r/wesnoth

Man, I can’t believe this game just popped up on my Reddit feed again. I played the hell out of Wesnoth back in 2006–2007. The community back then was something special super friendly, always ready to help new players, and it was ridiculously easy to make friends in the multiplayer lobby. I used to spend hours just hanging around chatting, jumping into random games, and messing around with the map editor making my own scenarios.

Unfortunately my monitor died and I never managed to recover my old account, so I had to stop playing. All that progress, the friends I made, and the community maps I uploaded just… vanished. Those years were pure gold though.

It’s honestly heartwarming to see the community is still going strong after all this time. I’m so damn happy the developers have kept updating it. I can’t even put into words how it feels. When I checked it out again I wasn’t expecting the mountain of community maps and mods that are available now. Tried a bunch of them and they were absolute bangers. It’s crazy how far the game has come.

Huge thanks to the devs and to all the loyal people who’ve kept Wesnoth alive all these years.

P.S. Old username was gion if any of you old-timers somehow still remember that name from the 1.1/1.2 days, hello again and I have a family now, also 37 and living the best life.

Im relatively new to the game, which means i initially played it years ago but recently came back to it.

I wanted to play some online games but everytime i was looking for some either there where no open which i could join, people didnt join mine or when a game actually started that people where afk all of a sudden on like turn 3 so the game stopped, or people insisted on playing with factions and units ive had never seem before. From scrolling the subreddit i can see there is lots of user generated content which i find cool, i just dont know it yet. Is there a way to plan some casual games just for fun (preferably with the 6 base factions), maybe like a discord or straight up from here?