Bellack

[quote who="pslblog" reply="12" id="2449808"]As somebody who first saw D&D as an expansion of minatures combat rules put together by a Swiss Pike formation enthusiast, my view of avertive armor is somewhat jaded, I admit. THAC0 stunk as a way of arbitrating individual combat in 1976, and it stinks today despite the modifications and changes it's added. It fails to describe fencing, archery, SCA combat, real mideval combat, and anything resembling firearms. The importance of ma

[quote who="MagicwillNZ" reply="9" id="2449653"] Quoting pslblog, reply 8 A lot of people have problems with D&D because armor exists to allow you endure damage, not elude it. In D&D, THAC0 means "To Hit Armor Class 0", a collection of mistakes that means a catapult can hit a castle wall with the same facility as an individual sparrow, so long as they are both Armor Class 0. There are a variety modifications that attempt to make sense of this es

[quote who="pslblog" reply="8" id="2449548"]A lot of people have problems with D&D because armor exists to allow you endure damage, not elude it. In D&D, THAC0 means "To Hit Armor Class 0", a collection of mistakes that means a catapult can hit a castle wall with the same facility as an individual sparrow, so long as they are both Armor Class 0. There are a variety modifications that attempt to make sense of this essentially flawed premise, but they all essentially fail be

I hope this is for the 3.5 rules and not 4.0 (shivers with horror)

I love Risk always have but I got the Lord of the Rings risk a few years ago and that blew away the normal risk. Plus it can be faster depending if you play with the Fellowship or not. Very fun game. Now if only they make a computer game of that.

[quote who="cephalo" reply="10" id="2462500"]My favorite part of AoW was the multiple maps. I loved seeing a vast underground kingdom of dwarves and goblins etc. and also digging with the moles to expose new areas. [/quote] Yea the multipule mapps were pretty cool.

[quote who="Ratya48" reply="1" id="2458225"]So zoning? Like in SimCity? I would rather have residential structures be built automatically as your city grows in population, or an automatic upgrade feature where your buildings grow as needed to support population growth. (I hope the anti-automation police find this acceptable) [/quote] As long as it is optional. I like to micromanage my TBS game.

[quote who="Raven X" reply="7" id="2462429"]Elemental is going to slaughter AoW:SM....end of story. [/quote] Well I hope so. I also hope to be able to create units in a editor without having to be a programmer like in AOW:SM.

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="6" id="2462389"] Quoting Bellack, reply 5 Quoting red1939, reply 2 Call me a blashpemer but I never liked AoW. While I admired the art direction, the overall feel of the game and interesting magic system, but I deeply despised the combat feel and it's mechanics. My 0.02€ (don't hate me ). I don't know if it will replace AoW for you, but I've a strong feeling that you might like this game - even

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="5" id="2458370"]Baldur's gate you could set the options to pause at the end of every turn and force you to push the 'end turn' button. (which I believe was space bar) making it true turn-based. Very few people did this, because it was kinda annoying (you say "go here and attack" and that command doesn't really change [/quote] Everyone that I know that played the Baulder Gate series set th

[quote who="MagicwillNZ" reply="2" id="2458146"] My worry is that when companies that are known for the traditional TBS type games start to create a hybrid it speaks to other companies completely giving up on the traditional turnbased system (especially if Elemental turns out to be a huge hit - which I believe it will). Elemental is turn based on the strategic map, as was Gal Civ. Gal Civ's battles were all auto-resolve. I don't understand how this is a dramatic departur

[quote who="RisingLegend" reply="28" id="2462154"] Quoting Bellack, reply 27 Actully it does not concern me. In fact I perfer this to happen in the game. I know its only a matter of opinion, but your saying you would prefer something like this in a fantasy setting: Over this?: [/quote] <span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast

Whats the difference between continuous turn based and RTS? Becaouse it does sound very RTS for me and I really hate RTS games.

[quote who="red1939" reply="2" id="2461924"]Call me a blashpemer but I never liked AoW. While I admired the art direction, the overall feel of the game and interesting magic system, but I deeply despised the combat feel and it's mechanics. My 0.02€ (don't hate me ). I don't know if it will replace AoW for you, but I've a strong feeling that you might like this game - even if only to some small degree. The second question is much simpler; I strongly believe that EWoM will offer

Well I've been looking for an updated replacment for Age of Wonders SM and so far Elemental sounds like this gould be the one. (I just hope the sea units don't just sit there like a bump on the log.) And I hope it is as moddable as AOWSM was.

Actully it does not concern me. In fact I perfer this to happen in the game.

[quote who="Demiansky" reply="30" id="2460001"] Quoting MagicwillNZ, reply 29 In a way, this is how I run my D&D campaigns, which have become very popular. I set parameters instead of making up a story ahead of time that players must follow. Instead, I create a world that ascribes to certain rules, use the dice as a "random" element to determine geographical and geological ranges during the world's creation, and then cut the players loose to discover thei

This would be cool but it should only be an option. Sometimes I like to play the traditional way as well.

[quote who="Raven X" reply="31" id="2460799"] Quoting Bellack, reply 30 I personally hope they will not hold tech back to a medieval level. I would like to see some civilitions delelope high tech/low magic while others have High Magic/low tech. I'd really rather Not see guns and tanks and planes in this game. Maybe for a total conversion mod or something, but not in the base game. [/quote] We will just have to agree to disag

[quote who="ChongLi" reply="24" id="2445159"]I have to admit this is probably the aspect of the game I am most skeptical about. I've always considered a sharp divide between fantasy and technology settings and I believe one of the hallmarks of fantasy is that it is stuck in a technological time warp (typically medieval times). Another cause for concern for me is the fact that the research mechanic tends to be one of the least interesting aspects of a strategy game, as players tend