Warbanners

Overall a good game of the genre, but there are few problems: potion spam on both sides, magic completely dominates battlefield economics as the losses you would take are never compensated to mission payout so you need to take every advantage and cheese mechanics, some missions are setup for your failure and you have to replay them for better results. Passable merc story. Good semi-linear battlebrothers-before-battlebrothers.

Kind of impossible to recommend for $20 when Wesnoth is free, but there is a kind of janky tabletop skirmish game charm here. All of the rules are pretty simple but there's enough of them that the game simulates lots of little things. Lighting can matter. Movement type can matter. Consumables are important. Every creature on the board feels like it could be represented with a pewter model and has some juicy keywords in its statblock. Honestly, I'm in a weird position where if you handed me this as a book, I'd be arguing that it was $20 easy. But as a video game, it feels like it might be more reasonably priced at $5. I think I'd recommend Warbanners to folks who'd play a solo tabletop skirmish game. It is 100% in that wheelhouse. For folks looking for a Fire Emblem or a deeply polished srpg, this absolutely isn't that. Go in expecting a bit of eastern europe, a bit of character sheets and basements, and you'll have a decent time.

Warbanners is a tactical fantasy RPG that focuses heavily on difficult turn-based combat, mercenary management, and careful long-term planning. It clearly draws inspiration from older strategy games that prioritized challenging battles and meaningful resource management over cinematic storytelling or modern accessibility. Instead of overwhelming players with flashy presentation, the game concentrates almost entirely on building a mercenary company, surviving brutal encounters, and gradually developing a squad capable of handling increasingly dangerous missions. While the game suffers from rough visuals, harsh balancing, and some outdated design choices, it still manages to provide a surprisingly deep and rewarding tactical experience for players who enjoy unforgiving strategy games. The story follows the Silver Griffins, a mercenary company led by Roderick, as they become involved in a larger conflict filled with political tension, undead threats, betrayals, and war between kingdoms. The narrative itself is fairly traditional fantasy material involving mercenaries caught in dangerous events far larger than themselves, but it works well enough as a framework for the tactical gamepl…

I have known about this game for quite some years now, and was stopped from trying it due to the dated graphics and general clunckyness. How wrong I was! Yes, it is rough around the edges both in terms of visuals, and in terms of UI/UX, but it has this unmistakable feel of classic turn-based tactics and strategies such as Eador and Battle for Wesnoth. I'm definitely gonna 100% this game. 6,75/10, recommend. Looking forward for more games from this team.

I wish I could say I really liked this game, because I did, but the Morale mechanic is just stupid. Nothing like making it to the last mission, and no matter if I kill the boss and have all but a couple enemies killed, every damn time units panic and mission lost. Always lost because of the morale mechanic and that is with multiple units with leadership granting morale bonus.

good game