Wesnoth tactics for beginner

Question

What basic tactics should I use in Battle for Wesnoth campaigns? Should I focus on leveling up a small number of troops, or should I aim for quantity instead of quality? Or something else entirely?

Asked by retracile

Answer

it depends on the game you are playing. if you are playing a long campaign, then yeah, leveling up a small number of troops is better(but then when some reach their 'max' try to level up others as well). if it is a short campaign, just do with a mass of expendables and focus on protecting your hero and leveling him/her up.

also if you need help on a certain level/campaign, here's (another) helpful link that you can use(some have spoilers but most of them hide it) http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Mainline_Campaigns

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beginner-level Wesnoth tactics

Question

What basic tactics should I use in Battle for Wesnoth campaigns? (Should I focus on leveling up a small number of troops, or should I aim for quantity instead of quality? Or something else entirely?)

Asked by retracile

Answer

it depends on the game you are playing. if you are playing a long campaign, then yeah, leveling up a small number of troops is better(but then when some reach their 'max' try to level up others as well). if it is a short campaign, just do with a mass of expendables and focus on protecting your hero and leveling him/her up.

also if you need help on a certain level/campaign, here's (another) helpful link that you can use(some have spoilers but most of them hide it) http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Mainline_Campaigns

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Small Wesnoth tournament format suggestions

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I'm thinking of having a small Wesnoth tournament with some friends (maybe 8 or 9 ish people) and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for the format?

Everyone in free-for-all isn't very exciting, and a single team match isn't really a great show of skill.

What do you think? Perhaps a series of 3-player matches with a knock out system?

Any and all suggestions welcome and considered!

Answer

I don't know many rounds you can fit in your schedule but you might be interested to look at a Swiss tournament structure. That way you all can play 3-4 matches 1 vs 1 and get a nice ranking out of it. If you want you can still add one or two rounds of single elimination matches for the top 2 or 4 players...

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