Pole weapons
Tools entity
Includes melee weapons with a long pole as a central feature.
303
games
59platforms
Alternate names: Polearms
Name variations: Halberds, Spears
WIN 2009-10-27
WIN 2009-12-01
WIN 2001-06-29
9801 1992-06-18
WIN 1998-06-24
SNES 1993-08-06
A800 1986
PSP 2007-08-09
NES 1989-09-20
WIN 2001-10-22
MSX 1989
MAC 2000-06-29
Examples:
* Quarterstaff
* Spear
* Halberd
* Naginata
* Poleaxe
There's essentially only ~3 variations of generalized fighting styles for pole arms: spear-like stabbing, quarterstaffing and general staff fighting (e.g. bo). Most pole arms use either of the two first, with majority employing quarterstaffing. In fiction quarterstaffing tends to be the least common with the third being the most numerous, naginata being most commonly used in the quarterstaffing fashion though it often mixes all three.
* Quarterstaff
* Spear
* Halberd
* Naginata
* Poleaxe
There's essentially only ~3 variations of generalized fighting styles for pole arms: spear-like stabbing, quarterstaffing and general staff fighting (e.g. bo). Most pole arms use either of the two first, with majority employing quarterstaffing. In fiction quarterstaffing tends to be the least common with the third being the most numerous, naginata being most commonly used in the quarterstaffing fashion though it often mixes all three.
Melee weapons : Knives, Swords, Axes, Bludgeons, Pole arms, Whips
Parent:
* Two-handed melee weapons
Parent:
* Two-handed melee weapons
Popular tags
2hmeleeweapons actionadventure actionrpg axes bludgeons bows claws crossbows dungeoncrawler firearms firearms-early hackandslash handguns javelins jewelry keys knives lamp lootemup magicrings magicweapons meleeweapons pickaxe roguelike shields slings socketables spears staves swords thrownweapons wands whipsParent groups
Archaic weapons, Mêlée weapons, UVL: Tags that may need renaming
Child groups
Fighting Staves, Spears, Swordstaffs
Related group
Games by year
The first Pole weapons video game was released in 1983.
Blizzard, Paradox Interactive and Beamdog published most of these games.