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White based Wesnoth on the Sega Genesis games Master of Monsters and Warsong (also known as Langrisser).^[1] He wanted to create a freely-available, open source strategy game that had very simple rules, but had a strong artificial intelligence, and was challenging and fun.^[1] The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Warsong (known as Langrisser Hikari in Japan) is a Sega Genesis game developed by NCS and published by Treco in America. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... Garry Kasparov playing against Deep Blue, the first machine to win a chess game against a reigning world champion. ...

The current stable release of the game is 1.2.6, released on 15 June 2007. Battle for Wesnoth is cross-platform, so it is available for a variety of different operating systems. Released under the GNU General Public License, Battle for Wesnoth is free software. is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... It has been suggested that Maintenance OS be merged into this article or section. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Clockwise from top: The logo of the GNU Project (the GNU head), the Linux kernel mascot Tux the Penguin, and the FreeBSD daemon Free software is a term coined by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation[1] to refer to software that can be used, studied, and modified without...

Overview

Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game played on a hex map, with single-player campaigns as well as multi-player matches. A central philosophy in the design of the game is the KISS principle; for a new idea to be accepted, it should not complicate gameplay.^[2] A Hex map, or hexagonal map is often used in tactical board games. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Each unit has its own strengths and weaknesses. A unit's defense is based solely on the type of terrain it stands on, making terrain and placement of units very important. Different types of attacks (such as melee and ranged), weapon types (such as pierce and fire), and a day-night cycle that alternately favors lawful and chaotic units, add to the strategy. Throughout the campaigns, units can advance to higher level counterparts and become more powerful. Part of the fun is developing a personalised army of advanced units as a campaign progresses. In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ...

Game environment

Battle for Wesnoth is set in a fantasy environment, where players can build an army of different kinds of fighters from races such as elves, dwarves, orcs, trolls, and more. Smaug in his lair: an illustration for the fantasy The Hobbit Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Many fantasy stories and worlds call their main sapient humanoid species races rather than species. ... A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a creature of Germanic mythology which still survives in northern European folklore. ... Men hur kommer man in i berget, frågade tomtepojken (But how do I get into the mountain? the young dwarf asked. ... “Orkish” redirects here. ... Trolls with an abducted princess (John Bauer, 1915). ...

The name Wesnoth was originally developed by the game's creator as a combination of syllables that he thought would sound good as a name for a fantasy land. When the project became larger and more elaborate, the developers created a fictional etymology for the name: the inhabitants of the land of Wesnoth came from the West and North, giving Westnorth, which eventually evolved to Wesnoth. This etymology is explained in the campaign The Rise of Wesnoth.

Factions

Instructions from the 0.9.6 game tutorial

Battle for Wesnoth currently has six factions to choose from: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1001x671, 422 KB) This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1001x671, 422 KB) This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software. ...

• Rebels: Consist mostly of elvish units, with ent-like woses and mermen. Most of their level 1 units are capable of both melee and ranged attacks, making the rebels very versatile. Elves ignore time of day and have high defense in forests.
• Knalgan Alliance: These consist of slow but sturdy dwarves with strong melee attacks, allied with human outlaws that fight better under the cover of darkness. Generally, dwarves gain a high defense when occupying mountains and hills. Dwarves are also more adept at traversing caves than any other faction and ignore the time of day.
• Loyalists: These are human cavalry, mages and infantry that ordinarily fight better in the daytime, with mermen allies. Cavalry fight most effectively in open plains.
• Northerners: A faction of orcs, goblins, trolls and nāga. Their focus is on cheap recruiting, brute force, and close combat, fighting much better at night. Most units require little XP to advance levels. Units often achieve higher mobility when crossing hills.
• Undead: The undead are vulnerable to fire, impact, and arcane attacks, but have high resistance against blade, pierce and especially cold damage. Using walking corpses, they can overwhelm their enemies with superior numbers. Some units are able to drain health from enemies in order to replenish their own, and most are immune to poisoning. Unlike other races, most undead units have no traits and no personal names.
• Drakes: A dragon-like race that fights better by day. Most can fly and breathe fire. Their Saurian allies are faster and prefer fighting by night and in swamp areas, though they share the Drakes' vulnerability to cold. Drakes are the most maneuverable faction.

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There are also a number of user-created factions, several of which are grouped together in downloadable "Eras." For example, the Imperial Era includes the Roman-influenced Lavinians, the Marauders, and the Wild Elves, featuring completely new unit trees and abilities. However, it is quite possible to create factions that can be used in the default eras, though the amount of blessing given by the creators for each may vary.

Campaigns

User-contributed graphic of a Lich in Wesnoth, incorporated in-game.

The stable version of Battle for Wesnoth currently ships with campaigns each having three levels of difficulty. More campaigns, mostly user-authored ones, can be obtained by clicking on the "Get Add-ons" button which connects the player to the campaign server. Image File history File links Wesnothlich. ... Image File history File links Wesnothlich. ... A lich as depicted in Battle for Wesnoth. ...

• A Tale Of Two Brothers: A Knight's brother is kidnapped by an evil mage after warding off an attack. Now he must rescue him from the mage's clutches.
• The South Guard: Deoran, a young Knight, is sent to take command of a group known as the South Guard.
• Heir to the Throne: In this campaign, a young heir, Konrad, allies with rebellious elves to claim the throne from the evil queen Asheviere and her loyalists. There are about 24 scenarios in all. This is the most developed and popular campaign.
• The Eastern Invasion: In this campaign, an officer known as Gweddry in the army of Wesnoth tries to save the Kingdom from an undead invasion. Also known as the Loyalist Campaign, it contains 17 scenarios.
• The Rise of Wesnoth: This campaign is about the founding of Wesnoth by Prince Haldric, its first king.
• Under the Burning Suns: This campaign takes place in the distant future of Wesnoth, where the elves live in the desert, under two burning suns, and one night, meteors fall from the sky...

Development

The game is programmed in C++. It is cross-platform, and runs on AmigaOS 4, BeOS, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, RISC OS, the GP2X, and Microsoft Windows. C++ (pronounced see plus plus, IPA: ) is a general-purpose programming language with high-level and low-level capabilities. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. ... BeOS is an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Inc. ... FreeBSD is a Unix-like free operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) branch through the 386BSD and 4. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system. ... Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... NetBSD is a freely redistributable, open source version of the Unix-like BSD computer operating system. ... OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. ... Solaris is a computer operating system developed by Sun Microsystems. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The GP2X is an open-source, Linux-based handheld video game console and media player created and sold by GamePark Holdings of South Korea. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ...

Wesnoth development is decentralized due to its free/open source nature. The officially-blessed campaigns and units bundled with the game download are often derived from content created by the community, somewhat differently from the user-generated content in proprietary games where, though supported, is usually not incorporated into official builds of the game. The Wesnoth forums and wiki are used to develop new campaigns, including new unit types and story artwork. The game is able to download new campaigns from a central application server. Content featured on the official campaign server must be licensed under the GNU GPL, like the game itself. User-generated content (UGC), also known as Consumer Generated Media or User-created Content (UCC) [1], refers to various kinds of media content that are produced by end-users, (as opposed to traditional media producers such as professional writers, publishers, journalists, licensed broadcasters and production companies). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... An application server is a software engine that delivers applications to client computers or devices. ...

Even when not counting this community content, the list of contributors to the official version of the game as displayed in-game contains almost 400 entries (May 2007). Developers of the game also include well known authors from the open source scene, like the co-founder of the Open Source Initiative Eric S. Raymond ^[3] or Linux kernel programmer Rusty Russell ^[4][5]. The Open Source Initiative is an organization dedicated to promoting open source software. ... Eric S. Raymond (FISL 6. ... Paul Rusty Russell, employed by IBMs Linux Technology Center and a technical member of OzLabs, is an Australian Linux kernel hacker. ...

Releases

In October 2005, the game reached its 1.0 milestone release. On 26 February 2007, the first release in the 1.3.x development branch was released with many enhancements over the current stable release, 1.2.6. Various versions of Wesnoth have been downloaded from the central site over one million times.^[6] The game is available in about 35 languages as of March 2007.^[7] is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Music

Wesnoth's music composers aim at creating a fully orchestrated classical sound track for the game.^[8] An example piece:

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See also

Free software Portal

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• Wesnoth Markup Language

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