Posted September 04, 2012
Zoltan999
Destroy them!
Registered: Jan 2012
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Gazoinks
Is an AI
Registered: Dec 2011
From United States
Posted September 04, 2012
^Right, that. Or, alternatively you could take the blessing that makes your harvest better when blood's shed on your land, provoke people into attacking you, and then buy them out with the extra food! No way that strategy could go wrong! :D
RafaelLVX
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Registered: Dec 2008
From Brazil
Posted September 05, 2012
- Magic and how you handle it is VERY important. Having advisors from seven different gods gives you magic. Having a chief that follows the clan primary god gives you magic. Take that magic and save it for specific situations. I generally always start my years saving 9 points of magic if possible, and use three points for each fight. Blast those elves away with four or more points of magic, kill as many as possible, keep their horses, enslave the captives if you will. Raids can become profitable that way, and improves general mood.
So many ways to win in this game, which gives it great complexity. And lots of [url=http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Losing]fun[/url].
Post edited September 05, 2012 by RafaelLopez
Foefaller
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Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted September 09, 2012
Also, if your explorers happen to find Humakt's Raven Banner, Keep It. Save it for the battles you absolutly need to win (like that raid that must succeced if you're going to have the goods/cows to keep your temples running, or to protect your tula from some massive force you've managed to tick off, like an entire tribe or the beastmen), just be aware that you sometimes have to sacrifice a ring member to make it work ('cause the weaponthanes got scared) and that while it assures victory, it does not garrantee that it won't be a Phyriic one.
ThorChild
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Registered: Sep 2011
From United Kingdom
Posted September 10, 2012
hmmm. This is not a regular war strat game, is the first advice i would give to anyone trying to play it that way. You might succeed, but i never have (and i've been King of Dragon Pass, as in 'won' the game).
If you can find the info, look for some of the background literature on the world of Gloranth, here's a couple to get you going:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneQuest
http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha/toc.html
http://www.jane-williams.me.uk/glorantha/vinga/index.cfm
Once you have some background, you'll understand why this does not play like every other war based strategy game.......because in truth that is not a 'real' reflection of how bronze age socities worked most of the time. Being able to get into the head of our ancestors from +3000 years ago is probably the biggest help you can get to play this game successfuly. And most of the joy of this game is in experimenting and 'not winning', so go ahead and make your war plans, ignore me :)
If you can find the info, look for some of the background literature on the world of Gloranth, here's a couple to get you going:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneQuest
http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha/toc.html
http://www.jane-williams.me.uk/glorantha/vinga/index.cfm
Once you have some background, you'll understand why this does not play like every other war based strategy game.......because in truth that is not a 'real' reflection of how bronze age socities worked most of the time. Being able to get into the head of our ancestors from +3000 years ago is probably the biggest help you can get to play this game successfuly. And most of the joy of this game is in experimenting and 'not winning', so go ahead and make your war plans, ignore me :)