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Fantasy General

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4.5

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Fantasy General
Description
  Fantasy General includes the "Island Challenge" add-on.  For over a century, the world of Aer was a place of peace, joy and prosperity. Through advances in technology and magic, its inhabitants created a harmonious society, rid of disease, destruction and evil. All was well within the land of A...
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Product details
1996, Strategic Simulations, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB HDD...
Time to beat
41.5 hMain
53.5 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
46.5 h All Styles
Description

 

Fantasy General includes the "Island Challenge" add-on. 

For over a century, the world of Aer was a place of peace, joy and prosperity. Through advances in technology and magic, its inhabitants created a harmonious society, rid of disease, destruction and evil. All was well within the land of Aer... Until the Shadowlord came. Once a mere man with a voracious thirst for knowledge and power, the Shadowlord explored where no other dared, forsaking his humanity for absolute control. Summoning forth creatures of evil and attracting the most despicable of men, he created a powerful army and conquered Aer, engulfing it in pain, suffering and death. With the populace kept weak and divided through brutality and fear, few dare to openly challenge his reign. But now, The Council of Five, a leadership of Aer’s wisest rulers and mages, has selected a powerful general to unite its people and challenge the Shadowlord’s rule. With magic, beasts, mortals and mechs at your disposal, you must construct and lead your army across the lands of Aer, defeating the Shadowlord’s forces and generals.. Join the battle and restore peace and happiness to this broken world. 

Fantasy General is the third instalment in Strategic Simulations’ Five Star General Series, and invites you to leave the trenches of World War II and enter a world of heroes, swords, magic and beasts. As a turn-based strategy game, you must lead your army into battle with the Shadowlord’s forces and defeat each of his lieutenants across varying terrain and battlefields. Build your army from the ground up, research upgrades to strengthen your forces, and augment your army with items and heroes who will aid you in your plight. With an atmospheric choral soundtrack, a user-friendly, point-and-click interface and engaging strategic gameplay, this contrasting addition to the Five Star General Series will have you hooked from the opening cinematic and will keep you plotting and battling to the very end. 

- Battle the Shadowlord’s forces and lieutenants across 5 continents 
- Choose your general from four champions, each with its unique traits and abilities 
- Customise and upgrade your army, with over 10 unit classes and four races to recruit from 
- Uncover hidden items and heroes to upgrade your troops and lead your army 
- Choose from three game modes: Campaign, Scenarios and Local Multiplayer

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Goodies
Fantasy General Manual Fantasy General Manual (DE) Fantasy General Soundtrack
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

This game is powered by DOSBox.
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
41.5 hMain
53.5 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
46.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04), Mac OS X (10.15+)
Release date:
{{'1996-03-01T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
202 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone

Game features

Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
français
audio
text
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What improvements we made to this game:
Update (13 November 2024)
  • Fixed an issue where intro music would be cut in the English version
  • Updated DOSBox configurations for smoother performance
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
Update 1.0 20211006 (11 October 2021)
  • Improved track cuts and volume levels
  • Slightly changed volume balance
  • Limit speed so scrolling the map is okay
  • Hopefully keept number of audio drops low
  • Forced doubling the size in order to improve output on some chipsets
Internal Update (21 March 2019)
  • Added Cloud Saves functionality
DLC addition (21 May 2015)
  • The English version of Fantasy General now includes the rare Island Challenge add-on
  • The Island Challenge add-on is accessible via the main menu by clicking the "Mini-Campaign" button
  • A huge "Thank you!" goes out to our community member Artki!
Language addition (14 May 2015)
  • We've added the German version of Fantasy General for all three supported operating systems along with the German manual for the game. This addition was made by possible with the help of our community member, Mondfels. Vielen Dank, Mondfels!
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Posted on: September 25, 2024

mizushinzui

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Games: 114 Reviews: 6

Decent Fantasy Hex Strategy Title

If you're looking for a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy bent then this is the game for you. Still incredibly playable despite it's age, and relatively intuative to boot. You control one of four different Fantasy Generals and have to help liberate the lands from the evil Shadowlord using whatever means necessary. During the capaign you gain gold to spend on upgrading or buying units, as well as researching new unit types to use as your army develops. Starting out with smaller-scale skirmishes, you're deep in the throws of huge battles before you know it


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Posted on: August 9, 2025

urielisko

Verified owner

Games: 42 Reviews: 6

Good Old Game

Some rules are a bit fishy, some stuff does not show up on screen until you try to do a thing and it works or not. Solid funfest though :)


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Posted on: August 17, 2025

bochen26

Verified owner

Games: 145 Reviews: 1

SSI in it's finest

This game is a briliant example of hex based strategies and how great they can be, the adition of magic expands the Panzer General style proving that SSI was once the best strategy game dev, also soundtrack is great for the setting if tedious in the long run.


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Posted on: March 9, 2025

SSI Excellence

Another great blast from the past with SSI! I love teh whole "General' series. Nothing better than commanding armies of fantasy units while playing a fantasy general. Love the mechanics and simplicity without losing the strategy.


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Posted on: March 26, 2025

tbloudek

Verified owner

Games: 106 Reviews: 1

Fantasy Panzer General

Good old game. Needed to figure out settings for 1st launch of the game, after that this game took me to my young age and chill with making blitz across fantasy world.


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