Warlords Classic Strategy
Step into the gaming world with Warlords Classic Strategy, one of the top $4.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by Konstantin Slichnyi, this captivating Strategy game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 4+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 10th June 2012, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 20th July 2023.
Whether you have a liking for Strategy, games, Warlords Classic Strategy is sure to keep you hooked!
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Warlords Classic is an official port of the fabulous game you have been playing in your childhood on PC, Mac or Amiga computers. Now it’s available on your iPad and iPhone! Enjoy old-school graphics, old-time map and factions! Recall great memories!
- 3 free maps: Illuria, Erythea and Reldaria
- 39 more maps are available via in-app purchase: Isladia, Krilantis, Rushington, Tribera, Seven Kingdoms, Esesgee Isle, Africa, Europe, Fopruedor, Ubria, The Maze, Costa Calma, Dragon Realms, Hadesha, Eneria, Hand of Fate, Arthurian Britain and more…
- Multiplayer via Game Center is available now!!!
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Join the war to conquer Illuria in this classic war lords fantasy strategy game. Choose any combination of up to eight humans and AI players to be battled for control on the map.
The mission is simple – you should eliminate the other sides by capturing their cities. But victory is never easy – it can only be achieved by building massive armies, training and equipping mighty heroes, befriending legendary allies, and exploring the deep dark secrets hidden within Illuria’s ruins.
So make your choice! Will you lead the Sirian Knights, the Gray Dwarves, the Storm Giants, the Orcs of Kor, the Elves of Elvallie, the Horse Lords, the mysterious Selentine Empire or the evil Lord Bane? Whomever you choose, fortune and glory await you!
Detailed User Manual is included. We strongly recommend you to read it through carefully to refresh your memories and know about a few differences between this version and original game.
FAQ:
Q: How do I save or load the game?
A: Warlords Classic saves the current game automatically on start and end of turn, before and after the battle, on ruin search etc… So, you cannot use “save-load magic”. This is what we call “fair play”.
Q: “Hero Quests” features?
A: Since Warlords Classic is a Warlords 1 port and quests featurs was introduced in Warlords II, they are not implemented in our version. We are not yet sure if we will ever implement them. Sorry.
Q: Any other differences from the game I love for tenth of years?
A: Yes, only a few. We have replaced libraries with tombs; you will always find money in tombs, and your hero will never die searching tombs.
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of Warlords Classic Strategy on 20th July 2023:
- New map: Mobleonia
- Titan’s Hand map fixes and tweaks
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Find out what gamers are saying about Warlords Classic Strategy:
One of our absolute favorite games growing up and this app holds true to the original. The problem is that there’s no option for us to see the battles and the big issue is that when we’re attacked, the battle screen doesn’t launch, so we don’t get to watch our defenses. With how fast it goes, there are times we don’t even realize we were attacked. If that could be "fixed" it would make this game 5 stars. It would also be cool to be able to buy production. Other than that, this game is great and nostalgic.
We already wrote out a long review but Im not seeing it posted. We got to it from within the game which probably only hands it off to Apple if you rate them with 5 stars. Dont purchase this game. It is a waste of money. Your $4.99 used to be worth it and gave you many maps. Now they require you to pay for all but 3 maps. At least for now. Whats next? Pay for every single map? Pay for every single Hero? Pay 10 cents per turn? Based on the game makers behavior, we would not be surprised by any of those. They are greedy and do not deserve our support. We understand that they need to make money which is why we were willing to pay for the game in the first place and pay for some of the extra maps. But this recent change is ridiculous. They are stealing from us. Last month, our game purchase got us gameplay on 14 maps. Now our purchase only gets us gameplay on 3 maps. Where is our refund for what they deducted from our gameplay? Its like buying a car, driving it around for a month. Then the dealership coming and taking the tires and requiring you to pay extra for them because they decided the tires were not included in the original purchase.
We paid for this game, full price years ago. Last update, all but three maps were locked behind additional paywalls. It now costs over $20 for the content that we already paid for under the advertised terms of purchase.
We payed 5.00 for the game it came with 15 maps. We were Very happy with the purchase until! Yesterday we only have access to 3 maps and have to pay for The other 12 (and any extra). New maps having a fee to play is fair, but taking away the maps that we already purchased is stealing from us.
We bought this game with 10+ apps and have saved games in progress under those maps. Now we log in and only 3 are available and there is a $1.99 charge to buy them again. This is wrong!!!!
Why is this app now charging for maps that were free before? Charge for new content, but why change and make game users pay for old content.
Game changed so you can only really play if you pay.
Game used to be 5 stars. However, overnight, game started charging for 90% of maps that used to be free plus kept existing paid maps paid. Developer: if you want more money, then make more maps that you can charge. Do not piss off your gamers and customers by charging what used to be free or included!
This version of the classic Warlords came with 14 free maps, ranging from Arthurian Britain to Southern Iluria to oddballs like Virus, Dragon, and Hand. (They’re maps #1-14 if you’re curious). Other maps required a $1.99 fee to unlock, but that wasn’t a big deal as the amount of free content was more than worth the price of admission. Recently, however, they changed it. Now you only get 3 free maps. 3! That’s it! Maps 4-14 have been locked behind paywalls! What’s that? You want to play Southern Iluria again? That’ll be $1.99 please! Arthurian Britain? Another $1.99! Absolutely ridiculous, especially when Warlords is available on other platforms for less predatory prices. GOG. Com gives you the entire first and second games for $5. That’s a far better use of your money.
Many know this game from the early days of computer gaming. The port doesnt work the same as the original but its fairly close (most annoyingly, automated troop movements arent optimized to avoid conflicts). We purchased the app a few years ago and it came with the classic maps from the original game. Since then the developer has chosen to lock all but three maps, which now have to be purchased separately. We could understand charging for newly developed maps, thereby extending gameplay, but hobbling the game and forcing devoted fans to now pay for something offered free with the purchase of the game just a few years ago seems greedy.
A predecessor to Civ, Warlords was a solo/multiplayer game that had all the addictive qualities of todays games but without the graphics fluff. Keep it simple principles and you have a game that friends will enjoy destroying each other at over and over again. Thank you devs for bringing this one back to life.
Huge price to re-purchase maps. Amazing how they can arbitrarily just remove your purchasing rights. Stay away, and find a better game.
One of the best classic games available. The other maps should be included.
We loved the Warlords Series when we were a kid, this game is the perfect simplicity that it offered, imagining the massive battles of knights on pegasi against the goblin hordes is amazing to experience again. Would you be able to port Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes or Darklords Rising? We would gladly pay for those! We miss such amazing games.
Risk,archon,heroes of might and magic all combined in one game. It takes a little time to play, which doesnt bother us. If youre looking for a 10 min timewaster this aint it. For us replay value was pretty good. We’ve played it on and off for many years on non ios platforms. It has some 16 bit charm to it, so ifyou like a vintage/retro fantasy wargame, this may be a good choice for you.
Just as relaxing and challenging as the original, well done. 10 out if 10! A great way to have fun!
We’ve been playing this game off on for 30 years. We played the original on our grandpa PC, blew our mind. Still get surprised by the AIs move even today.
Graphics are lame (at first glance) but control is extensive and the characters you unlock are interesting. You really have to plan and take risks well and it takes forever to play a match, beware, this will waste precious hours of your life if you like strategy games like "Axis and Allies" or "Risk."
We liked the game until we lost availability to several maps we had already purchased once. Now they are trying to sell them to us again.
Mr. Konstantin Slichnyi, Why am we required to repurchase the maps? If this is a glitch please resolve as we were able to redeem a few maps couple weeks ago. Otherwise, the cult followers, the majority of the players, will surely go elsewhere and the app will sadly die. If you need to generate revenue then release the map editor for single purchase or subscription so that maps can be crowdsourced and shared with players. Thanks.
We now, apparently, have to buy not just the maps that were once free but also the maps that we already bought prior to the switch in ownership. Warlords is a few steps above being a scam now.
Great game, but we wish the AI had ships and get blessings.
The developers do a fantastic job of keeping this game fresh with new content. Worth every penny!
We played this game for hours on our old Mac 2si. Now ported to the iOS App Store with tons of optional maps. Multiplayer options too!
This once came with 19 maps, with options to buy more for a couple dollars each. If you update the game, all but TWO maps are suddenly locked – stealing 17 maps from you and demanding money to unlock them again! For shame.
The old game from the 90s is still fun to play. Recently, however the removed access to some new maps that had been free. Irritating! Please grandfather in those who had access at the very least!
Awesome that this game is here! Kudos to the team that revived it, total nostalgia combined with simple gameplay and solid strategy/tactics. We do wish that the AI had a stronger difficulty level, less predictable and dumb. Also more freedom to choose your squad on multiplayer and to save the game on solo.
After spending $5 for the game now they want another $20+ for maps Wow, so greedy They actually took away included maps to now charge 2 each for them…. Wth.
Your new maps have weakened monsters (Griffons, Archons, etc). If you make all the monsters weak, might as well just make a map with just foot soldiers, if parity is your goal. The old maps have stronger monsters, Ill stay there, thanks.
Reminds us when we were a kid! Wish it was available on other operating systems to play against our friends.
We paid $5 for this app several years ago and thus supported the developers. Its been awhile since we’ve played, but now we can only use three maps that are free. The game was not free for us when we bought it, so we shouldnt have to pay more to unlock additional maps. Three maps for $5 is a heist. Shame on you for profiting off a game that should be freeware at this point.
Now its not. The developer took away a bunch of content we previously paid for (11 maps, in fact) and put them behind a paywall. We would have been happy to pay for new maps, but no way Im paying for the ones that were previously included. Now we wont be playing any maps and wont be giving this developer any money. Too badwas a great game.
We owned 9 maps for this game. After our upgrade which allowed new map access, we lost 6. But hey- we can buy the back those maps for for 15 bucks. Not likely. This game just got retired and unrecommended.
You are not letting us play games we have purchased! What is happening?
We bought the package that gives access to 18 maps. Now all available maps become locked, and we need to pay 1.99 each. It is absurd!! We played them before, and now they are locked, and we need to purchase them again. Do not download and spend money on this game; they will steal from you!
We’ve been playing this game for years and just now Im being charged for maps that we’ve played many times for free.
Simple enough to understand, but complex enough to he interesting. Our only wish is that there was a map building feature.
If youre looking at screenshots and think this might be that classic turn-based 4x fantasy game of conquering cities and sending heroes on quests, it is! Its endlessly replayable thanks to many new maps that come with the base game as well as online or hot seat play. Worth the price and unlike the pay-to-play cripple ware of too many current mobile games.
Have been playing Warlords for almost 30 years. It never gets old. Wish the frequency of new maps was better, but we are happy to be able to play it on our iPad. Let the war begin.
We have remembered many many days of playing the original Warlords game on the Apple IIe in the basement with our brother. This is perfection, the old school graphics and style with the interactive multiplayer features. Thanks to the developers for bringing this back! Our brother and we are back to playing Warlords!
Phenomenal game. Strategy, cities and heroes combine for an addictive game.
Love this! Hopefully you continue to update this in the future :)
AI needs to be able to use ships, as well as use more heavy units. Most games against the ai can be cheesed pretty easily.
This game is almost 30 years old, but it remains great fun. We first played it in 1993. We enjoyed it then, and we still do.
A level editor or builder would make this game perfect. Idk how difficult this would be to implement but man it would be awesome. We would love to create our own maps and then play them. Even creating custom factions would be awesome as well!