Bannermen

Bannermen is a single-player real-time strategy game focused on controlling individual units and the map. You scout to gather information, adapt to enemy moves in real time, and balance resource gathering, base construction and army growth. Wood and gold are its two resources, and its 15 recruitable units become available when your base meets certain requirements. Multiplayer is not available.

Story and campaign

After his defeat at the Battle of Beckron, Lord Berrian must win back bannermen who surrendered to Lord Karthor. As terror spreads across Valtoria, Berrian travels through the realm to gather supplies and persuade soldiers to join his cause, while making sacrifices to hold Karthor’s forces at bay.

The full-length single-player campaign has you command troops, free prisoners, infiltrate strongholds, manage resources and construct buildings. Battles take place across varied environments, where you can use sandstorms to conceal an advance, set traps or use explosive barrels. The surroundings can provide an advantage when used creatively.

Strategy and powers

You can take manual control of each unit and use its abilities. Success depends on managing resources, choosing when to build new bases and balancing your economy against your army. You also need to move into more advanced units when the opportunity arises.

Temples grant Nature Powers that can have devastating effects on enemies. The powers and available Temple locations vary by map. Building a Temple alerts your opponents and starts a visible countdown until its power becomes available.

Game modes

• Singleplayer Campaign: play as the fallen Lord Berrian as he sets out to save Valtoria and rise among the realm’s mightiest.
• AI Skirmish: battle an AI opponent in a fight for humanity. You can recruit one of three heroes: Lord Berrian, Lord Karthor or Lady Vanya. Heroes gain levels by killing neutral creeps or defeating enemy units, becoming more powerful as the match progresses.