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Fantasy Kommander Ch.2 Game Guide |
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General InfoThis Game Guide is highly recommended for those who are playing Fantasy Kommander for the first time or have little knowledge of strategy games.
The BattlefieldThe first thing to do at the beginning of a battle is to place your armies . Click on an icon/face in the army box, and a white grid will appear on the battlefield (You can explore the battlefield using the arrow keys as explained in General Info). Select the square where you want to place the army by clicking on it. You can also select the orientation of the army by clicking one of the four square adjacent to it (you will see 4 red arrows).
As soon as you have placed all of your armies, or there isn't space to place them, select confirm in the army box and the battle will begin! As you can see, the game takes place over a gridded board containing the different types of terrain which make up the battlefield. Each terrain has characteristics that affect the fight. Though each army comprises a hundred men, it is represented by a single miniature figure. At the centre of the base, a number indicates the remaining life of the army. At its sides are two spheres: the green one indicates whether the army can move, the red one whether the army can attack. To obtain information about an army, mouse over it, and a tooltip will appear displaying the name/type of the army, life points, experience level, weapons level, and armour level. You can examine the characteristics of armies and terrain by clicking on the "info" button on the bottom right of the screen and then on the army/terrain you would like to inspect. To close this window, click on the "info" button again. Every battle turn is composed of two action phases, one for you and the other for your enemy. The order of execution of the phases is randomly determined at the beginning of the turn and is influenced by the "initiative" value of the generals on the battlefield. . Remember that you can orient an army before or after movement (but not after an attack) using the orientation button at the bottom left of the interface. Entrenching an army raises its defense abilities (the amount depends on the type of the unit; for example, infantry gets a larger defensive bonus than cavalry). It's possible to entrenching a single army 5 consecutive times. You lose a level of entrenchment after every attack or defensive action. You completely lose the effect of entrenchment when you move. You cannot entrench if you are in an enemy ZOC (Zone of Control) By activating a special ability, your armies will benefit from its bonuses for one or more turns. All armies acquire special abilities when they acquire a new level, some of them (such as generals) have a special ability from the beginning. Activating a special ability is considered an "extra" action if it is performed before any movement or attack by the army with the ability. Activating a special ability cancels the effects of any other ability still in use. The effects of area special abilities available to generals sum with those of the single armies.
When you have finished your actions, click on the hourglass icon on the bottom right of the screen to end your turn. Fantasy Kommander is a game with straightforward commands, but it features many rules and tactical options. In your battles and campaigns, try to remember these: •Never forget the Primary Objective and the amount of turns at your disposal to achieve it. •Orcs armies have large movement and combat bonuses in swamp terrain. •Trolls armies have large movement and combat bonuses in hills terrain. Â
World Map
On the World Map, you can follow the geographical and narrative development of your military campaign. The battles you have won are represented by crossed swords edged in green. Those that you have yet to fight are represented by the same symbol edged in red. To proceed, you must click on the red crossed swords, read the title or synopsis for the battle, and confirm. After certain decisive battles, you will come to a narrative and strategic crossroads, and must chose between roads that will lead you towards different challenges and game endings. Read the battle synopses with care, for after you have decided to take a certain road, you probably won't be able to come back (unless you play the campain again).
Managing PhaseBefore and after every battle, you will go through the Managing Phase which allows you to buy, sell, upgrade and resurrect armies. Every army can be upgraded in three ways: • Increasing the experience level (upgrading characteristics and special abilities) Increasing of the experience level occurs only if the army has enough experience points and you have enough treasure to cover the cost. When increasing an army's level you face two consecutive phases: • Increasing the level of characteristics The increase of characteristics can happen either automatically, or by manually distributing the characteristic points you have received. You must assign all characteristic points in order to proceed. The acquisition of special abilities/spells happens only at levels 2,3,5,10 and follows an abilities tree, where in order to obtain the next ability/spell, you must have previous knowledge of lesser abilities/spells.
Upgrading weapons and armor has a variable cost and is capped according to the experience level of the army (for example, a second-level army can receive no more than two upgrade in weapons and/or armor). Upgrading your weapons increases the damage your army causes to enemies in battle. Upgrading armor increases the protection values and the defense % against enemy attacks. Think carefully about your choices in these phases because you won't be able to come back! |