Camelot

[codyroberts]

Story

The king is dead, long live the king! With the unexpected early demise of Arthur, Merlin has to find a new prodigy to become king. Unfortunately, every wizard fancies himself a king-maker these days. How troublesome! Luckily it is well known that he who wields Excalibur shall be king! Unfortunately, upon his death the sword was returned to the Lady of the Lake... So off the wizards go, sending their lackies... Er... Noble volunteers to collect the sword, eliminate the competition, and become king!

Overview

• Two player, turn based, tile based game.
• 20 x 20 map
• Three units: Knights, Squires, and Apprentices.
• Each player can perform one action per turn.
• Objective-centric map, Excalibur in the center.
• First to take Excalibur and stab the enemy wizard with it wins!

Units

Units are used to retrieve Excalibur and combat enemy units. Spawning a unit counts as an action and takes one turn. Moving a unit, attacking with a unit, or picking up Excalibur with a unit also counts as an action and takes one turn. Units have health, weight, speed, power, and a special ability.

Unit Stats

• Health: How much damage a unit can take before dying and being removed from the game.
• Weight: How heavy a unit is. Determines which ice tiles are safe to be traversed by this unit.
• Speed: How many tiles a unit can move per turn.
• Power: How much damage a unit deals per attack.
• Special: A unit-specific special ability.

Unit Actions

• Attack: Attacks another unit, one tile away, adjacent to unit's current tile. Diagonal attacks not allowed. Range is adjacent tiles only with the exception of the apprentice.
• Move: Moves a unit specific number of tiles, adjacent only, no diagonal movement allowed.
• Take/Hand-off Excalibur: Either pick up or hand off the mighty Excalibur. To adjacent units, can be handed off to enemies.

Knights

• Health: The knight is the heartiest, and has 4 health.
• Weight: The knight is also the heaviest, with a weight of 4 while riding his horse and a weight of 3 when dismounted.
• Speed: The knight can move 3 tiles! Horses are great! Dismounted the knight is hindered by his armor and moves 1 tile.
• Power: The knight deals 2 damage per attack.
• Special: The knight is immediately dismounted upon being hit or picking up Excalibur.

Squires

• Health: The squire is too scrawny for armor, but he's had sword training! He has 2 health.
• Weight: What a scrawny squire! His weight is 2.
• Speed: Not hindered by armor, he can move 2 tiles a turn.
• Power: He's a scrappy little fella, and he's got heart! ...The squire deals 1 damage per attack.
• Special: The squire can hop 1 tile distance over holes in ice. If holding Excalibur, it is dropped into the water and returned to the lady of the lake.

Apprentices

• Health: The apprentice is a big nerd. He has 1 health.
• Weight: Reading doesn't promote muscle growth! The apprentice has 1 weight.
• Speed: Not hindered by armor, he can move 2 tiles a turn.
• Power: Magic is a helluva drug! The apprentice deals 3 damage.
• Special: The apprentice's attacks are ranged, and he can fire his magic 1 tile away from himself.

Spells

Spells are area of effect, and shaped like Tetrominoes. They have global range and count as an action for that turn.

Fireball

The wizard's first spell is fireball! Fireball melts any ice, dealing damage to anyone caught in the blast and melting any ice hit.

• Damage: Fire deals 3 damage.
• Range: Fireball can be fired globally.
• Special: Fireball melts ice.

Cone of Cold

The wizard's second spell is Cone of Cold! Cone of Cold slows units it hits, reducing their movement by 1 for a turn, and freezes any water tiles hit. Cone of Cold reinforces any ice tiles hit, increasing their weight limit.

• Damage: Cone of Cold does not deal damage.
• Range: Cone of Cold can be fired globally.
• Special: Cone of Cold slows units and freezes water.

Tiles:

Tiles are generated at the start of the game. By default all tiles are Water tiles, with the exception of the shore on either side where the wizards reside.

Water Tiles

Water tiles are impassable, if stepped on a unit immediately dies and is removed from the game board. If hit with Cone of Cold, water tiles are converted to ice tiles.

Ice Tiles

Ice Tiles are able to be walked on by units. Ice tiles have weight limits, that degrade by 1 each time they are stepped on. This weight limit starts at 4. Upon reaching a weight limit of zero, ice breaks and any unit on it immediately dies and is removed from the game board.

Spawn Tiles

Spawn tiles are on the shores, to the left and right of the lake. Here is where the wizard can send out new units.

Winning

First player to get Excalibur and reach the opposing spawn area wins.

[JeffreyStrahm]

Wait, if the knight steps on a tile, it drops to 3, so I assume the breaking is determined upon stepping on it? But then what about when the wizard uses fireball? Or do you need to re-enforce ice for nights to step on it?

[codyroberts]

Wait, if the knight steps on a tile, it drops to 3, so I assume the breaking is determined upon stepping on it?

In that case, perhaps the tile weight limit should be reduced upon leaving the tile. Also reinforcing the ice for a knight would be plausible as well.

It could also be left alone and the values changed, as far as I'm concerned these numbers are entirely subject to change, the concept is mostly what I am worried about getting straight.

[JeffreyStrahm]

Sorry, missclick

[ZachWileman]

• What happens to the sword if its dropped in the lake?
• Does each player have their own wizard?
• Is there any cool-down on what the wizards can do? Since you say the wizards have global range, doesn't that mean you could just keep freezing your enemy on the other side of the map, regardless to where your wizard is? Also, if your units get frozen, doesn't seem like you have much of a choice than to just wait for them to become unfrozen; using the fire spell would do damage to them.

[codyroberts]

What happens to the sword if its dropped in the lake?

Current idea is the Lady of the Lake gets it back. (It returns to the center).

Does each player have their own wizard?

Yes, the Wizards act as your leaders sitting at homebase I guess. They do not move, thats what they have volunteers for! Units spawn from your wizard's beach.

Is there any cool-down on what the wizards can do? Since you say the wizards have global range, doesn't that mean you could just keep freezing your enemy on the other side of the map, regardless to where your wizard is?

Okay, so this is an issue I anticipated. I am hoping the changing tetromino shapes combined with only one action per turn help curb it. Perhaps implementing a one turn cooldown would help, extending ice life would prevent this cooldown from being catastrophic.

Also, if your units get frozen, doesn't seem like you have much of a choice than to just wait for them to become unfrozen; using the fire spell would do damage to them.

Right, I think I mentioned them getting slowed not frozen for that reason. But some are slow enough already they may as well be frozen. (Dismounted knight). If this becomes an issue, everything is very open to change.

[JeffreyStrahm]

When it comes to turns, is it you can do something with the wizard or a unit, or is it move everything once?

[codyroberts]

When it comes to turns, is it you can do something with the wizard or a unit, or is it move everything once?

One or the other in the current concept.