Been a little while since my last one of these.
Each month, Krikket send out the call in the Blaugust Discord for those who might be interested in doing a quick impressions piece, like this one, on one of the games in that month’s Humble Choice.
At the time of writing this post, we’re still looking for someone keen to take a dip into Personal 5 Royale, for example.1
Some of us dip in and out depending on interest on the games in the pack that month, so definitely don’t view it as an ironclad commitment — buuuut… We are keen to get some new people involved!
So, if that might be you… Reach out to Krikket or me in the #gaming-together channel, or if you can find it yourself, jump right into the most recent thread!
For now, though…
Warpips
Warpips is a tug-of-war lane-pusher with all the fat trimmed off and a dollop of Saturday morning cartoon charm on top. The premise couldn’t be simpler: spend cash to deploy units, watch them march automatically toward the enemy base, and hope they push harder than the other guy.
The UI is simple and oversized enough to the point where it almost overshot the mark of welcoming and ventured into ‘Eiiiw, phone game’ for my tastes.
But it really is quite simple. In a battle, you earn levels through combat, which result in medals, which can then be spent on upgrading your unit levels, cash flow, the number of ‘warpips’ available to you, or providing an injection of cash.
Units (generally) cost cash, but also require a free ‘pip’ to have on the field. Upgrading your maximum number of pips is key to ultimately tipping the tide of battle in your favour.
Things start pretty easily. I would argue too easily.
There is, oh, about 0% chance you’ll lose any battle on the first Conquest game-mode island, and not too much more than that on the second. You’re dealing with infantry of various specialisations, every unit costs just one pip, and using the specials and field deployables is entirely optional.
This is all but a continuation of the tutorial though, really.
You’re given the space to learn that your units and specials are a finite resource. Deploy them into a match, and they’re consumed — win or lose. You need to then rely on a mix of the armory and mission rewards to keep a supply of troops and abilities going.
Taking only what you need, balancing it against the rewards to come, and ensuring you always have something up your sleeve for those future battles is the real game.
By the third conquest map, the game is ready to take the training wheels off.
By, uh- giving you actual wheels. And rotors. APCs, helicopters, and even tanks become a part of the kit. The enemy will start using the more deadly units as well. Nothing quite like a well-targeted artillery strike to ruin your day as it smears to paste a group of costly infantry units.
I was handed my first loss here, jumping into a high-value/high-reward challenge map (indicated with the bomb icon), and I underestimated the enemy forces.
I took in a poor loadout of units and gear and suffered as a result.
You can earn lives back though, (through those same challenge maps, ironically), and really? This loss probably did more to pique my continued interest than anything else so far.
All-in-all, it’s probably difficult to recommend the Humble Choice bundle on the basis of Warpips alone. It’s likely cheaper to just buy the game directly if it’s all you’re after!
That said, if there is anything else in the bundle you want at all, I’d suggest that Warpips might just be the thing to push it over.
It’s fun.
The rounds are quick.
And yet, there are both strategic and tactical layers to sink your teeth into.
Doesn’t hurt that it looks pretty dang good too (for the style used)!
This was posted during Blaugust 2025, the annual blogging event normally hosted by Belghast, with a twist this year of being hosted by Krikket. Blaugust is an event aiming to welcome new blogger blood into the fold and revitalise those who’ve been at it a little longer.
The Blaugust Discord is still available to join in, year-round!
