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Warpaint

69% positive of 23 Steam reviews

Released: 2017
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Adam Thompson. Published by LADDER.

About 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.

Tagged by players

Chess
Tabletop
Turn-Based
Wargame
Board Game
Physics
Turn-Based Strategy
War
VR
Tactical
Medieval
Old School

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What players say

Recommended
This is a hard one to review: the concept is great, and I'm excited to see some tabletop strategy come to VR. The game is fun, though it definitely lacks polish. The music is good, but the voices are repetitive and don't add much to the 'feel' of the game. The game design is solid enough, like a limited version of chess set on a dynamic battlefield. However, there are only 3 regular units types (and the catapaults),…
53 min played when written. 7 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Please note: I only have a mouse and keyboard, so no VR for me. The game itself is spectacular. Reminds me a great deal of board games and toys I played with as a kid; it really brought back some nostalgia. Protip: Keep your catapults handy at all times, they're super useful. Now, there are three different types of units: Pawns. They move 2 spaces at a time in any direction. Knights. They move 4 spaces in a straight…
8 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
To call this a 'physics tabletop game' is wildly misleading. There are 4 pieces and a catapult. There are less unique movements in this than chess, which is 1500 years old. In 2017 you can't improve on that at all? The 'physics' piece is even more of a joke considering you get exactly one option which is to shoot a catapult that doesn't even use the same launch mechanics each round - ball goes 2ft then 20ft when…
46 min played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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