Only when the game was played with great skill did these reinforcements cover all the losses. These reinforcements were bought with gold gained from combat, but the gold gained from combat was generally less than the replacement value of the lost troops. The unit losses were offset by the reinforcements that could be bought in most towns between missions. Losses incurred in previous battles remained, and combined with the steeply increasing difficulties of battles the game grew very difficult relatively quickly. The player is frequently given a choice of missions to accept, giving multiple paths through the game, some of which result in different mercenary units being available to the player. The finances of the mercenary army are handled by Paymaster Dietrich. The player must defeat a variety of foes in pitched battles using traditional fantasy battle methods such as shooting and close combat as well as magic. The storyline focuses on the mercenary general's quest to stop a Skaven plot led by Grey Seer Thanquol and his pawn, the possessed Orc warboss Urgat Rip-Eye. In Shadow of the Horned Rat players take control of Commander Morgan Bernhardt as he leads his mercenary army called 'the Grudgebringers', named after his magical flame sword, the Grudgebringer. It features medieval warfare and fantasy battles between military units at the squad and company/squadron level. Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is a real-time tactical computer game published by Games Workshop in conjunction with Mindscape in 1995. Source of info: (all italic text is sourced from there)

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