Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Dakotah Rickard
That was the old version, or mission one in the new though, so ... On 7/29/11, Dakotah Rickard wrote: > Hi there. Like I said in my last night's message, I managed to beat > the game, granted on easy, with no babies born. It was beautiful. > > On 7/29/11, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: >> Thanks for te

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Dakotah Rickard
Hi there. Like I said in my last night's message, I managed to beat the game, granted on easy, with no babies born. It was beautiful. On 7/29/11, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: > Thanks for testing the Jaws mode for me guys, I appreciate it. I'm also > very happy to hear that it finally works! I will

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Thanks for testing the Jaws mode for me guys, I appreciate it. I'm also very happy to hear that it finally works! I will make sure Jaws is supported in the next update, and I will go back and add Jaws support to my older games now. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Ron Schamerhorn
29, 2011 5:14 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights Hey guys, I was hoping one of you Jaws users could test something for me. Here my my latest attempt to make Castaways work with Jaws. If you don't mind, please try it out and let me know if it works,

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Thanks. I'll try that next time I play. I haven't downloaded and installed 1.3 yet, but its on my todo list. Cheers! On 7/29/11, dark wrote: > Hi Tom. > > I tend to build at the south and center, sinse the goblins obviously don't > come from the sea, thus making the southern half of t

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread dark
rs Discussion list" Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights Hi Dark, Interesting. I always put my town at the center of the map so my store house is usually someplace like f7. More or less where you have your towers setup. Altho

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, Well, like any strategy game Castaways has a number of factors involved in getting the food production up and running. How I do it is I actually get the farms, storehouse, and tavern, built before I do anything else. I try to stock enough food and supplies before I begin building houses

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Interesting. I always put my town at the center of the map so my store house is usually someplace like f7. More or less where you have your towers setup. Although, I've been changing were I build things somewhat from game to game to very things a bit. Its too bad there aren't any custom o

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread dark
e guard towers would fair with just soldiers, or with fewer knights i'm not sure. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways,

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Shane Davidson
Jeremy; Looks like you've got it down. Nice work. Thanks. Shane -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Kaldobsky Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 5:14 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke cast

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Bryan Peterson
ist" Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 3:06 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights Hi, From what I've seen so far anything over 50 is pretty much overkill. In my last few games I've had about 40 to 50 people total, and that is plenty to keep the day to

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Hey guys, I was hoping one of you Jaws users could test something for me. Here my my latest attempt to make Castaways work with Jaws. If you don't mind, please try it out and let me know if it works, or if you received any errors. www.kaldobsky.com/audiogames/jawstest.zip Just press tab until

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Thomas Ward
HI Dark, Interesting. In several of my games the goblins attacked from the south, the sea shore, so I usually have to have at least one or two guard towers on that boarder to keep them from attacking from that direction. However, they also do come down out of the north quiet often as well so I thi

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, >From what I've seen so far anything over 50 is pretty much overkill. In my last few games I've had about 40 to 50 people total, and that is plenty to keep the day to day tasks up to date, raise an army, and pound the gobs into the mud. I've actually completed the game with 32 people a couple

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread dark
o: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 4:44 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights Problem is that D isn't too far from F, and in EVERY! game I've played sooner or later the Gobs have invaded at F. We are the Knights wh

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-29 Thread dark
me not-so-friendly chat. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message ----- From: "Che" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights it sounds like maybe brian is s

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Dakotah Rickard
ng things the way I did. You need a lot >> of houses, and you probably won't ever be able to build anything on a >> border, because gobblins enjoy showing up just to get soldier swarmed. >> >> On 7/28/11, Bryan Peterson wrote: >>> I tried wating on that but tha

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
at. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: "Che" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights it sounds like maybe brian is spending resources getti

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Dakotah Rickard
ge - > From: "Che" > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights > > >> it sounds like maybe brian is spending resources getting barracks and >> kn

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
I tried wating on that but that's when the Gobblins decided to drop by for some not-so-friendly chat. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: "Che" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [Au

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
Nope. They didn't even have the chance to demand the shrubbery! We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Kaldobsky" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways,

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Che
it sounds like maybe brian is spending resources getting barracks and knights fairly early in the game, though i could be totally wrong about that. i've only completed the game twice, but both times i left mining and forging until quite late in the game, well after I had a bakery, etc. and

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Christina
And I can wait for the prioritizing of Peasant tasks update! That'll be fun to fiddle with. Christina - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Kaldobsky" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways,

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Christina
uot;Jeremy Kaldobsky" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights I've got to say, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the strategies from you guys. I love how, every now and then

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Christina
What about the rest of your people? The peasants are occupied with something... Christina - Original Message - From: "Bryan Peterson" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and k

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
I'm guessing they were simply overwhelmed. Did you have the towers at a choke point in the terrain? I generally try to position my towers in places where the Goblins will have to funnel through narrow places between forests. In an unrelated question, before your knights were slaughtered by Go

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
I didn't just have soldiers. I had a few nights as well. And yet I still lost both towers. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Kaldobsky" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [Au

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Oh I see, so you had guard towers, but no soldiers. The guard towers, themselves, don't defend against the Goblins, they just serve as launching points for your troops. Think of them the same way you think about saw mills and quarries. If the forest gets thinned out, you can put a new saw mil

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
ubject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights I've got to say, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the strategies from you guys. I love how, every now and then, one of you would suggest something I don't normally do in my own strategies, but when you explained it, it w

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
I've got to say, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the strategies from you guys. I love how, every now and then, one of you would suggest something I don't normally do in my own strategies, but when you explained it, it would seem like such a good idea that all I want to do it go apply it to my

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread dark
eave wine making until last, sinse it's the most resource heavy method of food production. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Bryan Peterson" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke c

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread dark
iscussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights hmmmHmmm. how many peasants do you have? I don't just mean builders and bakers who are part timing, I mean full time peasants, sinse i'VE NOTICED YOU REALLY NEED

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
Just one or two lumberjacks and a carpenter. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: "Christina" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Christina
mers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights That's how many I usually try to have. But I still never manage to get tings done. And if someting's already on the way to the mill or wherever when you

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:27 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights Hi. Without knowing anything else about your population, I'd say at least six to eight. Don't forget, if you have a surplus of something,

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Christina
ot;Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights I ried doing that but I can never seem to determine when would e a good time to recook them LOL. My people would end up dying of starvation. We are the

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
uly 28, 2011 6:24 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights I usually have three farms, one of each, and two farmers. If I have enough peasants to make sure there are always barrels at the vineyard, I have three farms. I don't think people make wine unless there

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
ssage - From: "Bryan Peterson" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights I've been trying to do that, But it seems like those peasants never get around to taking Metal Ore t

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread dark
ately what you do is heavily dependent upon man power. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Bryan Peterson" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights That

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Christina
Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights hmmmHmmm. how many peasants do you have? I don't just mean builders and bakers who are part timing, I mean full time peasants, sinse i'VE NOTICED YOU RE

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Christina
a few turns until I make that person a cook again. Christina - Original Message - From: "Bryan Peterson" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights That's the rub ri

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread dark
"Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights I've been trying to do that, But it seems like those peasants never get around to taking Metal Ore to the forge or weapons to the Barracks until AFT

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
...Ni! - Original Message - From: "Christina" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:42 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights Hi there. You may need more peasants. I noticed that they don't move animal fur, we

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Christina
sport anything else. Christina - Original Message - From: "Bryan Peterson" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:38 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights I've been trying to do that, But it seems like thos

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
ssage - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:28 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights Youch bryan, something must've been going crazy there. Myself, I have the blacksmith work overtime for a bit,

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread dark
meat and vedge production up just so that I can keep those goblins back. Beware the grue! dark. - Original Message - From: "Bryan Peterson" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers a

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Peterson
mers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:25 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights Hi Decota. Knights are five times as effective as soldiers. You'll notice that the goblins are pushed back far more easily if you have several knights th

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-28 Thread dark
Hi Decota. Knights are five times as effective as soldiers. You'll notice that the goblins are pushed back far more easily if you have several knights than with standard soldiers. While there aren't specific combat injuries, the sword and armour are held to be a general measure of combat effe

Re: [Audyssey] I broke castaways, plus soldiers and knights

2011-07-27 Thread Richard Sherman
Hi, Wow! Very impressive. I've only completed 2 games, one easy and the other normal, with a max of 35 people. Makes it more easlily controllable for me so far. as for the soldiers versus knights. The difference is that the knight is equal to 5 soldiers. BTW, Just curious. How did you feed t