Thanks to online wargame publisher Battlefront.com and developer Hussar Games, there's a completely free release of PC title 1848, described as: "a turn based computer strategy game for the PC. The game [is] set during the violent era of the Hungarian Independence War of 1848-49."

In fact, this could practically be considered a 'serious game', since: "The game was sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and the hungarian version was released for the anniversary of 1848 in March 2005. It was a huge success in Hungary: in a country of 10 million people, the game had more then 100,000 downloads."

This is all a generous promotional deal to help promote For Liberty!, which is "a turn based computer strategy game for the PC, covering two independence wars – the North American Independence war of 1775-1783 and the Rakoczi War of Independence in Europe 1703-1711", using an upgraded engine from 1848 - it'll be released on July 4th in the U.S.!