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Lords of Conquest

Game Mechanics

Lords of Conquest is a strategy game in turn that opposes between two and seven participants, which can be controlled by players or by the computer. It takes place on a map that represents a region of the world and is divided into territories. About 20 predefined cards are available in the game, including those of Europe, North America, China or the world. It is also possible to create or generate new ones automatically. Some of them are only terrestrial but others include territories only accessible by the sea. In addition to the card, the player(s) can first choose a level of complexity, among the five available, that influence the number of available resources and the opportunities offered to participants. In beginner mode, only two resources are available, gold and horses, to which iron, coal and wood come in advanced fashion. The player can also choose the level of difficulty, on a scale from one to nine. At level one, it starts the game with four more territories than the computer while at level nine, it has four less. It can also choose the level of influence of chance on the result of fighting, between low, medium and high. After setting the set of options, the participants choose each of them the territories they will control at the beginning of the game.

The game then takes place in turn. Each tower corresponds to one year and is divided into several phases 'development, trade, transport and conquest' that allow the player to achieve different types of action. In the first, except in the first round, each camp has the option of using its resources to build a weapon, ship or city. Weapons are particularly important for fighting and sew gold or wood and iron. The ships allow to cross the seas and sew only wood. Finally, cities have their own characteristics of attack and defense, double the production of resources of a territory and those around it and bring points for the final victory. The next phase is dedicated to the production of resources from the territories, which can be altered by unforeseen events, and trade between participants in the multiplayer parts. In the next phase, depending on the level of complexity selected, the player can notably move his gold stock, his weapons or his horses. Then comes the conquest phase. In this case, each territory adjacent to an enemy territory may be attacked. The probability of defending it is then calculated according to the number of adjacent allied territory and the presence close to horses, arms and cities.