How to Play

Five minutes is enough. The in-game tutorial walks you to your first battle, but here is what helps to know up front.

The map: three command points a turn

• You spend 3 command points a turn. Moving, sending a supply train, refitting, scouting and digging in cost 1 each.
• Select a unit and gold rings show where it can move, red rings where it can attack. You see the odds before you attack.
• Only units linked to the depot by rail get ammo and morale from trains. If the track is cut, use "Repair Track".
• The "What to Do Now" bar at the top tells you the next step in one line.

Battles: command in person

• Tap (click) to fire a volley there. Reload while the bar is in the gold zone for a stronger shot.
• Use artillery where enemies bunch up, cavalry charges on long lines, bayonets on enemies right in front of you.
• Split your squad to strike from both sides, and drop the officer with the flag first to break enemy morale.
• Choose a formation (line, skirmish, column) before the fight. Win and each bonus objective adds map supply.

• Line — Balanced standard formation
• Skirmish — Enemy accuracy −22% · Your accuracy −6%p
• Column — Bayonet +1 · Reload −10% · Enemy accuracy +15%

Battle camp

• Train soldiers at the Command Tent, have Sappers build sandbags, tents and a field hospital, and research upgrades.
• Busy? Hand it to your adjutant and production and research run automatically.

Controls

• Phone: landscape, everything by tap and drag. The back button closes windows and pauses.
• PC: left-click to select, right-click to order, number keys and Space as shortcuts.

Small tips

• Isolated units get caught in pincers. Keep friends next to them.
• When a blizzard is forecast, move into towns with a roof.
• Choosing to evacuate civilians is remembered all the way to the ending.

Unit Codex → · Supply Cards →