computer games and i noticed that the new games are already on a higher level. More for experienced gamers or new gamers that are willing to spent hours on games that get them killed within a few minutes. I give up too easily. I am such a n00b...

[manesni.livejournal.com]

well everybody starts as a newbie at one point ;) just keep trying I suppose (thats the time thing you pointed out) and this game is definatly NOT easy, I suppose I'm pretty experienced when it comes to gaming and I can't get past the 4th level in this game :-P its hard, but very cool (especialy in multiplayer... atleast there I have a decent chance of winning ^_^ )

Manesni

[butterfly-wt.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, well, i think i'll try an easier game first then ;)

[sneeuw-chan.livejournal.com]

Maybe they made it harder since last time I played, but in my experience, it's very important to get some decent leveled up units, which should make life a whole lot easier for you. First time round I got stuck on some early level as well, then I started from level one with the goal of getting some better units and wow! I totally stormed that level! (to quote my all-time favourite game)

Anyway, the game is easy to learn, but you need a good tactical and strategical eye to get through the levels.

[paysdoc.livejournal.com]

I find computer gaming somewhat annopying.'
Either I just don't get it - and feel like an idiot - or I get completely hooked and spend way to many hours/days/months wasting my time.

So count yourself lucky - it's not as if you're missing something mega.

[elektron.livejournal.com]

There are always various Windows environments that let you play most Windows games in Linux.

Even CS.