Originally Posted by GhanBuriGhan 
I think they explain it reasonably well in their update: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/…r/posts/413666
It's just a hotseat / TCP-IP skirmish mode for tactical battles. I don't think that's much of a problem. Less extensive than Banner Sagas Factions, for sure.
Problem is, it's now in the game, and there will be bugs, and they'll have to support it.