Battle Brothers

Because of my utter lack of skill at the game I keep losing my favourite Bros, but I am having fun anyway.

Got this game on Steam. If you are a fan of titles like Mount & Blade, Darkest Dungeon or even just XCom, I can wholeheartedly recommend this game. Lots of love and attention to detail went intoit. It is harsh, it is unforgiving. But the feeling of reward when progression becomes palpable is real. Great fun and an even greater time sink. 10/10. Definitely play on Beginner difficulty first though.

One of the best games in this genre to come out in recent years. A tactical, real-time map, turn based party combat RPG. You lead a squad of mercenaries in a randomly generated map, filled with different factions, villages, towns, cities - separated by vast areas of wilderness but also connected by roads. How you make your living and how you survive this harsh land is up to you. You can choose to focus on trading by buying and selling different resources available in different towns, or you could choose to take on mercenary contracts. Or you could simply pick a direction and explore the wilderness, discover what's out there. Regardless of what you'd prefer to do, you can't get around doing battle with various enemies on the map. Be they monsters roaming the wilderness, bandits lying in wait of traders and innocent travellers, or even warring noble houses or an Orc or Undead invasion. To deal with the threat of combat you can recruit various soldiers into your army. From inexperienced but burly peasants, to retired veteran soldiers who can barely move and who's bones break from every injury, but who can thread a blade through any defense. You equip your soldiers with different armor, weapon and utility items to boost their effectiveness. Your warriors will also gain experience which gives you stat points and talents which all you to improve them in a way to best suit their individual abilities and your party composition. A lot of people complain about the RNG in the game, and while it does exist (attacks and defenses roll a dice within the ranges of the unit/weapon stats), I would like to say that there's no such thing as "bad luck", only lack of preparation. Yes your troops can get one shot under certain conditions. But as the leader it's your job to make sure they're never in that position. You can get ambushed on the road, you can get impossible contracts. But again, you're the leader. Prepare for ambushes, avoid impossible contracts. It's all about you.

Got an achievement for losing the game within 10 minutes of launching the game for the first time

I play with the legends mod. The depth it adds really builds on what makes Battle Brothers a great game.