# BattleLore: Command

> Fantasy tactical combat game based on a board game with campaign and multiplayer modes. (iPhone/iPad app by Fantasy Flight Games.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/battlelore-command/id931579459 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Fantasy Flight Games](https://appshunter.io/developer/372272435)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: $6.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 16 App Store ratings · 147 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 826 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2014-11-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-14
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/battlelore-command/id931579459/reviews.md

## What is BattleLore?

"One of the best of the year." - boardgamegeek.com
Pocket Tactics - 5 out of 5
Board Game Geek - 5 out of 5
Touch Arcade - 4 out of 5
Gamezebo - 4 out of 5

EPIC FANTASY BATTLES
Command valiant warriors and vicious demons in BattleLore: Command, based on the board game BattleLore Second Edition. Lead the noble Daqan army as they fearlessly defend their homeland from the invading hordes of the Uthuk Y’llan– demon-blooded barbarians spreading chaos and destruction wherever they go. Or, lead the Uthuk Y’llan and channel their fury into military supremacy.

PREPARE FOR WAR: Muster armies suited to the mission at hand and support your strengths as a commander. Deploy them strategically and order them unit by unit.

TAKE THE FIELD: Use the 360º view to see the battlefield from any vantage point.

WIELD ARCANE POWERS: Lore powers give each army unique tactical and magical advantages you can use to surprise the enemy and turn the tide of battle. 

FIGHT A HEROIC CAMPAIGN: Take charge of the Daqan army in a multi-mission single-player campaign to vanquish the Uthuk Y’llan and save Terrinoth. 

SKIRMISH AGAINST A FRIEND OR AGAINST THE COMPUTER: Challenge your friends or the CPU in multiplayer matches: Online, LAN, Pass & Play or vs. CPU!

YOU ARE IN COMMAND.

## Key features

- Epic fantasy battles
- Strategic army mustering and deployment
- 360º battlefield view
- Wield arcane Lore powers
- Multi-mission single-player campaign
- Online and local multiplayer skirmishes

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $6.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Locust Expansion | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of BattleLore?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎮 Excellent tactical strategy gameplay with depth
- 🎨 High-quality graphics and 3D animations
- 🎵 Great sound design and voice acting
- 📖 Engaging campaign with compelling story
- 🧠 Mentally stimulating and challenging combat
- 🎯 Faithful adaptation of the board game
- 👥 Multiple game modes (campaign, PvP, AI, hot seat)
- 💰 No aggressive in-app purchases
- 🎪 Polished user interface and smooth controls
- 🏆 Good replay value with branching paths

**Cons**

- 🎲 Dice rolls appear heavily biased toward AI
- 💾 No mid-game save functionality
- ⏱️ Battles take excessively long to complete
- 🔄 No undo button for accidental actions
- 📱 UI elements too small on smaller screens
- 🌐 Online multiplayer is dead/non-functional
- 🎮 Limited unit variety and customization
- ⚙️ Overpowered AI with unfair advantages
- 🔧 Game crashes frequently
- 📜 Only English language support
- 🎯 Restrictive lane-based movement system
- 🔀 Rule changes from original board game
- ⏳ No difficulty level selection
- 🐢 Slow enemy turn animations
- 🎪 Outdated app not updated for modern iOS

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game crashes after defeating boss Ravos
- App crashes when selecting units in certain scenarios
- Crashes on iPad mini and smaller devices
- Game closes when tapping blue flags on map
- Crashes when grotesque ability is used
- Force quit loses all progress with no save
- Game crashes at level selection screen
- Crashes on iPhone 6+ consistently
- No sound on iPad Air
- Game wedges in weird state with Lore menu
- Crashes when app is closed mid-game
- LAN multiplayer disconnection issues
- Incompatible with iOS 8 and later versions
- Storage space requirement mismatch in app info

**Most requested features**

- Mid-game save functionality (most requested)
- Undo button for accidental moves and lore selections
- Asynchronous online multiplayer
- Difficulty level selection
- Game state saving between sessions
- Zoom capability for smaller screens
- Additional campaign expansions
- Play as the Uthuk faction in campaign
- German language translation
- French language translation
- Russian language translation
- Faster enemy turn animations
- Terrain information display before movement
- Top-down board game view option
- Unit experience and progression system
- Cross-device iCloud synchronization
- Rotate screen orientation option
- More unit types and factions
- Pass and play local multiplayer
- 64-bit update for modern devices

## Recent user reviews (10 of 147)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/battlelore-command/id931579459/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Tactical Grid Based Masterpiece!

*2024-03-07, version 1.2.2*

Darksouls level of challenge. You will be engaged and mentally stimulated. 

An excellent game. I’m glad it’s still here on iOS! Worth the price and some. 

Features: 
• Excellent campaign w/ voice acting & art
• Online PvP 
• Player vs. Ai
• Hot seat (pass & play)

### 2/5 — Nett umgesetzt mit Mängeln, keine Dt. Übersetzung, kein Speichern

*2024-01-22*

Es handelt sich bei diesem Spiel um eine grafisch recht gute Umsetzung des Brettspiels Battlelore 2. Edition.
Es gibt eine Kampagne, die aufgrund von seltsamen Quests allerdings nur wenig Taktik zulässt und einen in bestimmte Spiel-Muster zwingen möchte, dies macht mir nur mäßig Spaß.
Dafür hat man die Möglichkeit im Internet/Lan/gegen eine CPU oder zu zweit normal zu spielen.
Dies funktioniert sehr gut und ist für eine App auch gut umgesetzt worden.
Dennoch macht es nicht soviel Spaß wie das Original-Brettspiel. 
Was für mich als Gelegenheits- bzw. Toilettenspieler allerdings gar nicht geht, ist der Fakt, dass dieses Spiel bzw. die App die laufenden Spiele nicht speichert. Keine Zwischenspeicherung, keine manuelle Speichermöglichkeit innerhalb eines Spiels.
Man kann gewisse Aktionen, die innerhalb des Original-Spiels wieder zurückgenommen oder bis zu einem gewissen Punkt geändert werden können, in der App nicht mehr zurücknehmen.
Was mich am meisten stört, ist der Umstand, dass gewisse Fähigkeiten in der App anders behandelt werden als im Original.
Es gibt beim Würfel keine Krone, mit der man diese bestimmten Einheiten-Fähigkeiten aktivieren könnte oder sich auch Entscheiden kann, diese Fähigkeit nicht zu aktivieren.
Beispiel: Blood Harvester - Frenzy und Citadel Guard - Superior Tactics.
Dies macht meiner Meinung nach die Wertigkeit der beiden Einheiten zu nichte. 
Zudem lässt das Spiel mehrere Machtkarten pro Runde zu, dies ist im Original so nicht möglich bzw. wird auf eine Karte pro Runde limitiert.

Mein Fazit: Wer Battlelore alleine spielen möchte, das Original nicht kennt oder wen die kleinen Regeländerungen nicht stören und wer für eine Runde ohne Speichern 45-90 min. investieren kann, der kann ruhig zugreifen.

Ansonsten eher nicht. Ich habe gemerkt, egal wie gut so Spiele als App umgesetzt werden (Battlelore, Zombies, Warhammer Quest, Terraforming Mars, Carcassonne, Monopoly uvm.), es taugt einfach nichts als App. 
Es kommt nicht an das Original heran, es fehlt die Kommunikation unter Spielern, man hat nichts zum Anfassen, nicht mal den Aufbau nimmt man selbst vor. 
Zudem spielt man Brettspiele, auch wenn dies geht, nicht alleine!
Vielleicht bin ich mit 40 zu alt, aber Brettspiele gehören auf den Tisch. Mit Getränken, Snacks und lustigen Freunden.

PS: 3 Sterne Abzug für fehlende Speicherfunktion, nur eine Sprache und kleine Unstimmigkeiten mit den Regeln. Das können andere für einen geringeren Preis besser.

### 3/5 — Multiplayer question

*2022-06-15, version 1.2.2*

I’m wondering if you can still play this game online?

### 3/5 — Not bad

*2021-07-14, version 1.2.2*

Not bad, it seems to be the board game all there just without the extra hardware such as actual dice throwing.
But there’s no save function for mid battle and battles can take half an hour.
That’s just a no go for mobile for me so unfortunately it’s a delete.
Also hasn’t been updated for latest screens.

### 4/5 — Please add save feature

*2020-07-27, version 1.2.2*

I enjoy the game mechanics and just purchased this on 7-27-2020.  I should have payed better attention to other reviews that stated no save feature was given.  This really hurts the game and if any Devs read this please implement a save feature soon.  All in all it’s a great game.

### 3/5 — Enjoyable but slow and occasionally glitchy

*2020-02-09, version 1.2.2*

The game is generally fun to play, but there’s no way to expedite opponents game speed in campaign mode and, without being able to save progress on half-played campaign levels, the game will occasionally turn off forcing to restart from the beginning of the level.

### 1/5 — Un jouable

*2019-08-21*

Ou je n ai pas de chance ou  IA en a tellement que le jeu en devient lassant . 1 scénario joué le 2 éme impossible chaque lancés génèrent des dégâts pour vous alors que vous 95% des vôtres  sont des échecs . Je ne sais pas si c’est un bug mais je pense mettre fait rouler. 
Si vous aimez ce genre de jeux acheter le en version plateau avec de vrais figurines et de vrais dés que l’on lance soit même .

### 2/5 — Good but unbalanced

*2019-07-14, version 1.2.2*

Well made game with good production values. Enjoying single player but multiplayer has a problem. Whoever plays the bad guys can just spam 6 demon lords making them almost impossible to beat. This concentrates their force into fewer units meaning they can move a greater percentage of their army and attack with a greater percentage each turn. It also means that when they are hit they are less likely to lose a unit. There is no advantage to fielding an army with more units spread out. We have played each game type and in each case 6 chaos lords defeats whatever is sent against them. The roc warrior is not as strong. I have the board game and it only comes with one chaos lord. This should have been the limit set on the app too.

### 5/5 — Great game for board game lovers

*2019-07-12, version 1.2.2*

I love tabletop war games and Fantasy Flight, so I love this app. People complaining about the game taking too long are clearly looking for a different kind of app. For iOS games it takes a long time, but for board game lovers it's what you'd expect. The balance didn't bother me, as the AI isn't the best, so it seems fair that it would have certain advantages. It's funny to me that some people think it's too hard to beat. Again, they're probably not tabletop dice game fans, as this is part of the experience for me. When so many games are dumbed-down these days, I like the potential to lose and refine my strategy. I beat the game the day I got it and continue to play. It's too bad no one plays online, but solo gamers can play both sides or the AI.  I'm hoping for more content to be released!

### 5/5 — Great game!

*2019-02-28, version 1.2.2*

Interesting and compellingly deep turn-based tactical combat, with excellent campaign mode. It is very challenging and even if you are making good decisions, the AI will win from time to time, but I wouldn’t say the virtual dice are rigged as some others suggest. With randomness, improbable results do occur and good strategy helps to mitigate that over time. Would be nice to see better set-up for online multiplayer - e.g. like Lords of Waterdeep, Terra Mystica or Through the Ages, but this is worth it for the single player campaign alone.

## Frequently asked questions about BattleLore

### What is BattleLore: Command?

BattleLore: Command is a digital adaptation of the BattleLore Second Edition board game. It allows players to engage in epic fantasy battles, commanding armies of warriors and demons. The game features strategic combat, a single-player campaign, and various multiplayer modes.

### What are the key features of BattleLore: Command?

Key features include commanding diverse armies, strategic deployment on a 360º battlefield, wielding unique arcane Lore powers for tactical advantages, a multi-mission single-player campaign, and multiplayer skirmishes against friends or the CPU.

### How much does BattleLore: Command cost?

The application is free to download and play, but it offers in-app purchases. These purchases likely provide additional content or advantages within the game, such as new units or campaign expansions.

### Can I play BattleLore: Command with friends?

Yes, the game supports multiple multiplayer modes, allowing you to challenge friends. You can play online, via LAN, in a Pass & Play mode, or against the computer (CPU).

### What kind of battles can I expect in BattleLore: Command?

You can lead the noble Daqan army to defend their homeland from the invading Uthuk Y’llan, or command the Uthuk Y’llan to achieve military supremacy. Battles involve mustering armies, strategic deployment, and utilizing special Lore powers.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.2 — 2017-08-30

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

Compatibility update for iOS 11.

### 1.2.1 — 2015-04-06

Fixed incorrect timeout message for multiplayer.

### 1.2 — 2015-03-24

Free online Multiplayer with Game Center support!
New "Locust" expansion available in Store menu (adds new units, new multiplayer battlefields and all new Uthuk missions)
Campaign achievements added
Improved balance of gameplay and maps 
Performance optimizations
Bug fixes

### 1.1.0 — 2015-01-12

-Pass & Play multiplayer added to the Skirmish menu.
-Yeoman Archer's Double Shot ability now has an increased chance to hit enemy targets.
-Combat stats for all units can now be easily viewed via the unit detail.
-Fixed an issue that would cause the game to crash when boss units were defeated.
-Fixed other bugs and performance issues.

### 1.0 — 2014-11-25

No release notes.

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