Actual gameplay
Strategy
Warband · 3D
40–90s assaults
Rabble
You lead them. Loosely.
You command a warband and you have exactly one order available: you, get in the catapult. Drag a unit out of the pen, drop it in the cup, wind the rope and fling it at somebody else's castle. Land them inside the walls and they storm the banner. Land them short and they stand up, look around, and mill about outside for the rest of the assault.
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Runs in your browser · no install · works on phones · needs WebGL
How to play
- 1Drag a unit out of the pen and drop it on the field. That loads the catapult, it is the only way anyone goes anywhere.
- 2Hold to wind, drag to aim, release to fling. Wind into the red and the rope snaps and drops him at your feet.
- 3Only units that land inside the walls storm the castle. Everyone else mills about outside contributing nothing.
- 4Hold the banner circle to fill the capture bar. Send them in a steady stream, one at a time is one at a time to die.
The warband
- LadA peasant with a plank. Cheap, plentiful, swings wide, and will shoot a friend one time in three if you hand him anything ranged.
- SpearThe closest thing you have to a professional. Faster, tougher, and only occasionally a hazard.
- ArcherShoots constantly. Picks a friendly on purpose about half the time, and the spread is wide enough that "on purpose" barely matters.
- BruiserSlow, enormous, hits like a cart. Flies truer than the rest because nothing about him is aerodynamic enough to be pushed around.
What's in it
- Drag-and-drop loading, pull a unit out of the pen and into the cup
- Verlet ragdolls that stagger rather than walk, and trip when hit
- Arrows that hit whoever they touch, friend or foe, with no side check
- A garrison that defends the courtyard and will not be baited outside
- The full catapult: winding, tension, recoil, ground settling, rope snaps
- A camera that climbs over the wall once your men are inside