Hexes of might and magic.

Songs of Conquest review

But this wily spool is not so easily unspun.

To the frog-like Rana, he’s their liberator and friend.

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It all begins on its richly detailed overworld maps.

For the most part, though, missions are largely fast-moving and full of nooks and crannies to explore.

Turtling at home won’t win the day, however.

A warrior holding a banner stands inside a village while upgrading the barracks in Songs of Conquest.

So if you spend a few rounds retracing your steps, it’s really no big deal.

Except when you’re the one who’s died, of course.

Then it’s just rubbing more salt in the already open wound.

An archer readies an attack on a frog in a grassy battlefield with a central pond in Songs of Conquest.

The same applied to two of my aforementioned cannon units, too.

How is he doing this?'

at my PC monitor.

Captain Xavier Silkspool appears as a ‘Worthy’ enemy outside a defended settlement in Songs of Conquest.

Not all battles are like this, I should add.

It’s a bit like tactics comfort food in that sense.

Or maybe that’s just me.

A zoomed out, top down view of a walled medieval settlement in Songs of Conquest.

Songs of Conquest accessibility options

14 languages, and subtitles during song cutscenes.

Options for large HUD and font size.

Toggle for invert mouse scroll wheel, screen edge panning, depth of field and screen shake.

A battlement scene in  in Songs of Conquest, where warriors defend their town against ghouls and ghosts.

Independent sliders for music, sound effects, chat sound effects and background sounds.

A copy of Songs of Conquest was provided for review by Coffee Stain Publishing.

The battle placement screen in Songs of Conquest.

Three fireballs crash into a swampy battlefield in Songs of Conquest.

Dragons and reptile warriors attempt a siege assault on a heavily guarded wall in Songs of Conquest.

A bannerman in purple attire speaks to a captured prisoner in a dark forest in Songs of Conquest.

A zoomed out top down view of a walled settlement straddled across a river in Songs of Conquest.

An old man speaks to a fancy warrior in the desert in Songs of Conquest.

A desert battle scene in Songs of Conquest.

A zoomed out view of a desert forest landscape with many settlements and resources, with an enemy Wielder highlighted as a ‘Fair’ opponent in Songs of Conquest.

Foreboding knights block a path in a desert in Songs of Conquest.