[ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
- From: michael Tholl <mrtholl@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:13:45 -0400
grins
Yeah, darksword was okay, very interesting ideas, but it was lacking
something that I can't put my finger on.. and I really like those
writers.
As for Star wars, I meant that it's almost the quentessential cross
over story.. I mean.. they have blasters, starships, a planet
destroying machine..
and then there's the force which seems to work like magic, and light
sabres, admittedly, they're technology, but it's still swordplay, and
bow casters and Ewoks.. I love ewoks. grins.
Incidentally, since we've run into the pasture on the side of the path
that was this topic,
another book series that does a good job of blending fantasy with
mondern day is the Drezdin Files by Jim Butcher. Wizardry and swords
mixed with martial arts and guns. Usually these things aren't my
thing, because it takes a lot of skill to do it right, Star Wars sort
of snuck it by, but I almost stopped reading Legacy of the Darksword
when I saw tanks. grins
The drezden Files is one of my favorite series though.
In terms of the game, my biggest questions would be how you would
balance the units.
I mean, an archer and a tank should definitely not have the same
range. I can see how some modern units would work, but some would
just be so immense that the thought of a knight or archer taking one
out seems to stretch things a bit for me.
I keep thinking of the poor Polish cavalry at the start of WW II.
Wonderful act of defiance, miserable at actual defense.
Luckily.. We have Wizards! grins
On 8/24/13, Allan Thompson <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lol. You mean star wars crossovers to other genres? Or just star wars in
> general? I wasn't sure.
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> Yes, the darksword is exactly the series. It wasn't the greatest series, but
> it did present fantasy magic in a whole new way that was really
> intrigueing.
>
> al
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> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
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> I know this gets off topic a bit, but since it was brought up, the series
> that Allan was talking about by Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman that has
> the cross over is the Darksword Trilogy, though I think it actually has four
> books.
> Yes, just checked.. It does have four.
> Forging the darksword
> Doom of the Darksword
> Triumph of the Darksword
> and Legacy of the darksword.
> I kind of feel like Star Wars is the most popular of that particular genre,
> and whenit's done right, it is really good.. When it's not though.. It's an
> experience rivaled only by bambooshoots under the toe nails or by kobolds
> overrunning your fireball slinging wizard while your barbarian is out of
> moves on the other side of a tunnel.. grins Okay, sorry. that was a poor
> atempt to try to put something on-topic in here.
> Michael
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> On 8/24/13, Allan Thompson <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Warlords seems to be giving some serious problems, so , if you do play
>> it, I think it is safe to play the first maybe four maps.
>>
>> The characters speaking are sound files, and I could find more sounds
>> for them to say, but the thing is trying to get the same voices saying
>> things that make sense in the context of the game, and a lot of the
>> stuff I have is more fantasy oriented.
>>
>> So, at the moment I am kind of stuck on what is already there. I am
>> constantly keeping an ear out though.
>>
>> al
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Niklas
>> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 11:53 AM
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>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
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>> Wow, a conflict between modern and fantasy sounds great and interesting.
>> BTW: I have to try your maps out, had no time till yet. A question: I
>> have only played the zombie house in its first or second versions in
>> TB. About the other map packs, star trek and war lords: Do the
>> characters in these both games speak? And can they say more than in
>> zombie house? I remember in the Zombie house the units spoke only a
>> bit, one sentence. That could liven things up and could be a nice
>> addition for the atmosphere I think.
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> From: Allan Thompson
>> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 5:32 PM
>> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
>>
>> Hi Jarek,
>> Actually, some of those sounds I was in fact planning on using for a
>> special map in warlords. I was going to have a war between modern and
>> fantasy troops!
>>
>> I was always intrigued with fantasy and modern genres encountering
>> each other, and I thought it would be a really off beat map to try.
>>
>> Your welcome to any sounds I got there, actually in any of my maps, if
>> you wish. I also have a small library of sounds of all sorts if you
>> are looking for something and you think I could be of some use in that
>> regard.
>>
>> al
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jaromír
>> Pšánský
>> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 6:49 AM
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>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] warlords sounds
>>
>> Hi Allan.
>> Why do you have any sounds in folder temp in folder sound for warlords?
>> smile.
>> I think that this sounds are not used in game.
>> Jarek
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