battle for wesnoth

[bearded]

freeware, open source fantasy strategy.  if you squint, it plays like civilization, with items.
http://www.wesnoth.org/home

[GGiant]

COOL!

[bearded]

download 'mystery campaign' using the ingame installer, and we'll see who can go farther!

[Swingman]

One of the best freeware games I can think of with or without squinting

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Perhaps my memory fails me, but didn't Lunarman do a mod for this game many, er, moons ago?

ow_tiobe_sb
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