Turn 29 - 🍀⚙️ Halfling Dreadnought -

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📅 Uploaded on March 25, 2024

Interested in playing? I regularly host Age of Wonders 3 PBEM games - you're welcome to join.

I'm open to your suggestions regarding game settings, these videos, or anything else. Let me know in the comments below. You can also message me in-game.

Are you a fan of the Heroes of Might and Magic series? Heroes of Might and Magic 3 or Heroes 3? If so, you might enjoy playing Age of Wonders 3.

Similarly, if you're a long-time fan of the Age of Wonders series, or if you were just recently introduced with the release of Age of Wonders 4, you too might enjoy Age of Wonders 3.

FAQ
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Q: What does "auto-combat only" mean?
Age of Wonders 3 is well-known for its manual, turn-based tactical combat. In short, I've decided to abandon this feature in favor of the auto-combat AI - to save time, and also balance the game in a way.

Unlike in manual combat, in auto-combat players can no longer exploit the AI by stalling battle - to kite the enemy around, spam abilities, farm XP, convert tons of units, etc.

These mechanics aren't inherently bad; however, they do make the game a lot more tedious and time-consuming, not to mention create a need for balance mods to reduce the sheer amount of exploitability, as well as patch resulting power imbalances between various classes.

Here's a more detailed Steam post I made on the merits of auto-combat vs manual combat: https://steamcommunity.com/app/226840...

Q: What is M-Series?
Just like the original 1v1 series, except we play on a medium map (instead of a small map). This generally makes for a longer game with more focus on economy and empire building.

Q: What is PBEM?
PBEM stands for Play-By-Email.

In the 90s, people would share game saves via email to play turn-based games asynchronously (not live).

Age of Wonders 3 has a PBEM server, but there's no email involved. You simply take your turn, which is automatically uploaded to the server. Then the next player automatically downloads the game, takes their turn, and so on and so on...

In this way, we can play at our leisure with people all over the world.

Q: What the heck is a Haste Berry Pie?
Haste Berries are a visit site in Age of Wonders 3 that restore your units' movement points. I like pie. Any more questions?

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⚖️ Game Settings ⚖️
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🗺️ Map Layout
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Map Size: Medium
Type: Land
Game Flow: Normal
Surface: ✔️
🕳️ Underground: ✔️
Starting Town: Village
Starting Units: Medium
📏 Starting Distance: Average
🛣️ Roads: Average
🏴‍☠️ Roaming Units: Average
👑 Treasures: Average
🏰 Cities: Average
🐉 Dwellings: Average
👨‍🌾 Resource Structures: Average
⛩️ Visit Structures: Average
🏛️ Treasure Structures: Average

🌐 Geography & Climate
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🌾 Fertile Plains: Default
🐸 Wetlands: Default
🏜️ Barrens: Default
🌲 Dense Vegetation: Default
⛰️ Mountains: Default
🌊 Water: 100% (makes flying/floating/swimming more useful)
🟫 Diggable Walls: Default
⬛ Undiggable Walls: Default
🏞️ Temperate: Default
🗻 Arctic: Default
🏝️ Tropical: Default
☣️ Blighted: Default
🌋 Volcanic: Default

📊 Advanced Settings
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▶️ Game Speed: Normal
💰💎🕯️ Starting Resources: Standard
📚 Starting Skills: Normal
🦸‍♂️ Hero Resurgence: ✔️
🛡️ Defender Strength: Normal
☄️ Cosmic Happenings: Medium
🦸 Max Number of Heroes: 5
🦸‍♂️ Max Hero Level: 20
🧭 Map Exploration: ✔️
🏰 City Founding: ✔️
🦸 Random Heroes Match Player Race: ❌
⏩ Force High Speed Tactical Combat: ❌
📜 Empire Quests: ✔️

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🎮 Age of Wonders 3 (2014) by Triumph Studios

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