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Learn how to play with and against every faction below. You will find general faction strategies as well as unit-by-unit analysis of how to play against each of the 6 "Default Era" factions (including "mirror" matches) and the Dunefolk faction of the "Default + Dunefolk Era".

All strategies make the assumptions of a 1v1 game on a balanced map [any two player map aside from Cynsaun Battlefield] with default map settings on the latest version of Wesnoth (currently 1.18.x development branch). All guides were re-written in March 2021.

Loyalists	Rebels	Northerners
Undead	Knalgans	Drakes
Dunefolk

How to play specialists:

Guide how to play user made factions is also available.

Factions of the Default Era
Description: Loyalists • Rebels • Northerners • Undead • Knalgan Alliance • Drakes • Dunefolk How to Play: Loyalists • Rebels • Northerners • Undead • Knalgan Alliance • Drakes • Dunefolk

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-Learn how to play with and against every faction below. You will find general faction strategies as well as unit-by-unit analysis of how to play against each of the 6 "Default Era" factions (including "mirror" matches).
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+Learn how to play with and against every faction below. You will find general faction strategies as well as unit-by-unit analysis of how to play against each of the 6 "Default Era" factions (including "mirror" matches) and the Dunefolk faction of the "Default + Dunefolk Era".
-All strategies make the assumptions of a 1v1 game on a balanced map [any two player map aside from Cynsaun Battlefield] with default map settings on the latest version of Wesnoth (currently 1.12 for the stable branch).
+All strategies make the assumptions of a 1v1 game on a balanced map [any two player map aside from Cynsaun Battlefield] with default map settings on the latest version of Wesnoth (currently 1.18.x development branch). All guides were [[Re-writting informations|re-written]] in March 2021.
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-| https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24drakes%24fighter.png [[How to play Drakes]] || https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24dwarves%24fighter.png [[How to play Knalgans]]|| https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24human-loyalists%24horseman%24horseman.png [[How to play Loyalists]]
+| [[File:Loyalists.png|frameless|link=How to play Loyalists]] [[How to play Loyalists|Loyalists]] || [[File:Rebels.png|frameless|link=How to play Rebels]] [[How to play Rebels|Rebels]] || [[File:Northerners.png|frameless|link=How to play Northerners]] [[How to play Northerners|Northerners]]
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-| https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24orcs%24grunt.png [[How to play Northerners]] || https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24elves-wood%24archer.png [[How to play Rebels]] || https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24undead-skeletal%24skeleton%24skeleton.png [[How to play Undead]]
+| [[File:Undead.png|frameless|link=How to play Undead]] [[How to play Undead|Undead]] || [[File:Knalgan.png|frameless|link=How to play Knalgans]] [[How to play Knalgans|Knalgans]] || [[File:Drake.png|frameless|link=How to play Drakes]] [[How to play Drakes|Drakes]]
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-| https://units.wesnoth.org/1.15/pics/core%24images%24units%24dunefolk%24soldier%24soldier.png [[How to play Dunefolk]] || ||
+| [[File:Dunefolk.png|frameless|link=How to play Dunefolk]] [[How to play Dunefolk|Dunefolk]] ||  ||
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-==Current re-writing==
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-[[How to play Rebels2]] <br>
-[[How to play Northerners2]]<br>
-[[How to play Drakes2]]<br>
-[[How to play Undead2]]<br>
-[[How to play Dunefolk2]]<br>
-[[How to play Knalgans2]]<br>
-[[Re-writting informations]]<br>
+How to play specialists:
-Legacy threads for each faction (these are many years out of date):
+* [[How_to_play_Horseman|Horseman]]
+* [[How_to_play_Mages|Mages]]
+* [[How_to_play_Skirmishers|Skirmishers]]
-[http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11190 Drakes] -
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-[http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11125 Knalgans] -
-[http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12431 Loyalists] -
-[http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11139 Northerners] -
-[http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12430 Rebels] -
-[http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11150 Undead]
+Guide how to play [[Guide_to_UMC_Content#How_to_play_for_UMC_factions|user made factions]] is also available.