Hello!
This is going to be a history of my gaming experiences with Dominions 3. Dominions 3 is fantasy turn-based-strategy computer game. It's incredibly deep, with a ridiculous number of units, spells, strategies etc. Currently I've only scratched the surface of this game. I have a decent understanding of the basic concepts and UI, but I'm still trying to learn the complex features.
For my first game I have generated a new random map. It is 40 provinces large, 15% of which will be sea. I plan to share the map with three computer players, making a total of 4 players with 10 countries each. This is a small number of provinces per player, but I'm hoping for a quick, dirty game.
Dominions 3 is divided into three distinct ages, the Early Age, Middle Ages and Late ages. My first game will be played in the early ages, defined by a high level of magic and low technology. As a relatively new player I have few yet which of the various nations I enjoy most. There are 20 Nations:
- Arcosephale
- Ermor
- Ulm
- Marverni
- Sauromatia
- Ti'en Ch'i
- Mictlan
- Abysia
- Caelum
- C'tis
- Pangaea
- Agartha
- Vanheim
- Helheim
- Niefelheim
- Kailasa
- Yomi
- Atlantis
- R'lyeh
- Oceania
Each of these has a very unique selections of units, built around a central theme. For example Caelum is a nation of eagle men with powerful air magic. R'lyeh is a race of ancient underwater demons based on HP Lovecraft. The variety is amazing.
To decide my nation I rolled a 20 sided die, and came up with a 1. This gives me Arcosephale as a race. This is their description in the nation menu:
“An ancient human kingdom led by Philosophers, Arcosephale mainly uses heavy infantry, chariots and flying Icarids. The Philosophers are skilled researchers. Mystics skilled in Astral and elemental magic give Arcosephale great magical versatility. The priestesses of Arcosephale can heal wounded soldiers.”
Sounds fairly interesting, I'm going to go poke around on the forums and see what I can learn about them.
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