Liquid War is an unusual, addictive wargame. It’s been around forever (originally coded for DOS in 1998) but is recently finding new converts.

In Liquid War you control an army of pixel fighters by moving a cursor across a 2D map. Your fighters will try to move toward your cursor via the shortest path. Fighters will attack enemy fighters that are blocking their path. If your fighter defeats an enemy fighter, that fighter becomes part of your team – the total number of fighters on the map remains constant.

It seems like the best strategy is to surround your opponent, but this can be tricky with maze like maps and up to 6 players. Each map requires a different strategy.

LW can be played against the CPU or with up to 6 players. Available for Windows/OS X /Linux. [Via Edge magazine]