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About Thirty Years War

Wargame Design Studio models the Thirty Years War as a hex-based tactical wargame where Catholic and Protestant coalitions, mercenary contracts and dynastic claims redraw battle lines across Central Europe in the early 1600s.

Eighty standalone scenarios and two linked campaigns march from White Mountain toward Rocroi, asking you to set pike blocks, cavalry wings and artillery before early-modern engagements lock into period formations.

Key Features

  • Linked campaigns: Two arcs from White Mountain through Rocroi.
  • Scenario library: Eighty clashes from isolated fights to extended operations.
  • Faction command: Imperial, Swedish, French and mercenary rosters.
  • Pike-and-shot combat: Combined-arms positioning on hex battlefields.
  • Live commanders: Online PvP, LAN matches and shared-screen duels.

Steam Version and Compatibility

Install on Windows PC through Steam. Solo campaign scenarios run offline once the game is installed. Online PvP, LAN matches and shared-screen duels each need the networking or couch setup those modes describe on Steam.

Global Activation & What You Receive

Wargame Design Studio’s standalone base release arrives as a redeemable Global code for Steam; register it on an eligible account and the full title unlocks in your library from there.

Why Buy This Game?

Hex wargame veterans who enjoy dense early-modern orders of battle—and want to pressure-test them against living opponents through LAN, online or couch duels—will find the scenario volume here difficult to exhaust in a single weekend.

Related Games

When the Central European roster feels overwhelming, Great Northern War compresses Baltic theatre fighting into a shorter campaign spine. Lugal trades hex fronts for bronze-age camp survival during long turn breaks. Supply-line habits from JKRobots carry over into squad-scale robot skirmishes on tighter grids. Grainhold answers the urge for real-time settlement defense between lengthy operational turns.

Product Type: Game
Developers: Wargame Design Studio
Publishers: Wargame Design Studio
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Steam
Regions: Global
Languages:
English

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