Warpaint
It's chess with catapults! Warpaint is a casual tabletop wargame where you command an army of dwarves and catapults. You can paint your army with pixel perfect control, just like real miniatures! Victory is won through superior tactical positioning and siege dexterity.
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March 17, 2017
9 years and 139 days ago
Steam Reviews
Mixed31 reviews67.7%
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10 itemsAbout the Game
It's chess with catapults! Warpaint is a casual tabletop wargame where you command an army of dwarves and catapults. You can paint your army with pixel perfect control, just like real miniatures! Victory is won through superior tactical positioning and siege dexterity. The game is easy to learn and quick to play.
Your units attack and capture pieces similar to chess. Use catapults to assault castle walls and break open gates.
The game is designed to be a fresh approach to classic tabletop war games such as chess, Warhammer, and Siege / Weapons And Warriors / Crossbows and Catapults.
Do away with the rule-books, manuals, and tedium of dice rolling, play Warpaint!
Other features include ranked matchmaking, army painting, and VR support.
Features
-Army Painter: you can paint your models in full detail and then field them on the battlefield!
-Online Ranked Matchmaking
-Local multiplayer (Hotseat)
-Local multiplayer (Vive + Keyboard & Mouse)
-Cross platform multiplayer: Mac, PC, and VR can all play in the same game.
-Play online with Steam friends
-Artificial Intelligence, play against the computer
Quotes
"This is a game you could get very very good at, but pick up very very easily -- and that's a balance that not all game developers are capable of doing -- and I think that's what this developer has really nailed here" - Pliacy
"My younger son, 13 and me spent an hour in Warpaint swapping the headset over each turn. that is the longest he has ever played a vr game says it is great so well done" - HappyOtter
"It's a fun miniatures tabletop game without the expense of the tables or the miniatures" - twynstar
"I really enjoyed your game" - Centagon
"Played a little single player by myself and enjoyed a challenging defeat. Thanks for creating such a great game! I can't wait to see it grow even more" - Funkbass87
Special Thanks
-Andrey Goncharov for Russian translation
Gameplay Overview
Each player has an army of dwarves and catapults. There are 3 kinds of dwarves, each has a different movement pattern. You can move each of your units once per turn. Catapults are neutral, if you control units next to it, you may shoot the catapult once per turn. You can kill the opponents pieces either by moving onto their tile, or by knocking them over with a cannonball. Players take turns moving and shooting until one team is eliminated, or on some maps, the castle is captured.
