The dwarf-elf-orc cliche

Filed under Trends & Tropes on June 10, 2008
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I’ve made reference to the “dwarf-elf-orc cliche” in a couple previous posts, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to explain what I mean. There’s two parts to this concept. The first deals with the interpretation of these fantasy races. The second encompasses the the fantasy trope of good and evil races.
Going back to their [...]

EWA preview: more on units

Filed under EWA Preview on January 25, 2008
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I revealed the primary attributes of the EWA units on Wednesday. Today, I’m going to talk about their secondary attributes.
Now that I have the spreadsheet in front of me, I see that I forgot a couple primary attributes: Area and Fatigue. Area is the area of effect a unit’s attack has. Fatigue is the number [...]