Telestians

Overview

In Telestians, players take the role of a master warlord who controls his armies in order to conquer all other opponents. As a turn-based strategy game taking place in a high-fantasy setting, players control all strategic movements and tactics.

Maps can be custom made or randomly generated. A fog of war requires the player to explore the map to view the world. Each army can only move so many tiles each turn.

Battles occur when one unit moves onto a tile occupied by an enemy army. Battles automatically play out in a 1v1 style. Strengths of each army unit are compared, units with higher strength are more likely to hit their opponent. Each hit causes a loss of hit point, and reaching zero hit points kills the unit.

Factions

Players can take control and play as one of nine factions:

1. Barbarians - Brute human warriors, where Heroes emerge faster then other races.
2. Chaos Horde - A fast moving, demonic based army.
3. Dwarves - A hardy race, with strength and movement bonuses in hills, but with reduced sight.
4. Elves - A fair race, skilled in archery, with strength and movement bonuses in the woods.
5. Gadiantons - A secret sect, specializing in assassinations.
6. Knights - Humans that are morally righteous, and have strength bonuses when attacking castles.
7. Orcs - Green skinned humanoids, who in general have stronger units then the other races.
8. Reptilians - A cold blooded race, with strength and movement bonuses in the jungle.
9. Undead - A slow moving race, with strength and movement bonuses in the marsh.

Castles

Castles allow building of armies, and generate gold. Upgraded castles provide more defensive strength bonuses during battle. If a player loses all their castles, they will have lost and be eliminated from the game.

Heroes

The game starts with every player having a Hero. More Heroes arrive as you accomplish actions (e.g. battling units, taking over castles, etc...). A Hero can search ruins where they can find gold, allies, monsters, and/or magical weapons. Heroes can also take on quests from temples. These quests will pit the Hero up against legendary monsters, and upon victory, the Hero will find the most powerful magical weapons- allowing them to make a major change to the outcome of the game