tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post5913449294990378826..comments2024-03-29T07:35:51.362+00:00Comments on Fabled Lands: Rock, paper, scissors - and botsDave Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-85431800066881867792015-05-09T18:50:34.521+01:002015-05-09T18:50:34.521+01:00So as not to mislead, I ought to say that I left t...So as not to mislead, I ought to say that I left the project when the publisher started insisting on "trad fantasy" elements and other changes, so the game that was released isn't quite what I designed. There had been fantasy - it wasn't just Total War, in other words - but not the Warcraft 2 meets Black and White it ended up with. Resources got hidden from the player, for one thing, which is the sort of thing I'd never do in a game. And the combined arms diagram breaks down a bit when you add giants, lol.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-57741348029104388082015-05-08T13:50:38.803+01:002015-05-08T13:50:38.803+01:00I'll have to see if Warrior Kings is on Steam....I'll have to see if Warrior Kings is on Steam... it looked good in your book. So did Starcraft: Ghost as well. And "Dave Morris" is generally a mark of quality. The Total War games do that stuff well. IIRC gunpowder weapons are less effective in rain. Spearmen are great against cavalry.... but not if they are themselves moving, or are attacked from the side. Horse archers are great against infantry, but not against foot archers (who have greater range). Fall of the Samurai gives you some really interesting conflicts... Gatling guns versus Samurai, ironclads versus torpedo boats!James O'Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293956084685099045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-79648202259916423732015-05-08T09:51:32.909+01:002015-05-08T09:51:32.909+01:00I was well into combined arms theory at the time, ...I was well into combined arms theory at the time, James, as I was designing an RTS called Plague (later released in modified form as Warrior Kings). Hopefully all that stuff will have been useful to developers working in other genres.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-7561189411795252722015-05-08T09:38:05.101+01:002015-05-08T09:38:05.101+01:00I loved the Condorcet Cycle stuff in your game boo...I loved the Condorcet Cycle stuff in your game book... cavalry beat archers, archers beat spearmen, spearmen beat cavalry. Gunpowder beat cavalry... but not at night and in the rain....James O'Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293956084685099045noreply@blogger.com