A Hex-Based Wargame Across the 20th Century
Armchair Commander is a turn-based strategy game that puts you in charge of armies on a hex grid. You can play through missions covering the vast majority of World War II, from the Battle of Stalingrad to the Normandy landings, and continue into alternate history scenarios and the Cold War era. The game includes about 30 missions and conquest maps. Conquest mode lets you choose your country and play across Europe from 1939 to 1950 or Asia from 1937 to 1950. You can pick from Germany, the Soviet Union, Republic of China, United States, Great Britain, or any of the more than 100 countries available.
Playing Together with Friends
Armchair Commander supports online PvP, so you and your friends can face each other in multiplayer battles. The game also has crossplay with mobile users through the multiplayer system, which means your group does not all need to be on the same device. Beyond competitive play, the community has created thousands of missions that you can download and play through together. Since every campaign map can be modified, your group can also tweak existing scenarios to set up the kind of match you want.
Building Your Own Scenarios
The map editor comes built into the base game and lets you customize every aspect of a mission. You can set a country's alliance, resources, cities, airports, troops, veterancy, troop attack distance, winning conditions, and which troops have generals. Once you finish a map, you can upload it for other players to see. The politics system adds another layer: you can declare wars, form and break alliances, trigger custom events with consequences like changes to resources or unit experience, and send aid to allies similar to Lend Lease during WWII.
Units and Generals
You command more than 20 land, naval, and air units, and the same unit can have special functionalities depending on which country controls it. The game includes hundreds of generals from various countries, with more added in updates. Generals are not tied to specific units, so you can remove one from a unit and replace them at any time.