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Tide of Tactics is a turn-based strategy game where you command a medieval army on grid-based battlefields. Choose a commander, use terrain and unit positioning to your advantage, and build forces that counter the enemy. To win, siege and capture all enemy castles.

Commanders and combat

Each commander has a unique unit and abilities. Factions each have a unique unit and several leaders to choose from; commanders provide a passive bonus and a powerful active ability.

Battlefield tiles affect movement and vision, and give units on them defensive bonuses. Forests provide cover, while mountains increase vision and protection. You can place traps such as caltrops on tiles outside enemy vision to damage passing units, or leave them in sight to control choke points. Line of sight and positioning are central to combat.

Units and strongholds

Swords, spears and cavalry counter one another in a rock-paper-scissors system. Ranged units are easy to defeat and need protection, while siege units are moving structures that deal the most damage to castles. Each unit type has a light and a heavy version. Siege units help bring down castles, but infantry is still needed to capture them.

Infantry can capture a village by moving onto it and using the capture action. To take a castle, you must first siege it until its HP reaches 0, then send infantry onto its tile. If a unit belonging to the castle's owner stands there, the castle recovers 1 HP per turn until its HP is full.

Weather and battlefields

Weather may change each turn from sun to rain or snow, affecting movement costs, visibility and the defensive value of every tile. You learn one turn ahead whether the weather will change and what it will become.

Skirmish, Online Multiplayer and Local Multiplayer battles can use built-in maps, your own maps or maps from the workshop.

Game modes

• Skirmish: Play against the computer.
• Campaign: Lead allied forces through a linear story told across a series of levels.
• Online Multiplayer: Battle another player online.
• Local Multiplayer: Take turns against another player on the same computer. The mode also works with Steam Remote Play Together.

The campaign follows a sudden northern invasion that throws the region into chaos. A new rebel nation, founded by a commander who betrayed his king, seeks to expand its borders, while an aging king in the south seizes the chance to launch his own campaign. As the region enters an age of war, you command allied forces through the conflict.

Create your own maps

The level editor lets you design terrain, place buildings and roads, and add units before deployment. You can publish your maps to the Steam Workshop or keep them for yourself, then play them against the computer or in local and online multiplayer.