

Other unit categories vary, though every category has Heavy Infantry, Cavalry, and Sky Hunter units available. There are Mortal units available from grades 0 to 5 for every class. The classes are Heavy Infantry, Light Infantry, Skirmishers, Cavalry, Light Cavalry, Archers, Bombardiers, Sky Hunters, Siege Engines, and Spell Casters. Mechanical units, for example, are only available in grades 0, 1, 3, and 5. Units range in grade from 0 to 5, though not all categories of units have a unit available for every grade. In Campaign mode, the player allocates gold toward researching new grades of units. Non-mortal units are usually stronger, but cannot be upgraded and will eventually become obsolete as the player researches new units. There are four unit categories: Mortal, Magical, Beast and Mechanical. heroes, mechanical forces) represent single entities. Unlike Panzer General, where units represent battalion-size groups, Fantasy General units approximate squads, with most units consisting of fifteen soldiers, though some (e.g. Fantasy General is an operational-level game. Gameplay is based on a traditional hex map, with a wide variety of units available. It concludes with the liberation of four continents and final defeat of the Shadowlord at the Fire Isle. In campaign mode, the player selects one of four heroes and sets out to defeat the Shadowlord and his four generals, evil counterparts to the heroes. There are two sides, Good and Evil, each with unique units, though they share unit equivalents. The player can play either a single scenario against a computer or human opponent or a campaign. Fantasy General is a turn-based game situated in a high fantasy world.
