Free Settlers II inspired strategy game Widelands version 1.2 is out now

It's free, open source and full of features. Widelands, a game inspired by The Settlers II, has a big new release out now with version 1.2. The Settlers II, and the original, were some of the first strategy games I played so I love seeing projects like this continue their original idea on.

Widelands 1.1 was released back in October 2022, so the developers have had quite a while to expand it!

Some of the highlights of this release include:

• UI Plugins are add-ons that can add more functionality to the user interface.
• Naval Warfare preview: Invade foreign coasts using warships!
  This is included as a preview feature and needs to be explicitly enabled in the game setup screen.
• Soldier garrisons for ports and headquarters.
• Balancing changes to the Amazon economy.
• Fifth scenario for the Frisian campaign.
• More settings in the game setup screen, such as configurable durations for timed win conditions.
• Diplomacy handling for the computer players.
• Stick pinned notes onto map fields to mark important points.
• Hyperlinks let you navigate within the encyclopedia and to the online help.
• Easy maps publishing inside the editor.
• High-resolution images for many more units.
• Accessibility enhancements for many user interface components.
• Expose more functionality to the add-ons and scenario scripting interface.
• Fixed many crashes and hangs and enhanced error handling.

See more on the official site. You can install it easily on Linux from Flathub.