An exiled prince joins with a group of rebels to overthrow his corrupt aunt, the queen.
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The game's setting is traditional High Fantasy, heavily Tolkien-inspired, by the admission of the dev team. It differs from them notably by having a large luck-based component, and by being extremely well balanced. It was designed to feel a lot like a console-style Tactical RPG (such as Master of Monsters and Langrisser), but while taking advantage of the PC's inherent user interface advantages.
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shipped with the version available for download) and user-made, available from the add-on server, giving it impressive replay value for a freeware game. Apart from that, there are lots of single player campaigns, both 'mainline' (i.e. Wesnoth has a large and active multiplayer community, including a competitive ladder, with skirmishes or custom-made scenarios being the main multiplayer game types.
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It boasts heavy community development, being almost entirely developed by people who are essentially just dedicated fans. The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, open-source Turn-Based Strategy computer game, available here.