Open Warrior

I managed to find one of the greatest and most enjoyable open source games of all times, The Battle for Wesnoth.

From the site http://www.wesnoth.org:
“The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures…”

What makes the game so great is that it is truly a strategic game because of its turn based game play. You play your turn, and then your opponent plays theirs – at no time are you playing at the same time. What makes this such a great idea for a strategy game is that you really need to think ahead as to how your opponent is going to respond to the decisions you make and vice versa.

Don’t expect the most amazing 3D graphics however, they’re more like those of Warcraft 2. But don’t let this put you off. The Battle for Wesnoth is one of the most enjoyable games I’ve played in a while – in fact I usually don’t even enjoy playing games.

On Ubuntu based systems you want to install several packages from universe,

wesnoth
wesnoth-data
wesnoth-music

Those are the main ones, and then you’ll probably want to install a few campaigns,

wesnoth-ttb – A Tale of Two Brothers
wesnoth-utbs – Under the Burning Sun
wesnoth-tsg – The South Guard
wesnoth-httt – Heir to the Throne
wesnoth-ei – Eastern Invasion

I’d recommend first working through the tutorial when starting the game and then going on to play the A Tale of Two Brothers campaign.

Happy (free & open) gaming!