Drums of War

Release Date: March 19, 2014

Strategy, fantasy, turn-based, tactics, RPG elements, 2D, indie games, multiplayer, singleplayer, hot seat

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Drums of War is an old-school, two-dimensional game, representing a genre of turn-based tactical strategies. Its action is set in the realities of fantasy, and the player takes on the role of a hero who leads a unit of several creatures, fighting successive clashes, developing his own and his subordinates' skills and collecting magical items. The developers of the game are independent Crasleen Games studio, and we owe its release to Slitherine.

Drums of War - is a turn-based tactical strategy game boasting well developed combat system and interactive environment, providing wide opportunities for tactics.

You play the role of a hero-leader. As the campaigns unfold the size of your armies can increase by up to 16 varied units. By participating in battles, all of the units become more experienced while naturally getting stronger. Players have the ability to hire new recruits, buy potions and distribute artifacts obtained in battles between fights. Each unit can be outfitted with one artifact and two potions. In addition to common units the player's army can include up to three unique heroes.

The turn-based fights take place in field divided into traditional hexes. Just as in role-playing games, each unit is an independent fighter with their own skills and outfit.Almost every environment object is interactive – one can chop down a tree, set it on fire, or even turn it into an ally using magic. Each unit has its own action points which can be spent for any action – movements, attacks, spells or active skills. The player can randomly move units during his turn.

The in-game campaign editor lets you create custom campaigns, as a series of linked battles, with story text and customized rewards. You can save these campaigns a single file in order to easily share them.

With each unit the player has to make important tactical and strategic decisions. There is no need to remember a great number of each units properties or make complicated calculations – the player should rely on their personal assessment of the current situation.

Features:

- 2 campaigns spanning 30 missions each.

- 4 available races, 50 unique characters.

- An interactive environment.

- Campaign editor

- Attack castles with siege ladders and catapults.

- Hotseat.

Last updated on August 14, 2015

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