Dominions : The Movie

[Kristoffer O]

>Comics are about individuals.. Dominions is NOT about individuals

Dominions is about individuals! Just plenty of them .

What is a clix?

[Jazzepi]

A clix game is like...

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/

Basically it's a miniatures game where instead of having a book with all the army stats/abilities in it, you have a dial on the base of each unit that you click one way or the other to represent damage.

Personally I think it's a little silly. I don't know if you've ever tried to play a minature game where you're suppose to be constantly picking up almost every fig on the map and then replacing them into exactly the same spot, but it's quite difficult to prevent disputes when the units go back down.

Jazzepi

[Kristoffer O]

Aha! Then I've seen them. I got some kind of tiny heroine when I was at Origins.

I suppose it is easier than stacks of paper bits with units, numbers, conditions etc, though. I never played much ASL, but I have witnessed my friend's irritation over large stacks separated in mid by foxholes or building levels, adjacent to other stacks of similar configuration. But there is perhaps not as much disputes going on at least.

[Jazzepi]

If this is the ASL you're talking about, and I think it is...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Squad_Leader

Clix is a different beast entirely. There's far fewer units on the board. It's more of a game like War Hammer Fantasy Battle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Battle

Here's a good image of what a miniature's game looks like.

http://www.urbanwarfare.co.nz/dms/im...ntent/fowb.jpg

Jazzepi

[jutetrea]

/ramble on

clix would work well with a pretender + lieutenants (heroes, unique summons, and thugs possibly (jarls)). Get a big ol hex map (possibly sectional) and only have 3 or 4 units per side on the board at once. Figure out a point system, turn it into currency and then you can "buy" new units/items/spells.

While thinking of it, anyone ever play the old LOTR card game? Leaders (pretenders) had a certain amount of..er, leadership (X)(dominion?) and could control that many (X) of units.

For instance, lady of rivers (leadership 9) could be used to lead Lanka and can control 1 Mandaha (4 pts needed), 1 Queen of air (4), and 1 (whatever that assassin hero is) (1).

Or it could be broken down further, pretenders have high leadership (8-10) and heroes have lower (2-4), then uniques, troops.

You could also add items/spells but it could get complicated quick.

Similar deal - clix (which seems to simplify stats) + WoW boardgame. Simplify the stats, add a leadership function and make it a conquest/war game. Actually, a shogun type (samurai swords) might be easier to implement.

Shogun already has:
Daimyo's - leaders/pretenders
Troops - heroes/uniques
castles
economy - provinces = money, use money to activate certain items or purchase troops.
mercenaries
experience system
and a ninja - work out a similar spell system (need to spend money to cast a spell(gems))

Have like 15 iconic spells, 10 iconic items

First round would be pretender creation using a fixed # of creation points (say 25)
Choose pretender (varies between 3-8)
Choose dominion (leadership) (say 1-10)
Pick a max of 3 spells (say 1-3 each)
Pick items (say 1-3 each)

Second round - purchase army(s)/place army(s)

We've got like 3 copies of shogun in our friends group, so I'd probably buy it

/ramble off

[Kristoffer O]

Jazzepi said:
If this is the ASL you're talking about, and I think it is...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Squad_Leader

Clix is a different beast entirely. There's far fewer units on the board. It's more of a game like War Hammer Fantasy Battle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Battle

Here's a good image of what a miniature's game looks like.

http://www.urbanwarfare.co.nz/dms/im...ntent/fowb.jpg

Jazzepi

I just menat that not only miniature games have problems with physically moving units on the map. ASL can be rather cluttered. I have played miniature games (mostly WH).

[Endoperez]

Nah, I'd still rather have Dominions Roguelike.

[DenStoreFrelser]

Endoperez said:
Nah, I'd still rather have Dominions Roguelike.

Off topic: If you'd just like something almost overly complex, you could try Dwarf Fortress.

[Serenity]

Haaaa... I know what the next step should be. A dominions webcomic, with lots of black humor.. like Order of the Stick kind of humor, following different armies for certain amount of time and then going to next armys situation

Whats order of the stick? www.giantitp.com

Prepare to laugh yourself dead.

[Endoperez]

DenStoreFrelser said:

Off topic: If you'd just like something almost overly complex, you could try Dwarf Fortress.

I know of it. Learned of it way back. The next release task list is down to four items at the moment... But the D:roguelike seemed promising. I don't even remember who started the project any more.


And incidentally, just today I answered someone's post about a dream game, a tbs fantasy game with magic and items and provinces and player persona that'd lead the race and could be able to become a spellcaster and have class levels, on the bay12games forum. He wished it'd be done some day, I linked to the demo of our favourite tbs game...


About OOtS - yes, that's good. Seraph Inn is good, and the artist actually had planned an end for it AND ended it as planned - almost a unique achievement as far as webcomics go. Goblins (life through their eyes) started awesome, grew, and became too slow and obese and gluttered. It can still deliver the awesome, though. Pawn is hilarious, but only updates once a year. I suggest instead checking out Fredrik Andersson's art on Elfwood, and Naorhy. Awesome Swedish artist, and one of the reasons I want to study visual arts. He tells such stories in single picture... Also, his works are refreshingly NSFW, so keep out if you're afraid of boobies.
Also Gunnerkrigg Court, it's a bit like playing Kailasa and realizing the castes are based on real castes, and that the island of Lanka is Sri Lanka, and then finding out that the Gurus reincarnate... You can't believe anyone would go that deep to just create some entertainment for people who don't really understand the depth. Alternatively, it's a bit like being quite drunk, and things that shouldn't work seeming oh-so-sensible.