Crimson Fields

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Crimson Fields
Latest release	0.5.2 / 2007-12-13
Platform	Cross-platform
Genre	Turn-based tactics
Website	http://crimson.seul.org/

Crimson Fields is a free open source turn-based tactical war game inspired by Battle Isle.^[1]

The game is available for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and BeOS. Packages exist for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, pkgsrc, Debian, Fedora, Mandrake Linux, Red Hat et al. It is also ported to a number of embedded devices: Sharp Zaurus, Nokia 770, Windows CE, PocketPC, PalmOS 5, iStation V43 and GP2X.^[2]

[edit] Gameplay

The maps in "Crimson Fields" are made up of hexagonal tiles. Each tile can be made of a different terrain. Different units have different degrees of mobility in different terrain. For example, tanks can move quickly on roads, slowly in forests, and cannot move at all on water.^[3]

There are also buildings in the game. All buildings can store units. Some buildings can also build and repair units. These two operations cost crystals, the game's form of resources. While buildings cannot be built, they can be captured, along with all of the units stored within them, through the use of infantry.^[3]