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Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based fantasy strategy game.
  
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Defeat all enemy leaders using a well-chosen cadre of troops,
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taking care to manage your resources of gold and villages.
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All units have their own strengths and weaknesses; to win,
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deploy your forces to their best advantage while
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denying your foes the chance to do the same. As units gain
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experience, they acquire new abilities and become more
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powerful. Play in your own language and test your skill
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against a smart computer opponent, or join Wesnoth's large
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community of on-line players.
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Create your own custom units, scenarios or campaigns,
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and share them with others.
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Battle for Wesnoth is released under the
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[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL GPL].
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Prebuilt packages are available for most operating systems,
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including Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux, or you can build
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your own from source code.
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== Getting the Game ==
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==== Downloading ====
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* [[Download]] - get the most recent source-files and many binaries
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** [[WesnothBinaries]] - precompiled for GNU/Linux, BeOS, PDAs, ...
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** [[WesnothBinariesLinux]] - precompiled for many GNU/Linux distributions
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==== Compiling ====
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* [[CompilingWesnoth]] - on Unix, Mac, Windows, GNU/Linux, PDAs, ...
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* [[DebuggingWesnoth]] - on GNU/Linux and Unix-like systems
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* [[WesnothOnLinuxPDAs]] - on the Qtopia/OPIE and thepdaXrom/Zaurus C series
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== Playing the Game ([[Play]]) ==
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==== For New Players ====
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* [[GettingStarted]] - read me first!
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* [[WesnothManual]] - the rules
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* [[MainlineScenarios]] - walkthroughs for the game-supplied campaigns
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==== For Not-So-New Players ====
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* [[AdvancedTactics]] - beating the AI and other people
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* [[MultiplayerServers]] - where to play against other people online
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==== Reference ====
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* [[HotKeysSystem]] - keyboard shortcuts
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* [[CommandMode]] - commands you can use in-game
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* [[ServerAdministration]] - commands that authenticated users can use to administer the server
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* [http://wesnoth.slack.it/units.cgi Units] - Units advancement trees and stats
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** [http://wesnoth.slack.it/units.cgi?page=frames Wesnoth Unit List] ([http://wesnoth.slack.it/units.cgi?page=list without frames])
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** [http://wesnoth.slack.it/units.cgi?movetypes Movement, defense and resistance tables]
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* [[RaceDescriptions]] - Elves, Humans, Dwarves, Orcs, Drakes, Undead, Others
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** [[Complete_Faction_List_%28unfinished%29]] - list all user made factions
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* [[WesnothAcronyms|Wesnoth Acronyms (by category)]] - common wesnothian acronyms explained
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* [[WesnothAcronyms(alphabetic)|Wesnoth Acronyms (alphabetic)]] - common wesnothian acronyms explained
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== Tweaking the Game ([[Create]]) ==
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* [[UserScenarios]] - user-written scenarios, campaigns and game modifications
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* [[ReferenceWML]] and [[AlphabeticalWML]] - all about Wesnoth Markup Language
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* [[ReferencePythonAPI]] - upcoming Python interface for AI
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* [[BuildingCampaigns]] - how to make your own campaigns
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* [[BuildingScenarios]] - how to make your own scenarios
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* [[BuildingUnits]] - how to make your own units
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* [[UnitAnalysis]] - tool to analyze units
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* [[WesnothMapEditor]] - summary of controls
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* [[ExternalUtilities]] - scripts to help create scenarios, campaigns, and graphics
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* [[Create_Art#Art_Tutorials|Art Tutorials]] - help in creating art
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* [[GraphicLibrary]] - unit and terrain images posted on the forums
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* [[Tiles_Status]] - terrain tiles: proposed and in progress.
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== Improving the Game ==
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* [[ReportingBugs]] - use Gna
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* To submit a feature request, use http://bugs.wesnoth.org
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* [[FrequentlyProposedIdeas]] - before you propose an idea, check here!
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==== Developer information ====
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* [[DeveloperResources]] - useful links
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* [http://changelog.wesnoth.org Changelog] - the most recent changes made to the game
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* [[WesnothSVN]] - accessing the source code
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* [[HackingWesnoth]] - guide for programmers
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* [[CodingStandards]] - for programmers
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* [[UnitDescriptionRewriting]] - coordinating the revision
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* [http://wesnoth.slack.it/missing.cgi Missing unit animations and sounds] - what's available and what's missing
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* [[WritingYourOwnAI]] - write a C++ plugin
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* [[ThemeSystem]] - customizing the screen layout for the game and the editor
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* [[ReleasingWesnoth]] - steps to follow to release a new version
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* [[WesnothPackagersGuide]] - guidelines for packaging Wesnoth for different platforms
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* [[WesnothPreferences]]
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==== Game translations ====
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* [[GettextForTranslators]] - how to translate Wesnoth under [[GetText]]
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* [[WesnothTranslations]] - 11 complete, 2 almost complete, 7 more than halfway, 10 partial
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* [[WesCamp]] - a project for translating user-made campaigns
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== About the Game ==
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* [[WesnothPhilosophy]] - Dave on Wesnoth
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* [[WesnothHistory]] - the Ages of Wesnoth
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* [[WesnothGeography]] - description of Wesnoth and surrounding lands
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* [[WesnothReviews]] - third party reviews of Wesnoth
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* [irc://irc.wesnoth.org/wesnoth #wesnoth] - our IRC channel
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* [[Donate]] or [http://cafepress.com/wesnoth buy Wesnoth merchandise].
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* [[Trailer]] - the Wesnoth trailer
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== Other ==
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* [[UsefulLinks]]
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* [[WesnothLSM]] - presentation at LSM
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* [http://wesnoth.slack.it/?WesnothPlayerMap Map of Wesnoth player locations] - add yourself to the map!
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Wesnoth Wikipedia entry for Wesnoth]
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== About this Wiki ==
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* [[Help:Editing|Editing]] - learn how to edit pages
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* [[Sandbox]] - experiment with the wiki
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* [[WikiMigration]] - we were looking for a replacement for our old wiki (and ended up using Mediawiki)

Revision as of 12:34, 9 May 2006

Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based fantasy strategy game.

Defeat all enemy leaders using a well-chosen cadre of troops, taking care to manage your resources of gold and villages. All units have their own strengths and weaknesses; to win, deploy your forces to their best advantage while denying your foes the chance to do the same. As units gain experience, they acquire new abilities and become more powerful. Play in your own language and test your skill against a smart computer opponent, or join Wesnoth's large community of on-line players. Create your own custom units, scenarios or campaigns, and share them with others.

Battle for Wesnoth is released under the GPL. Prebuilt packages are available for most operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux, or you can build your own from source code.

Getting the Game

Downloading

Compiling

Playing the Game (Play)

For New Players

For Not-So-New Players

Reference

Tweaking the Game (Create)

Improving the Game

Developer information

Game translations

About the Game

Other


About this Wiki

  • Editing - learn how to edit pages
  • Sandbox - experiment with the wiki
  • WikiMigration - we were looking for a replacement for our old wiki (and ended up using Mediawiki)
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