Update 0.9.5.1821: Ambushes, weather that turns, and a chronicle of every battle

Clash of Crests · published 2 Nov 2026, 10:55 UTC · build 26372854

Battle fates: a battle can be dealt a twist or two at muster, so the same field plays differently.
The weather can turn mid-fight: rain slackens bowstrings, fog and dusk shorten sight, mud slows the march, and torches and fires light the dark.
Ambushes: enemies can lie unseen until you come close, then strike from the flank.
Defenders hold doors, bridges and gaps instead of streaming out one at a time.
Formation orders: Shield Wall, Wedge and Skirmish Line, each with its own bonuses from the battle rules.
Wildlife and villagers live on the battlefield, raiders hunt the villagers, and some battles reward you for saving them.

Heroes carry scars and grudges from battle to battle, and the fallen are remembered.
The world map changes with what you win and what you neglect.
Challenge modes: the Daily Battle, Ironman and Hard campaigns.
Secrets and rare encounters to find.
An after-battle chronicle of your band's deeds, which you can save as an image.

The sea moves: open water rolls with swell, glints and surf on every shore, and the island battles are fought over painted seas.
Sea creatures keep to open water: the White Whale and the Kraken turn with the current and never beach themselves.
The War Table shows a painting for every battle: 46 more battles have their own card, and campaign battles show their chapter's art.
Nameless enemies no longer grow stronger battle after battle, and reinforcements arrive wearing their proper pictures.
Dungeons keep everyone in the rooms, and the painted walls of caves and halls no longer look walkable.

Long victory and chapter-end parchments no longer show stray formatting marks such as <i> on their later pages.
Villagers caught near a battle stay bystanders: soldiers no longer turn on them when their own foe falls, and their cards read Neutral, not Enemy.
When an AI-played opponent takes one of your heroes, you are no longer asked to ransom or execute your own man; he stays captive until you ransom him from My Saga.
Mule-drawn siege engines move as far as horse-drawn ones.

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