Battaliger [Prototype]

An experimental auto-battler that focuses on combined arms in the pike & shot era. Find the right balance of troop types on the right flanks to win the battle. And then try to do it even better!

• Details are given in-game via the '?' button on the top left.
• Large numbers of troops can be hired / removed by hold the [SHIFT] key while clicking on the plus and minus signs.

The aim of the experiment is to find a historically inspired model of warfare that highlights the interdependence of different military arms without forcing an artificial rock-paper-scissors style of balancing. Here, the variation in power, flexibility, cohesion, and deployment schedule of the 4 arms do that naturally. There is plenty of room for adding more detail (ie, choosing between pikemen and halberdiers), extra mechanics (variations based on terrain or the general), and mapping it to other time periods (plausibly from the bronze age to the ACW).