Age of Wonders Shadow Magic

[undercovergeek]

Having had the time today to read the full specs, lowdown, history, background blah blah blah of the upcoming and wonderful looking AOW III i thought id give my much under appreciated copy of this game a blast seen as im confined to the laptop for the weekend

Im beginning to feel the love, Lord bless Huw who advised me to play and made me play, and got shouty if i didnt play, but it seems to be coming together at last

a snip at $6 at GOG and a fine filler until AOW III comes out

For questions for the Huw if he sees this though

[DEVGRU6]

^Don't forget to install the Lord of The Ring mod-truly makes for an unforgettable game experience and it makes it so atmospheric it is sick, man!

DEVGRU6

[undercovergeek]

^Don't forget to install the Lord of The Ring mod-truly makes for an unforgettable game experience and it makes it so atmospheric it is sick, man!

DEVGRU^

id heard - wanted to master vanilla first and im quite enchanted with my little ginger bearded dwarves at the mo'!

[DEVGRU6]

^Don't forget to install the Lord of The Ring mod-truly makes for an unforgettable game experience and it makes it so atmospheric it is sick, man!

DEVGRU^

id heard - wanted to master vanilla first and im quite enchanted with my little ginger bearded dwarves at the mo'!

Get back with us when you go chocolate.

DEVGRU6

[undercovergeek]

i fear that may coincide with AOW III and then we're all back to square 1 but i will follow your advice - thanks

[bob48]

I piddled about for ages about if or not to buy AoW SM (as you know, geek), and eventually I did, and I'm buggered if i can get away with it now  >:(

[undercovergeek]

Still not feeling the love for it bob?

[Huw the Poo]

For questions for the Huw if he sees this though

Erm...what? :D

[undercovergeek]

sagely advice my welsh wizardy friend

have started an epic scenario as per your advice - no campaign or tutorial - just me and 5 wizards - in me dwarven village there is a chance to build what looks like something to go build a town with - do you actually build/settle towns re Civ or do they already pre-exist and ive missed the gist of this units role?

[Huw the Poo]

Pioneers operate much as you'd expect; you can indeed build cities with them, as well as roads.  If you conquer an opponent's city you can transfer your own citizens into it; I think it's an option in the production menu.

[undercovergeek]

awesome ta - any 'things to do first' hints and tips?

[bob48]

Still not feeling the love for it bob?

I'm doing the Elf campaign, and solved the first scenario without too much trouble, the second one keeps kicking my ass big style. I've tried a few different methods, but no way can I get enough cash/troops to beat off the inevitable orc attacks. My kingdom is so spread out that I need to keeps troops guarding resources and they still get gobbled up piecemeal. If I concentrate my forces, then I leave too many critical area's open to attack. I'm almost tempted to say that the scenario's are unnbalanced.

On the other hand, I could just making a gigantic cock-up of it.

[undercovergeek]

or take Huws advice and go for a big map and miss the campaign

[bob48]

Hmm. Not tried that so maybe I'll have a bash at it.

[undercovergeek]

straight up start from scratch job - started last night - lost 2 hours - love the dwarves - fantasy nation of choice