{"slug": "battle-for-wesnoth", "name": "Battle for Wesnoth", "category": "media", "category_name": "Media and creative", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 4.152, "rising": 0.02, "first": "2026-04-06", "latest": "2026-10-25", "why": "Just a stellar labor of love, worth giving it a shot to play!", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Just a stellar labor of love, worth giving it a shot to play!", "kind": "game", "icon": true, "domain": "steampowered.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.wesnoth.org", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Battle for Wesnoth"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 803720272, "item_id": 50232517, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50232517", "by": "CuriousSkeptic", "date": "2026-10-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Could The Battle for Wesnoth fit into that description?", "excerpt": "Could The Battle for Wesnoth fit into that description? (https://www.wesnoth.org/)", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "fheroes2: A recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine"}, {"id": 762699872, "item_id": 47668742, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668742", "by": "jpwgarrison", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://www.beyondallreason.info/ is high quality and in active, open development. And fun.", "excerpt": "https://www.beyondallreason.info/ is high quality and in active, open development. And fun. For some weird reason 8v8 is the default experience but there are several other modes: PVE, 1v1, etc.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"}, {"id": 762686928, "item_id": 47667933, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667933", "by": "midzer", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There is even an Android build since this year", "excerpt": "There is even an Android build since this year https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"}, {"id": 762636016, "item_id": 47664751, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47664751", "by": "ramses0", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Just a stellar labor of love, worth giving it a shot to play!", "excerpt": "A+! They even had an iOS version a while back: `https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-battle-for-wesnoth/id1450738104` (this may be the \"Mac\" version, see: `https://www.reddit.com/r/wesnoth/comments/1pjkwbw/i_had_wesnoth_on_ios_how_can_i_play_it_now_that/`). If that's your jam then there's also a (non-open-source) \"Hero's Hour\" which tickles the old Heroes of Might and Magic stylings, works reasonably well on Xbox, where", "context": "", "use_case": "turn-based strategy game", "switched_from": "", "story": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["turn-based strategy game"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47664186", "title": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game", "mentions": 5}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50230384", "title": "fheroes2: A recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 803720272, "item_id": 50232517, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50232517", "by": "CuriousSkeptic", "date": "2026-10-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Could The Battle for Wesnoth fit into that description?", "excerpt": "Could The Battle for Wesnoth fit into that description? (https://www.wesnoth.org/)", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "fheroes2: A recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine"}, {"id": 762699872, "item_id": 47668742, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668742", "by": "jpwgarrison", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://www.beyondallreason.info/ is high quality and in active, open development. And fun.", "excerpt": "https://www.beyondallreason.info/ is high quality and in active, open development. And fun. For some weird reason 8v8 is the default experience but there are several other modes: PVE, 1v1, etc.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"}, {"id": 762686928, "item_id": 47667933, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667933", "by": "midzer", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There is even an Android build since this year", "excerpt": "There is even an Android build since this year https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"}, {"id": 762670528, "item_id": 47666908, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47666908", "by": "shevy-java", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Wesnoth could use a variant instead", "excerpt": "An indirect compensation is that these units require less XP to advance, but I understand your concern too. > I know you can kinda cheese it by reducing a monster to 1-2 HP and then getting them to attack, but it feels like going against their role. This is a problem with the XP-per-kill system. Wesnoth could use a variant instead. I use the above strategy all the time to level the healers up. Note that elven units h", "context": "", "use_case": "Turn-based strategy game", "switched_from": "", "story": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"}, {"id": 762637968, "item_id": 47664873, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47664873", "by": "haunter", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Also on Steam", "excerpt": "Also on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/599390/Battle_for_Wesnoth/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"}, {"id": 762636016, "item_id": 47664751, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47664751", "by": "ramses0", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Just a stellar labor of love, worth giving it a shot to play!", "excerpt": "A+! They even had an iOS version a while back: `https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-battle-for-wesnoth/id1450738104` (this may be the \"Mac\" version, see: `https://www.reddit.com/r/wesnoth/comments/1pjkwbw/i_had_wesnoth_on_ios_how_can_i_play_it_now_that/`). If that's your jam then there's also a (non-open-source) \"Hero's Hour\" which tickles the old Heroes of Might and Magic stylings, works reasonably well on Xbox, where", "context": "", "use_case": "turn-based strategy game", "switched_from": "", "story": "Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game"}]}