xTactics (Extreme Tactics) is a turn-based strategy game inspired by classic ​Risk board game. The game is highly configurable to allow to adjust battle field and various game rules.

Features

• Zoom-able map.
• Map can be generated in cyclic mode to simulate world without borders.
• Application configuration stored in XML file.
• Allows to save and load game to game file in XML format with extension .xtg.
• Localization support (English, Czech, French)
• High DPI support.
• Multiple map cell shapes as hexagons, squares, triangles, isometric, and random mesh.
• Bridges between remote cells visible as lines.
• Multiple players support. Players can have different color and other starting properties.
• Application automatically open saved game file given as command line parameter after execution.
• Computer player settings to be low, medium or highly aggressive in attacking.
• Use Shift key during mouse click to attack maximum available power is moved without dialog confirmation.
• Use Control key during mouse click to move with maximum one time and repeated unit counts to selected target cell.
• Game option "Fog of war" which cause map to be covered to black and only explored cells will be visible.
• Auto save game to file option in settings.
• Map shape can be selected as Rectangular, Rounded or mask from image file.
• Support for symmetric map usable for two players game.
• Confirmation dialog for ending game.
• Support for switching large icons in toolbar.
• Support for cities. Cities can configured to be used as only growing cells.
• Allows to set grow rate as square root of cell power.
• Amount of inaccessible cells can be adjusted in New game dialog.
• Player mode human or computer.
• Graph window can be shown from menu which presents development of various statistic values during game turns.
• Load recent menu action to load recently opened/saved files.

Download

Version 1.4.0 (2025-01-04):

Windows (32-bit and 64-bit)	​Install-xTactics-1.4.0.exe
Ubuntu/Debian (64-bit)	​xtactics-1.4.0-amd64.deb
Fedora/RHEL/Centos (64-bit)	​xtactics-1.4.0.x86_64.rpm
Source code	xtactics-1.4.0.zip
Release notes	​Release notes.txt
Older releases	​Older releases

Development

• Developed using ​Lazarus 3.6.0
• Source code is versioned with Subversion and it can be downloaded by execute:

  svn checkout https://svn.zdechov.net/xtactics/trunk
  

• Latest Ubuntu packages can be downloaded from ​Launchpad page

Contact

E-mail: Chronos <robie @ centrum.cz>