Turn-based strategy game that immerses you in an epic fantasy world, with a variety of clashes to test your cunning and wits.
As you progress through the game, you unlock new units and abilities, as well as improving their combat capabilities, allowing you to face new challenges and try new tactics. There are a variety of factions, each with their own particular style of combat, and each with a large repertoire of units, from basic infantry, heroes, giant creatures, menacing war machines and, of course, magical entities.
Each battle is a challenge, an opposing array to defeat, forcing you to decide which units to use, what skills and abilities you will need, and once the battle is underway, how to move between blows to achieve victory.

Mind of War

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2024-09-25Release

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Patch 1.3.6 - Balancing and upgrades

Hello!

During this month we have been uploading small updates without much news (too hot to write these textssteambored )

Here we bring you a summary of the most relevant changes:

New option to load the last deployment you played. Useful when you want to repeat a level, with the same strategy or make variations from the deployment you did.
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New unit: Guardian Newt. Bringing the strength of the sea to the elven faction.
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New abilities.
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Mutation units have a higher damage bonus when wounded but will now also [u]lose life every turn[/u].
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Adjustment of points available in certain engagements
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New levels of some common, uncommon and rare units and abilities.
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We hope you continue to enjoy Mind of War and we remind you that with Local Multiplayer and Steam Remote Play you can have 1v1 matches with your friends (or not so friends).

Thanks for your support!

[ 2025-06-24 09:51:55 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 3.4

As you have probably seen, we have been releasing small unannounced updates approximately every week or even two in a week.
We've been tweaking things in the passive words and making some minor balancing adjustments, some sound correction, and various details.

With this patch update, we consider that we are closing down that set of balancing in the wake of the latest keyword additions (this doesn't mean that we won't continue to balance the game, of course).
In this update we can highlight two changes, the first one, new descriptions (tooltips) in the unit data in combat, we can see a small description of the two statistics (strength and armour) that are shown in the unit panel.

The second, and perhaps more important, is the correction of the bug described in the previous announcement, which is now fixed. So the preview of damage done, specifically in skills that involve movement, should correctly display the damage, even though there may be passives that can affect, as well as stop affecting, due to such movement.

We hope you are enjoying the game, and we remind you that you have the game forum available for any comments, suggestions or even complaints you would like to make.

[ 2025-05-20 07:39:41 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 3.3

Hello!!!
Following some suggestions, small fixes and new passive skills, along with a little bit of balancing, we bring you a new update for you to enjoy the game in a better version.

Here are the changes in this version:
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Passive

Imperial : Increase their damage if they have an adjacent Imperial allied unit, and also if they have a Hero allied unit.
Hellish: Increases their damage if they have an adjacent Infernal allied unit, if it is the last Hellish unit it gets a big damage and resistance bonus.

Units

Ironclad Dwarf : Gains the Coarse Skin passive. Has had its health reduced slightly to compensate.
Other units have been adjusted for their previous or new passives (Imperial and Infernal).

Skills

War Cry : No longer heals user's health. It now costs 0 action points. Raises its summon point cost.
Certainty Arrow : Deals more damage at later levels. Applies Focused on a previous level. The range at later levels no longer increases, remaining at 3 at all levels.
Long Arrow : Deals more damage at all levels. Focused no longer applies to any level. Reduced cost at all levels except the last one. Reduced the number of uses per turn, except for the last level.

Encounters

Points adjustment on some encounters based on passives added and results since previous update.

Bugs

Fixed a bug where, in multi-requirement matches, the name of the completed match was displayed instead of the remaining match to be completed.
A significant bug has been reported: when using a move ability that applies damage, the calculation of expected damage may differ in terms of changing the conditions of adjacent units before and after the move.

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[ 2025-05-08 10:25:03 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 3.2

We're back!
We're bringing a new human unit that will give us exceptional speed to eliminate key targets or defeat enemies that need a boost to reduce their health to zero with a unique agility in the faction. In addition, some units have received a series of keywords with associated effects that will give even more personality and relevance to their characteristics in the game.

So... Here is the detailed description of the changes in this patch:
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Passive traits
Some units now have keywords as passive traits that give them advantages and conditions during battle on a permanent basis.

Hero: (already implemented before, but will now be reflected in the unit data). Deals more damage against non-hero units and takes less damage from them.
Huge: Gain immunity against stuns.
Elusive: Reduces damage taken based on distance from attacker.
Stinky. Reduces damage dealt from adjacent opponents and damage taken from poisoned or putrid units.
Mutated: Deals more damage the more health he has lost.
Brave: Below 50% increases damage dealt, and below 25% increases damage dealt significantly and reduces damage taken.
Tough Skin: Gain immunity against bleeding.
Artillery: Deals extra damage to Huge units and also at range 3 or more to units that have not moved (unless they have Defensive Pose or Covered status).

Units

New unit: Human Rogue.
Balancing of some units according to the passives obtained, including modifications in strengths and weaknesses, health reduction and points increase.

Encounters

The battle background in local multiplayer games will now be adapted to the faction chosen as defender.
Increased the points available in some tiers with units benefiting from some passive features.

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As you can see, this update brings quite a few changes that may affect gameplay, so there will possibly be adjustments to unit points and clashes, adjustments to troop characteristics. And of course, new passives will be added to other units, as the game adjusts and as we get more information about their evolution with the different games we play.

Thank you for supporting Mind of War, and we hope you enjoy the game!

[ 2025-05-01 08:31:26 CET ] [Original Post]

New campaign: Lights and Shadows now available!

The new Lights and Shadows campaign is now available!!!

A new campaign full of history, surprises, challenges and rewards.

New faction to master, with a variety of units to face new and old rivals.
Challenging encounters and new strategies to apply with a nostalgic touch from previous campaigns.
Join forces with all the troops you have unlocked so far and take down the Aberrant Cult and their malevolent leaders!

Changes included in this version:
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Units

Over ten new controllable units: Includes all human faction units and some from previous factions. (Also new enemies)
Ironclad Dwarf: Slight health reduction. Increased weakness to electric damage 35->40% Reduced strength to ground attacks 80%->85%. Reduced resistance to physical damage by 5% for all its types.
Forest Minotaur: Slight health increase at all levels. Can now use the Headbutt ability.

Abilities

Healing Pulse: Slight increase in applied health. Fixed a bug where it could be used even if the target unit was not wounded.
Desecration: Reduced action point cost from 4 to 3. Reduced effective damage to match the new cost.
New ability for Ironclad Dwarf: Flail Strike.
New ability: Cursed. Used by Pestilent Cultists and Forger.

Altered States

Restored. Increased healing penalty 10%->15%.

Showdowns

14 new encounters available in the 'Lights and Shadows' campaign.
A encounter or campaign blocked by one or more encounters will now display the title of one of its unsatisfied requirements (helping you know which clash you need to overcome to unlock it)

Sounds

New sounds have been modified and added for previous units of all factions.

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We are very excited to share all this work with the people who follow and support Mind of War!!!
We'd love for you to share your experiences in the comments, on the forum, or with screenshots of the new campaign or any aspect of the game you like.

We hope you enjoy all the new content we have prepared for you and we will be adding new units, skills, sounds, effects and improvements to the game in the coming weeks.

[u]Thank you very much and enjoy the game![/u]

[ 2025-04-14 13:58:12 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.13

We're back, with preparations for the new campaign!
We had some changes to effects and interface that we were going to add along with the update, but we felt there was no reason not to add them to the current version already.

New changes in this release:
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Altered states

New altered state: Restored Increases damage dealt by 5% and reduces healing received (of any type) by 10%.
Flammable : Increased bonus to fire damage [strike]60%[/strike]->70%.
Wet: Increased bonus to electrical damage [strike]50%[/strike]->60%. Increased resistance to water damage [strike]20%[/strike]->25%. Reduced resistance to igneous damage [strike]35%[/strike]->25%.

Abilities

Healing Pulse: Now applies Restored, reducing the effectiveness of successive use of healing abilities.

Visual

Added descriptive text describing the strengths and weaknesses of units in their battle data.
Changed how the unit's applied strength and armour bonus is displayed, both on display and in the data when selecting that unit. The percentage variation of damage (increased in case of strength and decreased in case of armour) applied during combat is now shown.

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And these are the changes we wanted to add for your feedback, so we can continue to improve and polish Mind of War!
[b]Thanks to all the people who support us!

[ 2025-03-31 16:47:50 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.12

Well, we know we've been a bit silent on updates this March, so this week we've brought you two updates!
There was no news about 2.11 because it contained changes as a preview that we wanted to complete with this update, although it was delayed a bit and they were very close together. Now we'll tell you what we've done in what could be the last update before the new campaign!

[u]Changes in version 2.11 and 2.12:[/u]
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Units
A new Heroism concept has been added whereby Hero units deal 10% more damage to, and take 10% less damage from, units that do not have this trait. Between non-Hero units or between Hero units, this concept does not apply.
[u]Balancing and updates:[/u]

Dwarf Miner: steamthumbsup Slight health increase from 3rd level (inclusive).
Shield dwarf: steamthumbsup Slight health increase at all levels.
Wolf rider: steamthumbsup Slight health increase at 1st level. steamthumbsup Reduced weakness to piercing damage. steamthumbsup Increased strength to slashing and crushing damage.
Ironclad Dwarf: steamthumbsup Slight health increase at early levels.
War Machine: steamthumbsup Increased strength to physical damage. steamthumbsup Strength increase to dark damage. steamthumbsup New strength to corrosive damage. Added new level available.
Great crusher: Changed strengths steamthumbsup Slashing damage [strike]80%[/strike]->70% steamthumbsdown Bludgeoning damage [strike]75%[/strike]->80%.
Thunder-thrower: steamthumbsup Slight health increase.
Mecha-engineer: steamthumbsup Slight health increase.
Elven Shaman: Added new level available.
Mega-toad warrior: steamthumbsup Slight health increase at 2nd level. Added new level available.
Ent: steamthumbsup Increased resistance to piercing and crushing damage. steamthumbsdown Reduced bonus to natural healing. Added new level available.

Visual

Now the left panel, during battle, shows the altered states of your units.
Added a small floating text during deployment to display the points variation when adding or removing units or skills.
New animation for the Blessing skill performed by Kenba, the Purifier.

Encounters

Slight increase of available summon points in the 16th (last) confrontation of the Horrors in the Deep campaign (andromole faction).

Location
Corrected and improved localisation of some texts.
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We would like to remind you that we are working on the new campaign Light and Shadows where you will take control of the human faction, leading the Alliance of Order to overthrow the dark forces and their kindred hosts.
Also thank you for the huge support we are receiving to try taking Mind of War one step further each time.
Thank you!

[ 2025-03-23 11:23:18 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.10

We bring you a small update with some interesting new features.
We'll keep it short, there are no major changes in sight, but we hope you like how Mind of War is shaping up, and we hope you're finding the multiplayer mode we recently added satisfactory.

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Units

Kenba: Slight health increase. Point reduction 72->68.

Multiplayer

Reduced the summoning point bonus for the person playing second, so the deployment budget will be more similar on both sides.
Exclusively in multiplayer mode, the second team will receive the Defensive Pose altered state, which gives a 15% and 25% bonus reduction to melee and ranged damage, respectively, received; increasing stamina during the first turn of the game.

Visual

Animated floating bar effect on skill usage prediction (when hovering the mouse over the target unit).
New life bar during AI turn to represent health changes resulting from AI actions.

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[u]And that's it this time![/u]
We are still working on the new campaign that we hope will arrive during the next month (and considering your comments and suggestions to wait to publish the full campaign when the time comes).
See you soon!

[ 2025-02-18 15:05:59 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.9 Mega balancing!

We know you're really enjoying the multiplayer mode, and that you're eager to try out the new human units we're preparing. So to make sure you're not left cold, we've been working on a major balancing update that affects (almost) every unit and ability in the game, with a focus on adjusting and unifying the cost in summon points.
It is possible that there are things that, despite our good intentions to further balance the whole game and how each faction performs in multiplayer matches, are still a bit off, or even that we made a mistake with a unit that makes it less attractive from a competitive point of view, as well as that it doesn't work the same in its campaign anymore. Don't worry, we're still keeping an eye on the game's balance!

We would like to know which option you would prefer, to wait a bit longer than the planned release date for the new campaign, or to bring the initial campaign content forward a bit, so that you can try out this new race and use some units for multiplayer. You can comment in this announcement about your favourite option, and we will pay a lot of attention to all your proposals.

Without further ado, we leave you the huge list of changes that have been made, so you can check the modifications of your favourite races:

Tokens

Changed token requirements to level up Common, Special, and Rare units and abilities:
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Commons : {6,12,24,48,96,192} -> {8,16,32,64,128,256}
Specials : {10,20,40,80,160} -> {12,24,48,96,192}
Rare : {9,27,81,243} -> {12,24,48,96}

This way, it will be much easier to level up rare units and skills to level 4 and 5, with the trade-off being that leveling up to level 2 will be a bit more complicated.

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Units

Dwarves
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Alchemist : Slight health increase at all levels. Point drop {26,30,34,38,43} -> {24,28,32,35,41}
Berserker : Point drop {33,38,42,46,48,51} -> {30,36,38,41,45,48}
Brammir Kivimuri : Slight health increase at all levels. Points drop {52,60,68,78,84} -> {44,52,62,70,80}
Mortar : Increased armour by 1 at first level. Increased health at all levels. Point drop {52,60,60,68} -> {44,55,60}
War Machine : Slight reduction in weaknesses and slight increase in strengths. Point reduction 170->156.
Flamethrower Dwarf : Increased weakness to water damage. Reduced weakness to piercing damage. Increased strength to freezing and igneous damage. Point Reduction {43,50,58} -> {40,48,55}
Huldyan : Increased health and armour at both levels. Point reduction {86,100} -> {70,85}
Ironclad : Health point reduction at all levels, especially the later levels. Increase of points {55,60,66,70,72} -> {56,62,70,74,78}
Miner: 1 summon point increase for last levels.
Wolf Rider : Armor increase at 1st and 3rd level. Slight health increase at 2nd and 3rd level. Increased action points at 2nd level. Point reduction {63,73,82} -> {60,68,78}

Andromoles

Battle Master : Substantial health increase at both levels. Point Reduction {100,120} -> {84,105}
Great mole demolisher : Health reduction in last levels. Increased point cost at last level 76->78.
Gunner mole: Slight health increase at all levels. Point reduction {37,41,45,48,53} -> {34,39,44,47,53}
Mecha-ingeniera : Substantial health increase at both levels. Point reduction {73,88} -> {64,80} {64,80}
Mecha-scout : Substantial health increase at both levels.
Mole-scout : Health reduction at all levels, especially the later ones.
Rending mole : Slight health increase at all levels. Change in points {27,32,35,35,38,42} -> {26,31,35,38,44}
Topo tracker : Increase in points {8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15} -> {9,10,12,13,15,16,16,18,19}
Stake-throwing turret : Slight health increase at all levels.
Thunder-spear : Slight health increase at first level. Point reduction {46,53,60} -> {43,50,58}

Elves

Climbing Watch : Slight health reduction at all levels. Increased summon cost by 1 at all levels.
Driade : Point shift {34,37,39,44,48} -> {30,36,40,46,52}
Shaman : Point reduction {17,19,22,24,24,28} -> {16,18,22,22,24,27}
Swordsman : Slight health increase in some levels. Point increase {18,21,23,25,27,29,32} -> {19,21,23,26,28,32,35} -> {19,21,23,26,28,32,35}
Forest Minotaur -> Point reduction {38,43,48,54,54,58} -> {36,42,48,53,58}
Galendril : Increased health and armour at both levels. Point reduction {82,94} -> {68,80}
Mega Toad Rider : Health reduction, especially in later levels. Point increase {33,37,42,45,45,52} -> {36,43,52,58,68}
Mega warrior toad : Health reduction at both levels. Increased points {50,56} ->{60,68}
Winged bear : Health increase at all levels. {75,88,100} -> {65,78,90}
Winged bear : Health increase at all levels.

Heretics

Armoured Infernal Lion: Slight health increase at first level. Points reduction {64,73,84} -> {62,72,84}
Champion of virulence : Health reduction in last levels. Change of points {55,62,65} -> {54,64,68}
Hunter Ghoul : Slight health increase at all levels. Point reduction {18,20,22,24,26,26,28} -> {16,18,20,22,24,26}
Flaming Cultist : Slight health increase at all levels. Point Reduction {32,35,38,42} -> {25,29,33,39}
Pestilent Cultist : Slight health increase at all levels. Point reduction {33,36,40,44} -> {26,30,34,40} {26,30,34,40}
Lion rider : Slight health increase at all levels.
Infernal lion rider : Health increase. Point reduction {70,80,90} -> {50,60,68} {50,60,68}
Infested winged bear : Health increase at all levels. Slight increase in weaknesses and slight increase in strengths.
Infested Demolisher : Health increase at last level 72->76.
Infested Minotaur : Point reduction {42,48,53,60} -> {36,40,44,51}
Spitting Ghoul : Slight health increase at all levels. Point reduction {20,22,24,27,27,29} -> {17,19,21,24,26}
Forger : Increased health, armour and action points at both levels. Points reduction {110,130} -> {95,115}

Giants

Goat-eating Cyclops : Slight health increase, especially in early levels. Point reduction {60,66,75,85} -> {50,56,65,72} -> {50,56,65,72}
Armoured Cyclops : Points reduction {74,80,88,100} -> {65,76,85,98}
Earth golem : Point increase {36,40,45} -> {38,42,48}
Fire elemental : Point decrease {86,100} -> {76,92}
Glacial elemental : Point reduction {87,102} -> {80,96}
Storm elemental : Point reduction {86,98} -> {72,86}
Mountain-crushing Colossus : Increased strength and armour by 1. Increased strength to slashing and crushing damage. Reduced weakness to piercing damage. Points reduction 255->200

Humans

Kenba : Increased strength by 1. Points reduction 82->72

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Skills
To summarize, we will only list the skills that have relevant changes besides the point variations. Most skills have reduced their summoning cost by 1 or 2 points. Skills that have increased in cost will be listed.

Aim : Reduced Focused effect duration from 3 to 2 turns.
Drill Stake : Now unlocks from second level of Androtopa stake thrower.
Electrostatic Field : Increased area damage and healing received. At his second level, raises the cost from 8 to 9 points.
Piercing Cut: Increased summoning cost at later levels.
Pestilence: Slight increase in corrosive damage.
Runic Bravery : Now applies Focused and Motivated to the target, in addition to the Blessed status it already applied.
Stunned roar: Raises its cost from 6 to 7 points.
Savage Roar: Raise its cost from 4 to 5 points.
Thunder Grenade : Raise its cost from 3 to 4 points.
Wet Tongue : Decrease the maximum number of uses at first level by 1. Damage reduction at first level. New level added.
Crushing Advance : Maximum number of uses reduced by 1. Significant increase in area damage at 2nd level.

Clashes
The summon point budget for deployment has been adjusted for all engagements, according to the changes made to the units involved.

Errors
Fixed a bug that caused healing to not register correctly in the game stats. Any progress on heals performed of any kind has been reset.
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[b]If you've read this far, we have to tell you that we love you and appreciate the love and support, and it encourages us to keep working.
Thank you![/b]

[ 2025-02-10 17:00:43 CET ] [Original Post]

Multiplayer mode and Patch 2.8

The day has finally come, the Multiplayer mode is now available!

Some of you may have seen us testing and commenting on the new game mode: Local Multiplayer. In this mode you will be able to play with another person together on a computer or using the Steam Remote Play - Play Together functionality. You will have all the units and abilities you have unlocked so far, including their level upgrades.

In addition to this great new game mode (which we will continue to improve and polish to make it a key feature of Mind of War), we have made changes to the balancing to improve the gameplay experience:

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Units

Kenba, the Purifier: steamthumbsup Slight health increase. steamthumbsup Armour increase. steamthumbsup Point cost reduction.
Flaming cultist: steamthumbsup Slight health increase. steamthumbsup Point cost reduction in later levels.
Pestilent cultist: steamthumbsup Slight health increase at later levels. steamthumbsdown Point cost
increase at first level.
Champion of virulence: steamthumbsup Slight health increase at 2nd level and above. steamthumbsup Removed weakness to slashing and piercing damage. steamthumbsdown Increased weakness to crushing and electric damage. steamthumbsdown Reduced strength to igneous damage.
Infernal lion rider with crossbow: steamthumbsup Substantial health increase. steamthumbsup Reduced weakness to divine damage. steamthumbsup Increased strength to igneous and earth damage.
Earth golem: steamthumbsup Reduced points.steamthumbsup Increased health. steamthumbsup Slight strength increase to physical damage.
Goat-eating Cyclops: steamthumbsup Slight point cost reduction.
Armoured Cyclops: steamthumbsup Slight point cost reduction, especially in later levels. steamthumbsup Increased strength to physical damage. steamthumbsdown Increased weakness to electrical and fire damage. steamthumbsup Added slight strength to corrosive damage.

Skills

Fire wave: steamthumbsup Increased fire damage. New level.
Rock Throwing: steamthumbsup Increased crushing damage to target. steamthumbsup Slight increase in area ground damage.

Encounters

The summoning points of some clashes have been adjusted according to the balancing done on the units described above. In particular, the 11th showdown of the Fire and Shadows campaign has received a significant reduction in the available summon points.

Errors

Fixed bug that caused changing screen mode to reduce the current resolution.
Experienced issues with Steam Remote Play while using different screen resolutions. Switching between Full Screen and Windowed modes can help to synchronise the mouse on both devices. Still, it's a problem associated with Remote Play and how this service handles pointer position, unrelated to the game itself.

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Following our policy of transparency and information about the development, and trying to provide as much help as possible to your doubts, we leave you some common questions and clarifications about the implemented multiplayer and the game in its current stage:

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Can I play with a person using Remote Play, even if that person doesn't have the game? [u]Yes, of course[/u]. You will share your game screen with that person, so it will be similar to playing chair to chair, alternating your turns.

If the other person has the game, can they use their own units and abilities? [u]No.[/u] That functionality is not available as remote play simulates screen sharing and not a separate game running on each device.

Can I play races that I don't have unlocked? [u]No.[/u] Races such as giants or heretics will not be playable in multiplayer mode at this time.

Will there be online multiplayer where everyone plays from their own progress? We want to be transparent about the development of Mind of War, our goals, progress and planning, so we can say that this is an idea we would like to bring as soon as possible, but it currently requires production resources that lead us to prioritise other content for the coming months.

The balance between first player and second player varies a lot, sometimes it feels quite unbalanced, are you going to work on that? [u]Yes, without a doubt, yes.[/u] Currently this mode is in Beta, which means it is functional but in addition to needing some polish, it is still in development and we will have to work on improving the gameplay experience in it. Given the speed of the game, the weight of the order in which players alternate, and the catalogue of units, it is very difficult to adjust correctly for an optimal experience, without affecting the usual game modes. That is why we will work on adjusting and adding some features to this mode in the near future.

Will there be a new campaign? [u]Yes, of course.[/u] We are actively working to bring the new campaign as soon as possible, and raising the points of the next one (small spoiler: In that new campaign, it will bring some new units, but we will take control of an already known race, although we plan to bring some other new features).
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If you have more questions, doubts, comments or suggestions, we encourage you to participate in the game forums, as well as follow us on our networks to be aware of new content and announcements that we are sharing.
[u]Thank you very much to all the people who support Pi Video Games and enjoy Mind of War![/u]

[ 2025-02-03 10:25:38 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.6 January Update

We're bringing you a hot new update!

To start the year off on the right foot, we are bringing a technical change that we have been wanting to include for a long time and after several iterations, we think it is now at an interesting point to bring it to you:
We have redefined the AI parallel process for decision making, being more effective and more efficient in its execution. You may ask, What does this imply? By improving the implementation we have been able to expand the search in certain situations, improving decision making. It also implies that, being a more accurate parallelism, the thinking times will be more adjusted to the required (depending on the number of units, skills, and opponent's options), reducing possible slowdowns or fps drops during the most demanding calculations that could happen or even limiting the power in certain devices by balancing the processing with the rendering.
In short: New AI in Mind of War to improve the gaming experience! (Clarification: This improved implementation does not imply that the AI will be harder or more complicated, rather it avoids some traits that could worsen the gameplay experience, and occasionally, it will make some better decisions.)

But that's not all! As a good update it includes some improvements and fixes, as well as a balancing review that you can't miss. Let's get to it!

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Units

Ironclad Dwarf : steamthumbsup Reduced point cost at first level. steamthumbsup Slight health increase at later levels. steamthumbsdown Subtle increased weakness to igneous and electrical damage. New level available!
Elven Swordsman : steamthumbsup Slight health increase. New level available!
Driade : steamthumbsup Slight health increase. New level available!
Mega-Toad Rider : steamthumbsdown Slight health reduction.
Mega-Toad Warrior : steamthumbsdown Slight health reduction.
Battle centaur : steamthumbsup Reduced point cost. steamthumbsup Slight health increase.
Infernal armoured lion : steamthumbsup steamthumbsup Substantial health increase(especially at advanced levels) .
Forger : steamthumbsup Reduced point cost (collaterally, reduces the amount of summoning points available in his confrontation in the Fire and Shadows campaign).

Skills

Huge Whip : New level with increased offensive potential.
Defender : steamthumbsdown Reduced healing at all levels. steamthumbsup New level that applies healing to the user as well.
Divine Arrow shot : steamthumbsdown Increased point cost.
Deluge Leap: Fixed bug where it applied Focused instead of Inspired from the second level of the skill onwards.

Visuals

Improved animation related to the lick of both mega-toads.
Implemented Forger's melee attack animation.
Typos fixes and new hints on the game's loading screen.

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We hope you like the changes included!

From Pi Video Games we appreciate the support and love that you give to the game, and we are happy to see how you enjoy overcoming its challenges. We encourage you to participate in the forum (inside the Steam meeting point ) with comments and questions that you want to send us, as well as write a review of the game.

We want to be transparent about the development of Mind of War, so please be informed that we are working on two major future updates that will be coming soon: As you can imagine, the new campaign that will bring light to the shadows surrounding the aberrant cult, and that will be a while yet to come; and as a prelude to this, a local multiplayer mode, which we will try to bring a first version to get your impressions, and that we will be polishing throughout February and beyond, including the implementation of Steam Remote Play so you can play it remotely with whomever you want.

See you soon!

[ 2025-01-16 15:33:46 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.5

[h2]Happy Holidays!
From Pi Video games, development team of Mind of War, we wish you the happiest and most bearable holidays possible[/h2].

We are working on new proposals that will be sprouting throughout 2025, in particular we are already with the first steps to bring you a new campaign (as some people had already discovered) and we have included some improvements and fixes for you to enjoy Mind of War in its best state.

Patch changes:

Galendril, High Elf: steamthumbsup Increased her health significantly. steamthumbsup steamthumbsdown Modified strengths and weaknesses. The aim has been to highlight their weaknesses and above all to enhance their melee capabilities.
Increased the number of tokens received when replaying overcome battles.
Adjusted the probability of obtaining elven units during the Fire and Shadows campaign.
Added subtle movement of the background in the Earth Core campaign.
Corrected window size when changing the screen mode in the menu options.
Added unit information (health, armour, strength) during unit editing in deployment.

[ 2024-12-28 17:46:56 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.4

[u]New patch to close the year's updates![/u]

Most important changes in this patch:
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Units

New unit: Mega-toad warrior!
Dwarf War Machine: can now use Electrostatic Field as an additional ability.
Dwarf War Machine: steamthumbsup Health increase. steamthumbsup Reduced summoning points cost. steamthumbsup steamthumbsdown Increased effectiveness of Strengths and Weaknesses bonuses (apply with greater intensity).

Skills

Heavy Dragonmouth: steamthumbsup Increased damage dealt at close range.
Virulent Advance: steamthumbsdown Large damage reduction.
Rock throwing steamthumbsup Increased physical damage done to the target.

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On our side preparing new content, thenew campaign and working on new proposals for all of you!
We wish you a happy holiday season!

[ 2024-12-17 11:30:51 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.3

New skill icons for some elemental (fire, water...) and support spells
New animations for Wild Roar.
Added option in the main menu to switch between windowed and fullscreen modes [i](Beta)[/i
Minor interface changes and improvements.
New achievement available! (We know you like to get all the achievements :P)

[ 2024-12-05 06:34:30 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch 2.2

New skill icons.
Animation fixes for some units.
Localisation bug fixes.
New achievement available.

[ 2024-11-27 12:32:52 CET ] [Original Post]

Fire and Shadows Campaign now available

The new campaign consists of 14 Mind of War style encounters, where you will learn about the Aberrant Cult's assault on the eastern forests, the rise of nature and fantastic wildlife, and the horrors that lie beneath the mountains; and stop the corruption and destruction wrought by the heretics from destroying the world, fighting Galendril and his unstoppable army

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We are pleased to inform you that the complete Fire and Shadows campaign is now available!
You may already know Galendril, the personification representing the strength of the forests, and the agility that characterises this incredible faction. And from now on, you will be able to take command and stop the pestilence and corruption that plagues your forest.
In Fire and Shadows you will learn a little more about the two predominant factions and how they will be forced to show all their cards to prevent being swept away by the rival faction.

We hope you enjoy all the new content, and we will be updating with new skills, animations, sound and visual enhancements, and any units that rise to take part in this battle.
In addition to the new clashes and units, there have been some changes in balancing and content that affect and complement the previous campaigns and apply to the game in general. So as usual we leave you with a summary list of the changes included in this update:

Balancing and tuning changes for version 1.2.1

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General
Non-physical damage (bludgeoning, slashing, and piercing) done at range 2 or more will be considered (for the purposes of damage reduction or increase) as if it were ranged damage.
Example: The spell Nature Blow applies earth damage to a target at range 2. As it is non-physical damage, applied to an opponent two squares away, if any status is available that increases or reduces the damage received at range, it will be applied as if it were.

Tokens
The rarity of some units and abilities has been changed.
The amount of tokens needed to level up has changed:

Common: No change.
Uncommon: [strike]8[/strike] 10 [strike]16[/strike] 20 [strike]32[/strike] 40
Rare: [strike]12[/strike] 9 [strike]24[/strike] 27 [strike]48[/strike] 81
Epic: [strike]16[/strike] 8 \ 32
Legendary: [strike]20[/strike] 6

Altered states

Petrified and Immobile : steamthumbsup Applied additional bonus to ranged damage received.
Inertia : steamthumbsdown Reduced bonus to damage dealt.
Choleric : steamthumbsdown Increased bonus to damage received.

Units

Hunter and spitting ghouls : steamthumbsdown They now take more damage from water attacks.
Mecha-engineer andromole : steamthumbsup Substantially increased health.
Riddled Minotaur : steamthumbsdown Attack reduction.
Riddled Andromole crusher and Riddled Minotaur : steamthumbsup Now perform Virulent Advance. (powerful movement ability + area damage)[/i
Changes have been made to level progression, adding new and changing unit rarities; resulting in some variation in attributes.

Skills

Intravenous adrenaline : steamthumbsup Increased healing.
Sweep : steamthumbsdown Significant reduction in individual target damage.
Smoke Bomb : steamthumbsdown First level damage reduction.
Butt Blow : steamthumbsup Increased damage at first level.
Headbutt : steamthumbsup At maximum level, applies Suppress to opponent.
Soak : steamthumbsup Increased area damage. steamthumbsdown Individual damage reduction.
Bulldozer lunge : steamthumbsdown Damage reduction on those levels with bleed.
Incendiary arrows : steamthumbsup Reduced cost and increased area damage.
Incinerator Flask : steamthumbsup Increased overall damage.
Thunder Grenade : steamthumbsup Increased area damage.
War cry : steamthumbsup Slight increase in healing. steamthumbsdown Increased summon cost. steamthumbsup Now applies Inspired to the user as well.
Choleric Axes : steamthumbsdown Damage reduction at first level.
Incineration: steamthumbsup Overall damage increase.
Suspicious injection : steamthumbsup Overall damage increase. steamthumbsup Now applies corrosive damage to the first few levels as well (previously only inflicted at higher levels).
Runic Prison : steamthumbsup Substantial damage increase.
Slippery Jump: Requires leveling up to level 3 to be able to use it 2 times. (previously only had 2 levels) Reduced summoning cost when leveling up to level 2.
More than a dozen new abilities.

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MAC version : We are working on the MAC version of Mind of War. Although it is currently available, we are not sure how stable it is on the diversity of devices with this operating system on the market. If you experience any problems and are unable to play, we encourage you to contact us at soporte@pivideogames.es[/i] to fix the problem. We will continue to work on testing and polishing the new platform we have targeted.

[ 2024-11-25 10:10:19 CET ] [Original Post]

The ghosts have gone

The masked creature hunting season is over.

Over 400 masks have been collected! Enjoy your sweet rewards!

In addition to announcing the end of the season, we would like to take this opportunity to add some changes to the November update. And that's not all, the winds of the eastern forests announce the resurgence of a faction that has been in the shadows.
For much of the month of November we will be sharpening swords, crafting arrows, sewing clothing and feeding impressive magical creatures in order to bring you a new campaign from the beloved elven faction. We will also be adding a new unit for the Dwarf and Androtope factions. And that's not all, we are bringing new abilities, with some new mechanics and effects to complement the wide range of available actions.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves, here are the changes included in the closing Halloween event:

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Skills

Charge : steamthumbsup Slightly increased area damage.
Ballistic Shell: Now deals crushing damage instead of piercing.
Dart Shot : steamthumbsup New level and progress diluted.
Changed rarity of some skills.
Fixed and improved the animation of Mountain-crossing Spear (Dwarf Wolf Rider).

Sounds

Added new Dwarf War Machine death sound.
Some minor changes and improvements to existing sounds.

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If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or ideas; we encourage you to leave them in this announcement or in our community forum - we'll be on standby to read them and respond as soon as possible!

[ 2024-11-04 09:36:14 CET ] [Original Post]

Halloween Event

Halloween is here in Mind of War!!!

New thematic update. All Mind of War locations have been decorated according to the Halloween holiday - discover them all!

The Halloween spirit has taken over some of Mind of War's units. Defeat them in combat, remove their masks, and earn sweet rewards.
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Changes added additionally:

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Units

Slight health increase on Giant units. steamthumbsup (slightly tougher opponents)

Skills
Minor skill changes and new levels

Ballistic Shell: steamthumbsdown Slight reduction to area fire damage.
Defender: steamthumbsup Increased healing applied.
Hammer Blow: steamthumbsdown Slight reduction in damage at level 1. (Representation of Average Damage in levels : [strike][80-83-87][/strike] -> [78-81-84-88] )
Headbutt: New level.
Quick lunge: steamthumbsdown Accentuated damage reduction at higher levels. New level, and diluted progression.

Major bug fixes.
Fixed a bug when repeatedly clicking between the opponent and their square, causing a desynchronisation in the selected unit and the skill used.
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[ 2024-10-28 06:56:20 CET ] [Original Post]

Game Balancing - Mid October.

We are working on the next update, but in the meantime we present you a game balancing patch, with some important new features and adjustments:

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Units

Dwarf War Machine : steamthumbsup Armour increase. steamthumbsdown steamthumbsup Adjustment of weaknesses and strengths.
Andromole Thunder-thrower : steamthumbsup Reduced summoning cost.
Flamethrower Dwarf : steamthumbsup Slight health increase.
Kivimuri : steamthumbsup Increased armour from level 2. steamthumbsup Reduced summoning cost at first level. steamthumbsdown Increased summoning cost at all other levels.
Dwarven Crossbowman : steamthumbsdown Progressive health reduction with increasing intensity at higher levels.

Skills

Changed Thunder skill rarity - From Epic to Rare. A level progression adjustment has been implemented to compensate for this change.
Altered Bleed effect: No longer increases damage taken, but moderately further reduces damage done per charge. Deals more damage per maximum health but no longer applies current health.
New Ability: Thunder Grenade. (Andromole thunder-thrower)
New ability: Piercing Stake. (Stake-launching turret)

Encounters

Small changes in specific levels : Adjustment by varying by less than 10% the initial budget summoning points, also some skill levels of some non-main units have been changed.
Major changes in - Dwarf Campaign level 10 - significantly reducing its difficulty: Increase starting summon points. Reduced the level of the skill Huge Whip of the Great Crusher andromoles. Reduced the level of the Quick Lunge skill of both Explorer andromoles.

Made some visual adjustments and added new animations.
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If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or ideas; we encourage you to leave them in this announcement or in our community forum - we'll be on standby to read them and respond as soon as possible!

[ 2024-10-19 06:40:00 CET ] [Original Post]

Version 1.1 - Balancing and closing of campaigns

[u]Good morning to all of you who are following and supporting us! [/u](and well, to those who don't, also very good)

The update we promised you with the first Mind of War upload (the start of our Early Access) is ready and we want to share all the changes it brings.
Also, we want to let you know that You can now complete the Dwarf and Androtope campaign!

We warn you that these are two very important levels, where you will have to deploy all your potential and will require you to have your units well prepared and leveled up. We wish you a lot of fun and an absolutely satisfying end to the campaign!
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There will be new minor updates throughout this month and we will be working on the new campaign Fire and Shadows[/b](which we already gave you a sneak preview of during the demo) coming in November. We will also bring new units for all factions!

That said, here is a list, for the curious ones, where you can see the changes we have made to the game balance:

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Units

Mole battlemaster : steamthumbsup Health increase.
Shielded Dwarf : steamthumbsup Reduced summoning cost. steamthumbsup Increased resistance to physical attacks. steamthumbsdown Increased weakness to igneous attacks.
Kivimuri : steamthumbsup Increased health.
Minor changes to basic units of each faction.

Abilities

Bulldozer : Additional level. steamthumbsup Added bleed effect.
Awe Axe : steamthumbsdown:steamthumbsdown Reduced healing received by 40%.
Runic Storm : steamthumbsdown Reduced healing and damage done.
Great Dragon's Breath : steamthumbsup Increased damage at close range. steamthumbsup Reduced summoning cost.
Headbutt: steamthumbsup Reduced summoning cost. steamthumbsdown Slight reduction in damage dealt.
Defender: steamthumbsdown Increased summoning cost. Steamthumbsup: Slight increase in healing.
New ability: Long Arrow shot. (Dwarf Crossbowman)

Chests

Increase and adjustment of rewards chance : Rare and epic units and skills now appear with a higher frequency. Slight increase for legendaries as well.

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If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or ideas, we encourage you to leave them in this announcement or in our community forum; we will be on standby to read them and respond as soon as possible!

[ 2024-10-08 05:50:45 CET ] [Original Post]

New version with new content!

The third encounter of the Fire and Shadows campaign has been enabled; here you will be able to edit your deployment with previously obtained elven units.
Some units have been improved and updated, such as the Dwarven Crossbowman, the Elven Shaman or the Forest Minotaur. With more fluid and elaborate animations.
New epic units available.
Improved animations for some 'rare' and 'epic' rarity units.
Improved settings and options panel. AI action speed can now be configured, and sound settings will also be saved between game sessions.
Added new sounds for some skill animations.
Fixed minor bugs and adjusted some sounds.