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You can raze mines as bandits, or play a kingdom trying to expand your mining operations and fight off bandits. What I like about this game is the various sides from which it can be played. You can be Ratmen, Bandits, Cultists, Kingdoms, Goblins, Bears, etc.

As a disclaimer, I have been online friends with the developer since childhood. That being said, I still bought this game with my own money at full price, and believe I am judging the experience through an unbiased lens. In it's simplest terms, I would describe core game play elements to be reminiscent of the combat from the Civilization series. Turn based, certain units do more or less damage to others depending on unit and terrain fought in - not particularly complex as far as strategy games go, but still enjoyable. The campaign features challenging levels which are fun to play through and explore, and satisfying to complete. The soundtrack is also brilliantly put together and compliments every aspect of the game incredibly. Though the campaign may be on the shorter side (for the time being), the game also features a skirmish mode with maps that are randomly generated. The skirmish mode offers a lot of customization on the user's own part, to the point I believe this may go against the game. The HUD and menus need improvement, and the options when making custom game modes are sometimes a bit vague, which makes it a bit overwhelming to view as a new player. The individual races (to the game's credit, there is a warning many aren't fully fleshed out) are also a bit immense, with not much in the way to separate each race from one another, nor to determine what immediately makes a race unique. While many of the units do feature unique and memorable unit portraits, the 3D model representations lack enough detail and do not differ greatly enough to really cause their silhouettes to be easily distinguishable at a glance. If you've played and enjoyed other turn based strategy games (Civ V, XCOM), I'd say this game's a steal at full price even if you only come for the campaign. If this is your first entrance to any strategy game, I would suggest starting with something more critically acclaimed, and coming back during a sale or after the game's completion.

One of the most customisable strategy games I've ever played. Want to play as some goblins trying to kill Gods? Go for it. Want to be arsonists that overthrow cults? Go for it! Want to be... bears? And goats? And use them to tear down monarchies? Go for it. Also even though it's early access the developer is putting out new updates all the time and has been since even before the game arrived on Steam. I've also heard that there's some hidden stuff in the game. I wouldn't know anything about that though. Winks aggressively.

Great gam

I think I can confidently say that this game is a hidden gem

Довольно любопытный проект. Буду следить за развитием. Thanks, Untrustedlife.

Creative and interesting game made by a great developer. Highly recommended for anyone looking for something a little bit different from the traditional gaming experience.

Do not rezist. I mean this game is a hidden gem. It has charm, quirky humour, strategy, good turn based combat, did I mention quirky humour. It kinda is quirky from the get go but it blends right in with the world building and art. You can capture buildings and cities which can produce other buildings or units at a cost of coin and iron but you can find these things and later produce them too. There is a campaign and a skirmish mode. Don't pout about the graphics, do not adjust your monitor- its okay you get used to it. Gameplay wins here. All good. You can tell this game was a labor of love and the price, well, its a zeal I mean steal. What I like about it is the units can have advantages over other types of units and they can find artifacts which can give them a new weapon or buff. But you have to be mindful of terrain advantage, also surrounding an enemy with friendlies gives your men a buff too. What are you doing still reading this, go play it.

Fun and challenging. The "skirmishes" are filled with variety and take a great deal of strategic thinking.