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It is the year 1472 Dracos Domini and the land of Ballark is bathed in unrest. The armies of the Over Night have descended from their floating islands to ravage the countryside, leaving disease, famine, and the byproducts of their cruel alchemical experiments in their wake.
You are a person of some minor authority. Whether you were born to this station or crawled into it, you now have control of a small band of combatants. The nations of Ballark may have broken before the conquerors from the clouds, but you are determined that you will not fall. You will reclaim what they have taken.
Over War Monarch Edition is the definitive remaster of the gothic fantasy roleplaying strategy game Over War: The Night Comes Down. Inspired by classics such as Fire Emblem, Yggdra Union, Langrisser, and the works of Yasumi Matsuno, it combines the flexible storytelling and meaningful decision making of tabletop roleplaying with the hard tactical choices, territory control, and unit composition of strategy games.
This new edition adds fully fleshed out solo and co-op rules, including random character and unit generation, hexploration rules, and much more!
In a land besieged by strange invaders, muster your forces, forge new alliances, and reconquer Ballark mile by bloody mile.
In Over War - Monarch Edition you can expect to:
Construct a commander from a wide list of traits and bonuses.
Design their unit and choose their formation.
Retake the land, scenario by scenario, as you explore hex maps in the face of an opposing army.
Navigate varied terrain, hiding in forests to ambush ranged units or firing downslope from mountains against melee fighters.
Clash unit to unit in a nearly diceless system that rewards strategy, positioning, resource use, and reading your opponent.
Call for skill rolls whenever you, the player, are willing to risk the consequences of failure.
Make difficult decisions about who to befriend and who to recruit.
Slowly grow a shared warcamp with your other commanders.
The emphasis in all of Over War is on keeping things simple and keeping choices meaningful. Abilities just work. Attacks just hit. And good formations, tactical choices, and resource spending carry the day.