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Game Guide

Old War is a Tiled Icons game where five families of farmers will become soldiers exiting their huts, and will fight with the possibility to increase their rank up to king. Other characters and objects will appear sooner or later on the scene, by making things more challenging. A game where you will be able to play complex strategies, or simply move and upgrade your warriors and see what happens.

Introduction:

The families are: Monkeys, Chickens, Cows, Birds and Pigs. At the start of the game you will be able to choose which one do you want impersonate. Each family terrain will have a different background color, and the random created initial scene will present you a land with trees, stones, wood, gold, water and several other things, as well as a Town, a Monastery and a Shaman's village. All farmers are in their huts, and you will start the battle dragging yours outside. Every family's uniform will also have different colors.

The amount of placed terrains, objects and characters will vary in accord with the device you are playing on. The smallest game field will be drawn on the iPhone 4S, the biggest on the iPad Air. In all cases the game field will be the device resolution double.
To scroll the game field, let tap over a free terrain, hold and drag around.

To move your soldiers from the huts, let tap over one of them, hold and drag it over a free terrain. Each hut contains five soldiers, and when it will be empty the lights will be turned off. The camed out soldiers can move again, but let please note you can reach another terrain just walking over yours. In other words, your path to reach the destination must contain contiguous owned terrains. If you reach a terrain owned by your family, the moved character can move again, otherwise not in the current turn. Once you have moved one of your players, the device will move the other families.

The six reachable ranks of your "Army" are: Soldier, Sergeant, Baron, Knight, Duke and King. Each one is more powerful in fight, but since you upgrade a warrior dragging him over another one, this will reduce the number of total warriors you own. Each rank can do things another rank can't. Below in this guide you will found a complete list of their features.

Since the game is rich of things, locate the Old Wise first. This actor, if reached in a terrain around, will give you valuable advices on what would be better to do first. Than take a look around and locate the other initial things on the scene.

The initial scene:
	The Old Wise Reach him around, read and remember his advices.
	Trees Up to 40 different types of trees. The family need resources, so collect wood also, dragging a Soldier or a Sergeant over a tree. The moving character should have enough money but. Keep in mind when you tap over it, in the info area you will see a summary about him.
	Water The warriors can reach another terrain just walking over the owned ones, but if your character reaches a terrain near the water, containing a boat, it will be able to reach another destination on the shores of the lake. Just Soldiers, Sergeants or Barons can use a Boat but.
	Cultivables This kind of terrains are not owned by any family, and can be reached to conquer them. If a cultivable contains a Chariot, drag your actor over it, his icons will change and he will be able to reach a destination moving over every terrain. Just Soldiers, Sergeants or Barons can use a Chariot but.
	Huts The picture shows the Monkey's Hut, each family's Hut has a different look. This is the starting point of the game, note the yellow windows indicating the house has someone inside. Tap the Hut, hold and drag the soldier outside over a free terrain, then move him again. The soldiers can re-enter in the hut, just drag back the character over the Hut.
	Cowbells If you don't want to drag all your Soldiers one by one outside their Huts, let search a reachable CowBell. Everyone will exit from huts ready to fight. You can use the Bell in every moment.

The Resources:
	The Resources will appear in the third turn.
	Wood Up to 3 different types of dry wood. Collect dry wood dragging a Soldier or a Sergeant over it. You don't need money for this.
	Reclaimed Wood If a Building will be destroyed during the game, his Reclaimed Wood will be available as resource.
	Stones Up to 3 different types of stones. Collect stones dragging a Soldier or a Sergeant over them. You don't need money for this.
	Gold Up to 3 different types of gold. Collect gold dragging a Soldier or a Sergeant over it. You need a presence of at least one Duke or King but, in order to collect it.
	Mushrooms The effect is casual between Death, Strength increase or disabling the charachter from moving for some turns.

The Objects:
	The Objects will also appear in the third turn.
	Signs Up to 3 different types of sign. They are just decorative things that you can trample.
	Straw They are decorative, but can conceal a surprise.
	Mine Big possibility to collect resources. Just the King can reach it, and the family resources must be enough to run it.
	Latrine Just Soldiers or Sergeants can use it. If you drag your actor over, the door will be closed and nobody can attack him until you drag the actor outside tapping over the latrine.
	Obelisk If reached by a King, the overall strength of the other families will be reduced.
	More Characters and Objects will automatically be added to scene in the next turns.

Game Flow:

The initial strategy of the game is up to you, as well as the whole one. You can start the game moving all your soldiers outside huts and collect wood from trees, or move them outside and immediately attack an opponent. Do not forget to upgrade your characters moving one over another, and also to take a look to the Old Wise place. He moves over the field. When the resources will appear on the scene, let collect them, gold first if you still have a Duke or King.

Let continue to move your charachters up to when all of them can't move anymore (the already moved players icon will be more transparent), than press the "Turn" button (see images below), and continue to move trying to conquer terrains and eliminate the opponents. Let note but, you can advance the turn even if you have players that can already move. When the first set of things will appear, locate them in the case of need.

To move to an opponent means a battle, more strength, Weapons (or Rank) your player has, more possibilities to eliminate the other one has, with a litte casuality but. That's ensure (as in the real life), everyone can defeat someone. If your player won, you will gain the reached terrain, the opponent is eliminated and your player will become stronger and richer. At the place of the defeated one a tomb will appear. This object is just decorative, as the above described signs.

As mentioned, you can upgrade your warriors dragging one to another. A soldier over another soldier makes a Sergeant, a Sergeant over a Soldier makes a Baron and so on. Let think the ranks as numbers, the Soldier's value is 1 and the King's is 6. The maximun amount of the joined characters must be 6. Do not worry about the maximum allowed rank but, the interface will notify you if, for instance, you are dragging a Knight over a Duke (4 + 5 = 9).

When the Weapons will appear, let consider to collect them to increase the Warrior's strength, as well as some additional useful Objects (see below).

To move over or around an Object, or over a Special Character (see below), causes some action. If you are not sure if you should move over or around, try to move over first, if this is a wrong action for the Object or Character you are considering, the inteface will notify you.

The Ranks: (the yellow uniform is the Chickens one)
	The Soldier Without or with Chariot. Can collect resources (Gold needs a presence of at least one Duke or King). Can fight. Can upgrade. Can re-enter in Huts. Can use Boats and Chariots. Can collect up to three weapons. Can collect some special Things will appear during the game. Can attack buildings with the Catapult. Can use the Latrine. Can enter into Towers. Can go to the Shaman's Village.
	The Sergeant With or without Chariot. Can collect resources (Gold needs a presence of at least one Duke or King). Can fight. Can upgrade. Can use Boats and Chariots. Can collect up to three weapons. Can collect some special Things will appear during the game. Can attack buildings with the Catapult. Can use the Latrine. Can enter into Towers. Can go to the Shaman's Village.
	The Baron With or without Chariot. Can fight. Can upgrade. Can use Boats and Chariots. Can collect up to three weapons. Can collect some special Things will appear during the game. Can attack buildings with the Catapult. Can enter into Towers. Can go to the Shaman's Village.
	The Knight Can fight. Can upgrade. Can collect up to three weapons. Can collect some special Things will appear during the game. Can attack buildings with the Catapult. Can ask help to the Solitary Knight. Can enter into Towers. Can enter into Tents. Can go to the Town. Can go to the Shaman's Village.
	The Duke Can fight. Can upgrade. Can collect up to three weapons. Can collect some special Things will appear during the game. Can attack buildings with the Catapult. Can ask help to the Solitary Knight. Can enter into Towers. Can enter into Tents. Can go to the Town. Can go to the Shaman's Village. Can go to the Monastery.
	The King The presence allows the family to collect Gold. The presence allows the family to receive the terrains income. Can fight. Can visit the Obelisk. Can run the Mine Can collect up to three weapons. Can collect some special Things will appear during the game. Can attack buildings with the Catapult. Can ask help to the Solitary Knight. Can enter into Towers. Can enter into Tents. Can go to the Town. Can go to the Shaman's Village. Can go to the Monastery.

One Town, a Shaman's village composed by sih different huts, and a Monastery are placed on the game field from the initial scene. Over time, tents and forks will appears and, if your family has enough resources, you can build two kind of towers.

The other buildings:

The Town

Just Knights, Dukes or Kings can reach it in order to recruit new Soldiers. The Knight will use his moneys, Dukes and Kings thw whole family resources. The recruiting price will not be always the same, as the recruitable mercenaries number. All people the Town's visitor can pay, will be automatically placed over the war field.

The Shaman's Village

Anyone can reach the village in order to obtain some casual gift from them. But they can refuse to open the doors. If they accept, the hut's Icon will change with one of the following ones, and you will have a limited amount of time to perform the action the object requires, dragging the icon in the proper location. If you hesitate, you will waste the possibility to use the gift.
The list below shows the possible objects, and refers also to new characters listed hereinafter.

The possible Shaman's Gifts:
	Honey Drag the gift anywhere, the Shaman's visitor will become an Harlot.
	Knife The visitor can drag the Knife over the Black Widow, a Jester, a Barker or a Preacher, in order to kill one of them. If they are not present or reachable, the gift will be wasted.
	Magic Arc The visitor can drag the Arc over a Duke or King of another family. The entire family will retire from game. If the Arc will be dragged over a Duke or King of your family, the actor will die. If the Arc will be dragged over a free terrain, the Shaman's visitor will die.
	Cap Drag the gift anywhere, the Shaman's visitor will become a King.
	Snail Drag the gift anywhere, or leave it alone, it is dangerous.
	Potion The visitor can drag the Potion over some Jester. He will become a King of your family. If no Jesters are present or reachable, the gift will be wasted.
	Star Drag the gift anywhere, it will increase your family's resources.
	Magic Oil Drag the gift anywhere, the visitor will be stronger.
	Syringe Drag the gift over an enemy Warrior, he will fight for your family. If the Syringe will be dragged over a component of your family or over a free terrain, the gift will be wasted.
	Green Potion Drag the gift over an enemy Warrior, he will die. The gift works regardless the family.
	Magic Leaf Drag the gift over an enemy Building to destroy it. The gift works regardless the family.
	Magic Plant Essence Drag the gift anywhere, most components of your family will be immune to the Black Widow attacks.
	Magic Pills Drag the gift over an Harlot, she will become a Soldier of your family.
	Blue Potion Drag the gift over a Barker, he will become a Soldier of your family.
	Books Drag the gift anywhere, all warriors of your family outside buildings will upgrade the rank.
	Red Wine Drag the gift over a Preacher, he will become a Sergeant of your family.
	Magic Soap Drag the gift anywhere, the Shaman's visitor will upgrade his rank, if possible.

The Monastery

Just Dukes or Kings can reach it in order to obtain a Truce. If your total number of warriors is less than a certain number, reaching the Monastery will pone your family in a state where nobody can attack them. But the battle goes ahead.

The Tent

Tents appears after a certain turn, and are used for a Council of War. You cannot reach an enemy Tent if occupied, otherwise, if empty, the tent will be stolen. If the reached Tent is owned by your family, in order to start your Council of War you must drag there one Knight, one Duke and one King. In the next turn you will be able to drag them outside, in order to end the Council and gain more strength for the whole family.

The Fork

Forks appears after a certain turn. If one of your Warriors will reach a terrain with an enemy Fork around, he will die.

The Towers

If your family has enough resources, a Knight, Duke or King can reach an empty building owned by you. It will become a little or big tower, in accord with the available resources. No more than a certain number of towers can be owned by the family.

As mentioned, at a certain casual turn of the game the scenario will change. New objects and special Characters will be placed over the field, in three different moments. The Objects can be catched dragging a warrior over them, the special Characters will individually move and interact with your warriors.

The Weapons:
	The picture shows an Axe. Nine different kind of Weapons will be placed: Spiked balls, two kind of Axes, Swords, Knifes, Tridents, Arcs and two kind of Helmets. It does not matter over which one you will drag your Warrior, he will become more stronger with a Weapon.
	The Catapult allows your warriors to try to destroy an enemy Building. Drag the Catapult near a building, than drag a Warrior around the Catapult. Depending of the building's strength and number of warriors inside, you will won or loose. The enemies Catapults can be stolen, let drag a Warrior over it.

Additional Objects:
	The Dictionary Causes an upgrade up to a casual Rank.
	The Coffin Drag a Knight, Duke or King over it, an ancient King of your family will resuscitate.
	The Barrel Can cause extra energy or drowsiness, so the warrior can move again X times or stop move for X turns.
	The Treasure If your family already has a Duke or King, a big amount of money will be added to the family resources, otherwise the money will be owned by who catched it.
	The Magic Plant Will protect the warrior against Black Widow attacks.
	The Cauldron Causes a conversion to Preacher.

Additional Characters:
	The Solitary Knight Reach him around with a Knight, Duke or King. The Solitary Knight can refuse but, if not, he will kill an high rank warrior of your enemies.
	The Black Widow She will kill a warrior around her, if he his not under the Magic Plant effect.
	The Barkers He sales foulnesses can cause death, strength reduction to the minimum value or, in rare cases, a strentgh increase.
	The Preachers Each family belongs some Preachers. They convert everyone around him into warriors of his family.
	The Jesters Each family belongs some Preachers. Every Duke or King around them will stop move X turns.
	The Harlots Everyone around them will stop move X turns.

Additional Infos:

Zoom

The user interface allows you to zoom in/out the game area. Just pinch to enlarge or reduce it.

Warrior moneys

At the beginning of the game a casual amount of money is assigned to every Soldier. To each terrain is assigned a casual amount of money income, if a family already has a King, every ten turns the incomes will be distributed to Warriors. That's the reason because it is convenient to conquer new terrains.

Atmospherical events

There are two kind of possible events: Fire and Rain. They can happen anytime and anywhere over the battle field in a casual way. The fire burns all, except the Town, the Monastery, the Shaman's village, the Boats, the Solitary Knight, the Black Widow and the Old Wise. The rain causes nothing except less visibility where it happens.

Artificial Intelligence

The Device moves your Enemies using some strategies, but there are some actions your opponents will not do, visit the Shamans for example, and some they will do better, such as avoid forks. Let consider to use every possibility is described in this guide for a better game experience.

End of Game

The War ends where all families except one are defeated. A family is defeated when owns less than a certain number of warriors. If your family is in truce the war continues and, if on the field one family defeats the others, you will loose in any case.

Screenshots:

The "Start Screen", tap somewhere.

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The scene was built, tap to one Shield (bottom right) representing his family, to impersonate them.

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The "Play" button appears, tap it to start. To the bottom left side let note the "Score Table" button.

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The Score Table, where you can also find the link to this web site.

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Let note the four buttons in the lower right corner: restart the game; turn the sound on/off; pause the gamer; advance turn.

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The Chickens has reached all the possible Ranks.

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Weapons appeared on the field.

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New Objects & Characters.
Move the choosen players and win!

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Old War over the iPad. Let see the fire.

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Old War over the iPad. The Weapons appeared.

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Old War over the iPad. New Objects & Characters.

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Game Guide

Table of contents:

Introduction:

The initial scene:

The Old Wise

Trees

Water

Cultivables

Huts

Cowbells

The Resources:

Wood

Reclaimed Wood

Stones

Gold

Mushrooms

The Objects:

Signs

Straw

Mine

Latrine

Obelisk

Game Flow:

The Ranks:

The Soldier

The Sergeant

The Baron

The Knight

The Duke

The King

The other buildings:

The Town

The Shaman's Village

The possible Shaman's Gifts:

Honey

Knife

Magic Arc

Cap

Snail

Potion

Star

Magic Oil

Syringe

Green Potion

Magic Leaf

Magic Plant Essence

Magic Pills

Blue Potion

Books

Red Wine

Magic Soap

The Monastery

The Tent

The Fork

The Towers

The Weapons:

Additional Objects:

The Dictionary

The Coffin

The Barrel

The Treasure

The Magic Plant

The Cauldron

Additional Characters:

The Solitary Knight

The Black Widow

The Barkers

The Preachers

The Jesters

The Harlots