A truly free strategy tabletop game played with cards, and also playable online if a friend isn’t nearby.

That sums it all up: We’re creating a game that’s free to play both on the table at home and also online. We’ll give you all the cards in high resolution, the rules and we’ll keep you updated and also invite you to participate in the development of the game.

A game by players, for players, with the community in mind. We already have all the graphics. All we need is a rule set, and that’s where you and your friends enter the scene as developers.

what

  • hight on strategy, low on luck
  • several unique factions and a total of more than 120 unique units with their own traits & stats
  • only 30 – 60 cards needed for a complete army
  • 2 players, 1h to play
  • no need for a board or special material
  • no collecting – we give you every card that exists
  • no ads, signups, fees etc that many so-called “free” games lure you into
  • playble online & on the kitchen table for free/li>

how

table top
For table top play we’ll provide you with all the cards in various common high resolution and high quality formats like PNG & PDF. You will be able to download them and print them out or, as we recommend, develop them in top quality as digital photographies by using any service that is to your own liking.

Once you have the cards you only need to cut them out with a scissor and then put them in standard plastic sleeves which can be bought in any local game store.

internet
If you want to play the game online instead you will be able to download it as a patch for an open source card game engine, which will allow you to play as much as you want and for free, without ads and other crap bothering you. We will support both Windows, Mac and also Linux of course. We happily allow anyone to port the game to whatever platform he/she feels like.

license

  • In short, you may play the game, duplicate it however you want, spread it and even sell it if you want to, but whatever you do you must always do it according to the GPL license(s) we use.
    • Those are: GPL2 or later and also, to be more explicit, the GPL3. Which one of them you use is up to you.
    • A part of those licenses demand that a copy of the license is to be included with the game when you spread the game and/or it’s related material.
    • A very important point is also that the licenses are copyleft & self-propagating: However you use WTactics and/or it’s material the end product would still be licensed under the very same licenses as WTactics.
    • The above two paragraphs are just two important points in the licenses. We demand that you read the licenses to understand your rights as well as your obligations fully. We also recommend that you read explanatory texts on the subject, like for instance, but not only: Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU Licenses, GPLv3 Discussion Draft FAQ and a whitepaper called GPLv2 vs. GPLv3: The two seminal open source licenses, their roots, consequences, and repercussions.
  • Breaking down the licensing into a more detailed manner reveals that:
    • All art used from Battle for Wesnoth is under GPL2 or later according to it’s maintainers (revision from 17 March 2008, at 01:31).
    • All a) original artwork in this project and b) non-original but legally acquired artwork for this project is licensed using the GPL2 or later and, for the sake of clarity, the GPL3 license.
    • The GPL2 and later & the GPL3 are compatible licenses.
  • In accordance with the license(s) all game related material is available in it’s preferred format(s) either from this site and it’s subdomains or on personal request via e-mail.
  • The projects founder and/or representatives appointed by that individual also has a reserved right to, at any time, revise which and how open source license(s) will be used for this project’s original content (this effectively excludes all content that is BfW-original and that originates from the BfW project). This paragraph exists to save the project from, at present time, unforeseen and unwanted problems that could relate to the license we currently use and that might be discovered in the future. If indeed license usage(s) are revised it will be done so that the project is guaranteed to stay free and open source, as defined by the Open Source Initiative.
  • Please contact us if you have any questions.