It's a free tactical strategy game for iOS, pitting two people against each other in turn based combat. It's a lot of fun. (Only the Council (humans) are free, if you want to be a different team/race, that costs $2), but some of you should get it and then battle me.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
I am consistently awful at turn based strategy. Downloading anyway.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/ukealii50/kylo.jpg - Thanks uke!
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/829/07kyloforce.png - Thanks Diyosa!
If you try it and like it, start up a game with me. (My username is, of course, Jacehan.)
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Cool, I started playing it recently, I'll start up a game.
If anyone else is interested, I'm PaperSpock there as well.
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
Jacehan-1
Spock-0
Good game!
I like the app overall, but it has horrible load times when I play on the iPod touch, rather than the iPad.
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
There's no AI in this game, so I guess I'm just going to learn through trial-by-fire.
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Thus mighty Vidmasters are forged.
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"Ratio tile, the wish power are together with you."
Yeah, that is a bit rough to learn. I've only lost twice, and one of them was the first time. Playing random people (or each other) might be easier than playing me. But, then, trial-by-fire is fairly effective....
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Yes, trial-by-over-extending-and-wasting-all-my-buffs! ^.^
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
I never really thought the ninja was that great until this match with SS. I now greatly appreciate the teleportation power.
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"You can't keep throwing people at your problems, dear." - Emma Frost to Colossus
~Jacehan~
Imagine if the ninja was fully buffed as well. On top of that, he has faster move speed than most.
Also, don't kill my ninja please <.<
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
I'm still definitely learning the ropes, but the best use I can currently figure for the Ninja is to take a well defended Knight, put him up to the frontlines, switch ninja for knight, do some attacking, then switch back.
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
Username: ShadowSpy
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 SS: 0
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Game summary: So this being my first game, I decided that the best course of action was to bum rush Jace's side of the map. I knocked out a few of his units, but I forgot they could be revived. (Go figure, it's my first game.) I wasted two potions reviving units who died two turns later anyway, and then was forced into a defensive position. Jace's positioning was too good though, and whittled down my crystals despite my attempts.
Lessons learned:
Don't waste potions when you're playing Council
Units are allowed to walk through enemy units (I was trying to block Jace...his archer just walked right past me and killed the crystal instead)
Ninja+sword+scroll = OP
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Yeah, I actually only learned the walking through units thing recently. You were effectively blocking me one turn, as I couldn't get my ninja close enough to finish the crystal because you were right next to it, so that's why I used the wizard. It was only the turn after that that you moved away, allowing me to strike.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Jacehan 3
Spock 0
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
Username: ShadowSpy
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 SS: 0
PaperSpock: 0 SS: 1
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
I'm going to join this soon!
Wow, Spock, you totally had me up against the wall that entire match, I didn't think I'd be able to pull it off since you have way more reinforcements left.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Jacehan, that was a great ending on your part. I really thought I had you up until your ninja attacked my crystal and cut off, like, half its HP in one round. And then I was dead in a matter of turns. Note to self: letting units sit on the extra crystal damage squares isn't always the wisest strategy.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 SS: 0
PaperSpock: 0 SS: 1
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 4
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
And those two knights who had been holding the assault tiles were the only units I had left, so it was definitely close.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
By the way, this is how I first found out about the game:
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/01/18
Also, you may not know, it took me a while, but buffing your healer's weapon does, in fact, increase the amount they heal.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Woah really? Does it increase revive health as well?
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Yeah, by 50%. So for the Clerics that's, what, 600 HP on Revive? Unfortunately the other armies have much weaker healing, so they only get 100/150 HP on revive.
Also, good match, SS. That damn wizard just would not die.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Against PaperSpock: Kiting is king. I learned from my first game that overextending is bad, so this time I did a lot of kiting. In theory, if I can get in, do damage, and then retreat to a better position, I would come out ahead. I think that worked out quite nicely and I took down 2/3 crystals before you could really respond.
Against Jace: This was a really tough match. Dwarves do so much AOE damage, and I had my units pretty tightly clustered at the beginning. On top of that, you got your ultimate unit out really early, and it did a lot of damage. I had to trade my ninja for your annihilator, but you had some really tanky paladins out on the field who I couldn't take down. I got lucky though, since I got my wizard into a favorable position and your unit were lined up perfectly. You spent a lot of time trying to kill that wizard, but I just kept reviving and healing him. One fully upgraded wizard later, and I somehow demolished your entire team. It was really intense though, good game.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 1
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 4
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
This sounds like a lot of fun. Shame I don't have anything that runs iOS =p
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Well, there is a new accent of n00b language. It's called: Vet LUEser goes Foreign!-MegaSpy22
Those must be the pants of the gods!-Digitalpython
The creators are working to bring it to Android, though they haven't yet.
Also,
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 1
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 5
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
Against Jace: Started off against a pretty scary, fully buffed grenadier, but...I ignored it, bum rushed your crystals and won? The crystals were pretty weak this time around, so I guess that's why it worked.
Against Paper: I liked this map, it was very interesting. Each team had two crystals--a large one in the center of the map and a small one on the edges. Even though they're large, it's the small crystals that are hard to reach and hit, so when I had to make the choice, I went for the smaller one. You seemed to be lacking units this round, not sure what happened there.
I'm done playing until next weekend.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 2
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 2
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 5
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Also, Jace, I completely forgot that you could shield your crystal, otherwise I wouldn't have gone all-out on it with my wizard. I thought I would be able to end the game with a fireball, but the shield stopped that from happening. I just tossed out some random stuff, crossed my fingers and hoped for a ninja, because that was the only way I was going to get to that crystal without dying. Lucky me, huh?
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Are we still keeping track of stats?
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Yeah, but we haven't finished a game since last weekend, save for the one you just won. Thouh I did have a match against Alex this week that I won.
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"You can't keep throwing people at your problems, dear." - Emma Frost to Colossus
~Jacehan~
Wow, I didn't expect everyone to stop playing. Okay....
Vs. Jace: I lost a trade really early, my ultimate unit to a regular unit, which was a good play on Jace's part. Jace was running a Dwarf team, while I was running Council, so I had better single-target damage. I got into position to focus down one of his crystals extremely fast, and then used my upgraded archer's range to pick off all his units. Good game.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 2
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 5
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Well, it's not that we stopped playing, but playing on weekdays is slower, what with work. And I was at a bachelor party this weekend that took a lot of my attention.
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"You can't keep throwing people at your problems, dear." - Emma Frost to Colossus
~Jacehan~
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 2
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
I'm usually a bit slower weekdays. Plus, finals are coming up next week for me.
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
vs. Jace: First time facing dark elves. The wraith seems like a pretty scary unit, so I took it out when I had the chance. The end-game was pretty intense, since I decided to throw a fully-upgraded knight in the middle of 3 enemies, and then used a ninja hit and run tactic to destroy the final crystal.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 4
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 2
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 5
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 2
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
I don't even remember what happened in these games anymore. I got the Tribe team though. They're weird.
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Ugh, you need to stop being so good. You're the only person who beats me, you know. Consistently, at least. The two other times I've lost I won the rematch.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 5
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 2
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Well, if it makes you feel better, you're the only one who's beaten me so far. And you're kicking my ass in this game too.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 1 ShadowSpy: 5
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Jace- I played that wrong. I thought I had another scroll, but it looks like I used them all. You have a fireball, don't you? *sigh* Good game.
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Yes, I did have the fireball. I couldn't risk sending my ninja forward until I was sure I could fireball to end it, which is why I sent the suicide wizard and archer.
That was an interesting match, where we sorta ignored each other in favor of going after the crystals. (I did similar in the previous match.) I should have adopted your strategy of blocking the crystal bodily earlier. But when you abandoned that, that was my time to strike. I'd I couldn't get the ninja in melee range, it wouldnt't've worked.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 3 ShadowSpy: 5
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"You can't keep throwing people at your problems, dear." - Emma Frost to Colossus
~Jacehan~
Yup, knew it. It was a really close game--I played a couple things wrong. I shouldn't have left my crystal so open like that. Anyway, gg.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 3 ShadowSpy: 5
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
I realized earlier, looking at the Achievements, that two of them "Take All Day Academy" and "Frozen Lake" are most certainly named after the Penny Arcade strip linked above.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
vs. Jace: Gah, that ninja was terror.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 4 ShadowSpy: 5
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
I can just imagine that threat, sitting there, looming, waiting for the right moment to strike, and you desperately trying to hard to figure out how to take it down.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
It was pretty aggravating. That ninja was always just SLIGHTLY out of reach.
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
It feels like we're the only ones posting here now, Jace. D=
vs. Jace: Don't remember what happened anymore. The game ended a day ago. It was Tribe vs. Council. I started off by taking out Jace's front crystal really quickly, then it became a massacre on both sides..
Game Stats
Jacehan: 4 ShadowSpy: 6
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Well, I haven't ended a game in a while since I've been playing a bit slower with finals and all. But I'm still keeping an eye on this topic.
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
I found that, even though that's the map that came out with the Tribe, it's really well suited for the Dwarves, because it's easy to be super-defensive with it. But I guess it's also easy to be offensive, if you leave the Barbed Crystals to defend themselves.
Game Stats
Jacehan: 5 ShadowSpy: 6
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 6
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Yeah, I thought this map was very ill-suited for the tribe. I realized at the very beginning that none of the orcs could survive more than 4 hits from a crystal. That made me hesitate about going in at first.
I probably should have just overwhelmed by numbers or something.
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Game Stats
Jacehan: 5 ShadowSpy: 6
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 7
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
I felt a bit close this time, but thwarted again.
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
I pretty much stopped playing. This is for two reasons:
-I'm not good at it.
-It takes forever to play turns on the iPhone. For instance even if Jess and I were sitting in the same room and could tell each other exactly when we submitted our turns, we probably could not play more than about a round (1 Jess turn, 1 Alex turn) per minute. It's just frustrating to deal with all the "Loading".
They recently released an update which may or may not help. So there's that.
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
Jacehan: 5 ShadowSpy: 6
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 8
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
Yeah, the loading is a bit frustrating. I also wish they had a browser-based version of this.
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
We traded our front crystals, and then duked it out. Chieftains have so much control over the battlefield. They can pull the damage-dealers up close and then do a lot of aoe damage.
Jacehan: 5 ShadowSpy: 7
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 8
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
I've determined that the way to beat Spy is for my to play as Council. I guess I haven't really learned how to win with the other teams.
Jacehan: 6 ShadowSpy: 8
PaperSpock: 0 ShadowSpy: 3
PaperSpock: 0 Jacehan: 8
HeyDude: 0 ShadowSpy: 1
Jacehan: 1 HeyDude: 0
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Teams are on sale! Everything's half off.
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"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."