Introduction Virtuti Militari: World War 2 in Europe is a turn-based strategic game for two players (referred to as the Axis Player and the Allied Player) competing for domination in Europe during World War II (1939 to 1945). The Allied Player controls two factions: the Western Allies and the USSR. In the Full Campaign scenario, … Read more

Scripted events represent real historic events and their effects. Some of them will give player a choice, allowing to take a non-historic path. Scripted events get triggered in the beginning of the Diplomatic Phase. Most Scripted Events have a list of conditions which must be met in order to be triggered. Following scripted events are … Read more

There are three types of events in the game: Calendar Events. Those events are guaranteed to happen in a given turn, and include things such as: Faction getting new card or permanently removing a card. For example, Axis removes the Blitzkrieg card from game in Winter 1941. Faction getting or losing an Order Token. For … Read more

Check out this screenshot from the game. A lot of good progress on the main game UI! New top bar and buttons New cards panels looks! Tooltips overhaul (better spacing,  padding, horizontal rules etc.) The game starts looking really pleasant, isn’t it?

Although the core of the Virtuti Militari gameplay is focused on card management, order placement, combat and resource management, the game also features a simple diplomatic system. During the diplomatic phase each player (starting with the Axis player) has the opportunity to interact with every country in the game in one of the following 2 … Read more

A lot of work has been done since the last update. Multiplayer is 90% done. AI is completed. The client app (the actual game) is about 60% ready. For those of you curious of the technical details of making this type of turn-based multiplayer game, here are some facts: The whole ecosystem is in fact … Read more

The Problem There’s a lot of articles and tutorials on the Internet on how to host a static website with AWS S3, but most of them include two very common problems: Problem #1: Use AWS S3 static website hosting feature, but no Cloudfront. If you do that, you won’t have custom domain with SSL and … Read more

When units enter an enemy occupied Area, a battle begins. Battle must be fully resolved before the game can resume. The battle is being resolved in the following steps: Step 1. Calculate initial Strength, for both attacker and defender. Following factors contribute to Strength: Unit attack / defense strength. Check out unit statistics here. Bonus … Read more

Virtuti Militari is a turn-based game, each turn representing about 2 months of real time. Each turn is divided into following phases: Weather Phase. This phase is automatic. The game will determine weather in each region on the map. Region’s climate zone and season of the year are taken into account when determining weather. Strategic … Read more