http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/ The Best Strategy Game Blog in My House Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/comment-page-1/#comment-223798 Over the Bridge and Through the Woods: Epilogue on Maps Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:25:02 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/#comment-223798 [...] A couple of games almost made the cut. Supreme Commander’s campaign missions start you on a big chunk of a map with one objective and then, once you complete that, the map expands to give you another one. And another one. It takes hours. But it does really interesting things to your sense of distance and force dispositions. Alpha Centauri has a living map in the sense that the map can be an enemy, and the more efficiently you exploit the map to your advantage, the more hostile it becomes. The map design transition between Medieval: Total War and Rome: Total War is a fascinating revolution, but I did Rome in the last feature series. [...] [...] A couple of games almost made the cut. Supreme Commander’s campaign missions start you on a big chunk of a map with one objective and then, once you complete that, the map expands to give you another one. And another one. It takes hours. But it does really interesting things to your sense of distance and force dispositions. Alpha Centauri has a living map in the sense that the map can be an enemy, and the more efficiently you exploit the map to your advantage, the more hostile it becomes. The map design transition between Medieval: Total War and Rome: Total War is a fascinating revolution, but I did Rome in the last feature series. [...]

]]> http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/comment-page-1/#comment-200321 Feature Series: Maps and Game Design Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:25:15 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/#comment-200321 [...] as I did with my last feature series, I will use the flimsy premise of an imminent release date as the motivator here. The Total War [...] [...] as I did with my last feature series, I will use the flimsy premise of an imminent release date as the motivator here. The Total War [...]

]]> http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/comment-page-1/#comment-190820 State of The Blog 2008 (mostly) and early resolutions Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:33:49 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/#comment-190820 [...] is slowly growing and there have been a few big hits over the year. The five top 2008 posts were my series on ancient games, my opening thoughts on In Nomine, my rebuttal to a Gamasutra post on the future of the RTS (which [...] [...] is slowly growing and there have been a few big hits over the year. The five top 2008 posts were my series on ancient games, my opening thoughts on In Nomine, my rebuttal to a Gamasutra post on the future of the RTS (which [...]

]]> http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/comment-page-1/#comment-179681 No King But Caesar - An Epilogue Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:54:18 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/#comment-179681 [...] I hope you enjoyed this series. If you missed it, here’s a link to beginning. [...] [...] I hope you enjoyed this series. If you missed it, here’s a link to beginning. [...]

]]> http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/comment-page-1/#comment-144357 DESIGNER NOTES » Blog Archive » Ancient Strategy Games Mon, 05 May 2008 08:26:17 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/#comment-144357 [...] journalist Troy S. Goodfellow just completed a very comprehensive retrospective on strategy games based in the ancient era. The scope is great as it extends all the way from Chris Crawford’s Legionnaire (1982) to [...] [...] journalist Troy S. Goodfellow just completed a very comprehensive retrospective on strategy games based in the ancient era. The scope is great as it extends all the way from Chris Crawford’s Legionnaire (1982) to [...]

]]> http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/comment-page-1/#comment-138777 Slow Week Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:01:33 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2008/03/10/a-history-of-the-ancients-game/#comment-138777 [...] still want to get more of my ancient series up, though. I’ve made contact with the developers of a few of these games and am waiting for [...] [...] still want to get more of my ancient series up, though. I’ve made contact with the developers of a few of these games and am waiting for [...]

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