Vikings Islands Description: Things aren’t going so well for the locals when a bunch of frost giants show up and take over, freezing everyone solid. Luckily, a group of vikings has returned home just in time, and with your help, you’ll be able to free them all in Vikings Islands, which combines action with light strategy and defense elements. You’ll form your viking army out of the units you have available and then sally forth against an island under frost giant control.

Your troops will fight automatically as they go, but you can help them out by triggering their special attacks and launching support from the ship when your timers are full. If they succeed, the island will come under your control, allowing you to tax its inhabitants (not too much or they’ll riot!), as well as earn glory and cash to upgrade your army and its capabilities. Some islands are even holding your companions hostage, and by freeing them, you’ll be able to add them (and thus their unit type) to your army.

Though its mechanics are simple, knowing how to configure your army and when to activate their abilities are the difference between great victory and crushing loss… though even if you do lose, just try again, especially since you keep any gold you earned before you were killed. It’s a fairly simple concept, though the different unit types and their abilities make it more than just a game of numbers, though it still might not have enough depth if you’re looking for a really meaty strategy game to massage your brain. If you want something more casual, however, Frozen Islands might just be your cup of tea. … do vikings drink tea? Mead?… eh, just drink it out of the skull of an enemy and you’ll be fine.

Good luck and have fun.