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The Horde is a strategy game released in 1994 for the MS-DOS platform. It was developed by Toys for Bob Inc. and published by Crystal Dynamics, Inc. The game presents a bird's eye view of a fantasy setting where the player manages a village under threat.

Players control Chauncey, a character tasked with defending a village and its farmland from waves of creatures known as the Horde. The primary objective is to protect villagers, crops, and livestock across a series of seasonal attacks. Progression is tied to performance; successfully repelling attacks and minimizing losses earns the player favor, which leads to better equipment and more advanced challenges. Key gameplay systems involve strategic defense planning against different enemy types and managing the village's resources and survival through each season.

The game features several varieties of Hordling enemies, each with distinct behaviors targeting different assets like crops or buildings. Success is measured numerically by how many villagers and resources survive each wave of assaults. The structure involves preparing defenses between attacks and then overseeing the real time protection of the village during the Horde's onslaught, with the overall difficulty and scale of threats increasing as the player advances.