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Category: Small Battles

About “Small Battles”.

Land Combat Redux (PART 2)

So, if it wasn’t obvious from the previous post, I think one of the key elements in making a replayable tactical combat system is to have a variety of enemies with very distinct styles. That, unfortunately, tends to be a problem when you are trying to model historical combat. It…

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Michael September 9, 2018 September 9, 2018Pirates and Traders 2, Small Battles 0

Land Combat Redux (Part 1)

I’ve had game development as a hobby for way too many years. In all those years, there is one design issue that I’ve worked on in one form or another pretty much constantly: how to incorporate tactical combat into strategic gameplay. I’ve never been satisfied with any of the solutions…

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Michael September 1, 2018 September 1, 2018Pirates and Traders 2, Small Battles 0

BattleBytes 101: Combat Mechanics

Continuing on from last week’s post, here is a little something on some of the thoughts I have for the combat mechanics. Note that these are definitely subject to change; the system needs to be both fun, and work well (i.e., give reasonable results), and some of that will only really…

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Michael May 21, 2017 May 21, 2017Game Design, Pirates and Traders 2, Small Battles 5

BattleBytes 101: Units and Stats

I thought it might be interesting to write something about the combat mechanics in the (unimaginatively named) BattleBytes system, which is being developed for Pirates and Traders 2. Disclaimer: Since this is still very much in development, the design here may change before it goes public. Scale BattleBytes is a…

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Michael May 14, 2017 May 14, 2017Game Design, Pirates and Traders 2, Small Battles 1

Plans and Progress

By far the most frequent question I get is “when will Pirates and Traders 2 be done”. The answer to that is the annoying – but unfortunately accurate – “when it is done”. Software development is my passion, but developing games is only the part of that which I do…

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Michael November 9, 2014 November 9, 2014Dwarf King, Pirates & Traders, Small Battles 0

Small Battles Closed Beta

As mentioned elsewhere, I’ve been working on Small Battles for the past couple of weeks. And after this latest round of improvements, I feel that it may be ready to go into more intensive testing. So what is Small Battles again? It’s changed a bit in the details since I…

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Michael September 12, 2014 September 12, 2014Small Battles 0
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