Ashen Destiny

Ashen Destiny is a strategy game in which you lead a warlord empire, develop provinces and wage war against rivals. Build armies, recruit randomly generated generals and expand your wealth and forces by managing each province. Campaigns take place on procedurally generated world maps of different sizes.

Rule your provinces

Manage Gold, Food, Gifts, Cavalry, Archers and Infantry. Train troops, reward generals, search for hidden talent, mine for hidden resources and get extra help from a traveling merchant. You can assign auto governors to develop the economy, recruit generals and manage resources. The economy and farm building are tied to specific months, so you must plan around the seasons.

You can send spies into enemy provinces to learn about their troops, resources and defenses. You can also try to eliminate rival warlords with gold and gifts, a high-risk, high-reward approach. As a warlord, you have unique abilities and can command multiple generals with distinct skills; keeping their loyalty high matters, since disloyal generals may defect in battle.

Lead your armies

When you invade a province, you can command up to 20 generals in turn-based combat on a grid-based 3D battlefield. Each general commands 300 units, allowing an invasion force of up to 6,000 troops from a single province. Use troop composition, positioning and terrain to outmaneuver enemy forces, and fight across unique battlefields, including fortified positions.

The three unit types have a counter relationship: Cavalry beats Infantry, Infantry beats Archers, and Archers beat Cavalry, with modifiers. Seven terrain types—Grass, Sand, Rock, Mud, Stone, Dark Rock and Water—have different movement costs and tactical effects. Castle tiles provide a 30% defensive bonus.

Use battlefield tactics

You can heal wounded soldiers with medical supplies during battle. Special abilities include setting fires, launching Onslaught attacks, confusing units and bribing enemy generals to change sides. Gold and charm can also be used to bribe enemy units. Archers fire volleys with visual effects and distance-based damage scaling, while fires set on grass can spread across the battlefield over multiple turns.

Key features

• Randomly generated world maps in different sizes
• Province management, including resources, troop training, hidden talent and resources, and merchant assistance
• Assassinations and a spy network for gathering intelligence
• Warlords with unique abilities and generals with distinct skills
• Auto governors and seasonal economic planning
• Turn-based tactical battles with up to 20 generals and 6,000 troops per invasion