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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 7 "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 1.15.x development branch). All guides were [[Re-writting informations|re-written]] in March 2021.
+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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-There is also a guide about [[How to play Specialists|Specialists]] like horseman, mages or skirmishers.
+How to play specialists:
+* [[How_to_play_Horseman|Horseman]]
+* [[How_to_play_Mages|Mages]]
+* [[How_to_play_Skirmishers|Skirmishers]]
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-Legacy threads for each faction (these are many years out of date):
+Guide how to play [[Guide_to_UMC_Content#How_to_play_for_UMC_factions|user made factions]] is also available.
-[http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11190 Drakes] -
-[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]