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Lets say the mechanics have a lot of depth but are easy to learn. I gave a longer explanation for the main game here on Metacritic and you can read it there if you want (Review nearly reaches the 5000 digits limit). You have to defeat enemies, capture / defend strongholds, gain resources etc. This made them more powerful and at high levels even low tier units can outclass high tier ones without this bonus (Warning also applies to enemy commanders units). Your attribute-points are added to your units fixed attributes. Your character is not a unit you can use in battle.

For the exploration or battle part you maneuver your character including recruited units over the map (Range depends on slowest units, terrain and learned skills). The structures let you recruit a fixed number of new units at the start of each week for an amount of gold. Per round (= 1 day) you can build a structure or upgrade an existing requiring gold and resources. There are various factions with individual strongholds and units. You are a commander of an army of various units or creatures and building / developing structures in your stronghold. It has great game mechanics that are easy to learn and have also a lot of depth for you to master. But lets start with an introduction: It is a fantasy turn base strategy game with base building. These are connected and end in an epic final. My main appeal are the single player campaigns. Then there are new types of terrain with effects and quite a lot useful additions to the map editor (My experience here is limited as I did not spend much time with it. These are truly powerful up to game breaking levels and some of the single player campaign evolves around this. Additions: There are a few new artifacts, an additional artifact can be equipped and there are more powerful artifacts that are a combination of lesser ones. The additions are small except of cause the single player scenarios. It is more of the same of the main game (With only a few new additions). Strangely it is also a game were fans and haters both use the same argument. It is more of the same of For me this is a really good expansion.

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