Another thing is the map. It'll be a simple map with squares and letters indicating the type of terrain. Armies and their moves are hidden, although I will inform people of anything happening around their piece of realm through PM (This is also how I will aquire strategies for fights, meaning that when you create a unit, you don't have to commit it to a single purpose. Giving units several different weapons and a shield at the start enables you to use them for several tasks depending on the opposition. When I PM for strategies, I'll also inform you of the layout of the area so you can keep that in mind. Not all areas of the same type are identical).
The different areas are:
Mountains - rocky, and/or hilly terrain, sometimes with enormous peaks. This is where flying creatures live, and are tamed. Mountains provide the flying mounts for one squad of troops each
Fieds - stretches of land where animals and different foods grow and are grown. They provide the ground-based mounts for one squad of troops each.
Villages - small settlements supporting up to 3 squads of troops with standard equipment each.
Towns - settlements surrounded by a wall, which support up to 7 squads of troops with standard and/or good equipment.
Castles - fortified areas where the king may live and hide, which support up to 4 squads of troops with equipment of standard, good or exceptional quality. Lose all your castles and there's a good chance you will lose the game; especially if you don't have any allies to help you recapture it within the time limit.
Woods - crowded with trees, which can be cut down to construct a new field, village, town or castle*, or kept for additional shelter or nature's sake. It used to be forests, but the F was already in use [img]smile.gif[/img]
Plains - nearly flat, open land with little shelter. Not very useful, but rather something to fill the empty spaces.
*only if the king agrees
As you can see, the land is related to the size of the army, which means I can't assign them before I know what the army looks like.
CD suggested posting forms for the units, but although I have them here on the computer, they are a bit bulky to use in a thread. I may post one so you'll see what info I need and how it is processed, just use the general description of the unit and keep the details here, or put something up on the internet. I'll think about this and let you all know later on.
BTW, Lord Starshadow, did you send that PM yet?
[ 03-07-2003, 07:08 AM: Message edited by: Legolas ]