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The Asian Dynasties Patch

The Asian Dynasties Patch: After several months on the market the China civilization is the most popular, especially in any tournament where prize money is involved. Expert China players are able to get a sizable army engaged within six minutes and are hard to stop at that point. If China is not available to play, then the Dutch or the Sioux are ...
Posted to Bruce Shelley (Weblog) by admin on January 22, 2008

Charity Auction & Balance Tester Interview

Child's Play Charity Auction: The guys at Penny Arcade have been raising money for a charitable program called Child's Play for a while and this year we got on board. The Halo Wars team donated some original artwork for the live auction at the Child Play dinner next week in Seattle. We are also auctioning off a group of 14 Age of ...
Posted to Bruce Shelley (Weblog) by admin on December 14, 2007

Warchief’s Treaty Games, The Asian Dynasties, and Game Design Methods

Warchief’s Treaty Games: The innovation of the Treaty Game, in which players are unable to attack each other for a set period of time, seems to be working very well. Players wanted to be free from early rushes and we forced that in the Treaty Game. We hear from our community team that over 10% of Warchiefs games use this mode. The only complaints ...
Posted to Bruce Shelley (Weblog) by admin on June 1, 2007