How to play...

Learn how to play with and against every faction by following the links below to the appropriate page. 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).

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 1.10 for the stable branch).

Individual pages for each faction

How to play Drakes
How to play Knalgans
How to play Loyalists
How to play Northerners
How to play Rebels
How to play Undead

Individual threads for each faction:

How to play Drakes
How to play Knalgans
How to play Loyalists
How to play Northerners
How to play Rebels
How to play Undead

If you have any comments or suggestions make them in the appropriate faction thread, or simply put them here. This is currently a work in progress, so some of the pages and matchups aren't written out yet, but will come with time. I appreciate your patience.

See also: general Advanced Players guide, and Replays.