Back in 1996 there was a game called Warlords 2 by SSG. Now there's LordsAWar! a modern version of this once-popular popular game.

LordsAWar! is a turn-based strategy game where up to eight players strive to conquer all of the cities on the map. The player has three distinct roles in the game:

1. The player acts as a General who controls all of military strategy elements of the game; moving armies around the map, conquering cities and managing the production of new army units.
2. The player acts as a diplomatic envoy, managing diplomatic relations with every other player.
3. The player acts as a tax collector, automatically collecting gold pieces from each city that has been conquered. This pays for the maintenance of army units already created. The income can also be used to buy new and different kinds of army units.

Army units are arranged into stacks of up to eight and are moved around the map through varying terrain; forest, hills, swamp, or water. Each of the varying kinds of terrain cost the stack some of its movement points. Some stacks may even have the ability to fly over troublesome mountains.

Some army units are special hero units. Heroes sometimes emerge spontaneously in cities at the start of the player's turn. Heroes can search ruins to obtain gold pieces or magical items, or go on special quests. Powerful allies often accompany a hero.

The objective of the game is to conquer all of the cities on the map. This is accomplished by producing army units in cities and making ever more powerful stacks to conquer neighbouring cities. Strategy is employed to know which city, or player to target next, on the way to total victory.