Middle Earth play-by-email battle game

Draken · 03-30-2004, 05:01 AM

Hello everyone,

I've posted this in RPG but it strikes me there might be people interested in Tolkieneque battles that aren't necessarily interested in RPGs, so mods permitting I'll post it here too!

If anyone is interested I have written a very cheap-and-cheerful battle program that allows you to choose a Middle Earth army (21 types of unit), position it and give orders (10 available). It then simulates the battle, giving the result as Excel printouts.

If you'd like to have a go at testing it out, please e-mail me. Thanks!

Twista · 03-30-2004, 05:37 AM

Sounds good, id like to get involved!

. Can you send me it please? What did you make the program in anyway mate? Because my friend made a similer one in Visual Basic, where you control 'blocks' of armys and try and stratigise.

Draken · 03-30-2004, 06:30 AM

I'm embarrassed to say! I've adapted it from a very very old program I wrote in the early 90s (as a Naploenic wargame simulation), it's in an ancient old fashioned language called GW-BASIC that runs in DOS.

I'm finishing off the rule book and Order of Battle spreadsheet and will get something to you by the end of the week, thanks for your interest!

Draken · 04-07-2004, 07:58 PM

Ok, rules completed, order sheet designed, first battlefields done - the game is ready for play-testing if anyone else is interested

brownjenkins · 04-07-2004, 08:43 PM

i'll give it a go... my email's linked below

**Nurvingiel** · 04-12-2004, 07:45 PM

I'm interested too! I always like to see people's programming projects.

My email is also linked below, but just in case it goes awry, it's trillion13@hotmail.com

Cool!

Twista · 05-29-2004, 09:46 PM

Well i had a look into it like you said..

Looks promicing, did you write it all yourself?

Just need to get it up and running!

Draken · 06-01-2004, 08:25 PM

Yep I wrote it all myself (though I must admit the rules are based on a Napoleonic system by a bloke called Wessencraft and the unit characteristics are based on the writings of a certain Mr Tolkien, of course!)

Glad you think it's promising, drop me a line if anything needs clarifying.

Lenya · 01-21-2005, 09:42 AM

I'd love to try it. How do I get it?

03-30-2004, 05:01 AM	#1
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Middle Earth play-by-email battle game Hello everyone, I've posted this in RPG but it strikes me there might be people interested in Tolkieneque battles that aren't necessarily interested in RPGs, so mods permitting I'll post it here too! If anyone is interested I have written a very cheap-and-cheerful battle program that allows you to choose a Middle Earth army (21 types of unit), position it and give orders (10 available). It then simulates the battle, giving the result as Excel printouts. If you'd like to have a go at testing it out, please e-mail me. Thanks! __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

03-30-2004, 05:37 AM	#2
Twista Orodruin's Flame Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kananaskis, AB Posts: 1,194	Sounds good, id like to get involved! . Can you send me it please? What did you make the program in anyway mate? Because my friend made a similer one in Visual Basic, where you control 'blocks' of armys and try and stratigise. __________________ Council of Entmoot - Foreign Affairs Minister - 2004-05 Visit the Ye Olde Avatar Shop and The New One Dont tell me what I cannot do Two men are on a Island, they both see a "monster", one sees a bright light, and the other sees a dark cloud My name bares no reference to the music artist.

03-30-2004, 06:30 AM	#3
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	I'm embarrassed to say! I've adapted it from a very very old program I wrote in the early 90s (as a Naploenic wargame simulation), it's in an ancient old fashioned language called GW-BASIC that runs in DOS. I'm finishing off the rule book and Order of Battle spreadsheet and will get something to you by the end of the week, thanks for your interest! __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

04-07-2004, 07:58 PM	#4
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Ok, rules completed, order sheet designed, first battlefields done - the game is ready for play-testing if anyone else is interested __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I? Last edited by Draken : 04-07-2004 at 08:03 PM.

04-07-2004, 08:43 PM	#5
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	i'll give it a go... my email's linked below __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

05-29-2004, 09:46 PM	#7
Twista Orodruin's Flame Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kananaskis, AB Posts: 1,194	Well i had a look into it like you said.. Looks promicing, did you write it all yourself? Just need to get it up and running! __________________ Council of Entmoot - Foreign Affairs Minister - 2004-05 Visit the Ye Olde Avatar Shop and The New One Dont tell me what I cannot do Two men are on a Island, they both see a "monster", one sees a bright light, and the other sees a dark cloud My name bares no reference to the music artist.

06-01-2004, 08:25 PM	#8
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Yep I wrote it all myself (though I must admit the rules are based on a Napoleonic system by a bloke called Wessencraft and the unit characteristics are based on the writings of a certain Mr Tolkien, of course!) Glad you think it's promising, drop me a line if anything needs clarifying. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

01-21-2005, 09:42 AM	#9
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	I'd love to try it. How do I get it?

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