Bogarus Rises! Dominions 3.14 Now Available!

[Annette]

News Release For Immediate Release


Bogarus Rises! Dominions 3.14 Now Available!
New Win, Mac, Linux Patch Ready For Immediate Download!


Hampstead, NC, 28 January 2008

Who says January has to be an unexciting time for computer gaming? Illwinter Game
Design and Shrapnel Games are pleased to announce a new patch for the multi-award
winning fantasy strategy title, Dominions 3, overflowing with the delectable goodness
you've come to expect from Illwinter.

Bringing the retail game to version 3.14 the patch includes something for everyone, even
your dear old grandmother! Like new nations? Of course you do! And so you get a new
late age nation, Bogarus! Do you get your mod on? Version 3.14 adds a number of
helpful modding commands for everyone who enjoys tweaking the game. What about
bugs, you say? 3.14 kills bugs deader than Britney Spears' career.

The complete list of changes found in the 3.14 patch includes:

* NEW! A new late era nation called Bogarus!
* NEW! Bakemono got a new scout.
* NEW! New random events.
* Spell AI: Touch of madness and Berserkers avoids casters and archers to some extent.
* Spell AI: No longer casts LoS on armorless units.
* Modding: Increased maximum number of descriptions.
* Modding: Max number of nations and nametypes increased.
* Modding: New monster commands: #darkpower, #firepower, #coldpower,
#stormpower, #fallpower, #winterpower, #summerpower, #springpower, #darkvision,
#onebattlespell, #patrolbonus.
* Modding: New item commands: #newitem, #descr, #weapon, #armor, #type, #name,
#copyspr.
* Modding: New spell command: #nextspell.
* FIXED! MR bless bonus was sometimes displayed incorrectly.
* FIXED! Dominion sometimes spread in incorrect ways.
* FIXED! Legions of Steel bug fixed.
* FIXED! 'y'-screen bug fix.
* FIXED! Caster of Stygian Paths took 1 point of damage for each unit under his
command instead of the units taking the damage.
* FIXED! Stygian Paths reported random number of lost on the way.
* FIXED! Ritual casting magic items could malfunction.
* FIXED! Bug preventing more than a hundred sprites or so in mods has been
squashed.
* FIXED! Several minor fixes to monster stats and magic sites.
* FIXED! Dance of the morrigans fixed.
* FIXED! Setting 1920x1200 resolution didn't work properly.
* More magic sites enabled in caves.
* Scathach got her magic and flight.
* Hydra sacred all the way.

Please note that prior score graphs will disappear when the version 3.14 patch is applied.

The version 3.14 patch is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux and can be downloaded
directly from Shrapnel Games at:

www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/Dom3/6.htm

Dominions 3 is an award-winning juggernaut of turn-based strategy gaming that make
most other strategy games weep in envy. Available for all popular operating systems
(Win, Mac, Linux) Dominions 3 is a game that isn't afraid to use the word 'epic' to
describe its gameplay and really mean it. You can recruit, research, empower, forge,
battle, search, pray, blood hunt, assassinate, move, storm castles, enchant items, sneak,
build, starve, heal, scout. Enjoy three eras of play, scores of nations, well over a
thousand unique units, hundreds of magic spells and items, twenty-one players in a single
game, random map creation, a manual that could choke Linda Lovelace, and more.

Dominions is also a game that is constantly growing. From the wonderful official
support of the developers who have added expansion packs worth of new content since its
original release, to the fan base with their ever growing mod library, Dominions 3 is a
living, breathing organism. In an era where a Grant will get you six hours of gameplay,
that same Grant will get you thousands of hours of gameplay with Dominions 3.

For more information on what may be the last fantasy strategy game that you'll ever
need, please visit:

www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/Dom3/1.htm

A complete catalog of Shrapnel Games products may be accessed by visiting us at
www.shrapnelgames.com. Since 1999 Shrapnel Games has brought a wide array of
unique titles to gamers around the globe, both in computer and board format. Be sure to
check out current favorites such as Air Assault Task Force, Weird Worlds: Return to
Infinite Space, and WinSPWW2, along with upcoming titles such as Eat Electric Death!
and ETO: European Theatre of Operations.

[MKDELTA]

Awesome! DLing now...

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Thank you Illwinter and Shrapnel!

[ano]

Bogarus seems to be way too powerful. National mages for 160 gold doing 8 research and for 250 doing 12 research. It's too much for late era)
And powerful blood, astral and fire. Well, I think, it'll definitely become one of the top races in the late age.

[Kuritza]

Yes, mages and especially researchers are great. But troops are sub-par, dont underestimate raw power. Mitclan, Rlyeh and Ermor are still LA kings.

[archaeolept]

high research; access to all paths if you include national summons; large number of path combos. However, troops are not great, sacred probably useless, fairly expensive mages as far as using them in the battlefield.

that research is impressive though...

[Salamander8]

Thanks for another patch to this excellent game!

I'll have to give this new nation a try in the near future.

[Saxon]

When I first saw the name, I thought it was a nation based on Bogus. Perhaps the troll adventurer had settled down and had declared himself a god. Perhaps in the next patch...

[Cerlin]

Yeah I thought something similar Saxon. Im not sure where they got the name this time.
About the horses graphic, maybe it is supposed to be like a Steppe pony? Those are generally more squat than normal european style ones. Thoughts?

[MKDELTA]

Cerlin said:
About the horses graphic, maybe it is supposed to be like a Steppe pony? Those are generally more squat than normal european style ones. Thoughts?

OK, that would make sense.