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- African Desert Campaign Ver. 1.5B
- by: Matt Kaufman
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- STRATEGIES
- for playing the game
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- Fortresses
- This is the most important strategy in the game. No matter
- what the circumstances are, you want to control as many of
- the bases as you can. If you control 0 bases you will
- receive 0 new supplies (Supplies should be expected at least
- once every three rounds). Each fortress you control
- increases the amount of supplies which are possible.
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- Separating
- This is probably the most important function in the game.
- This allows you take customize your pieces to perform
- certain tasks. I have listed a few pieces you could make to
- carry out specific functions.
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- 1. A piece with only one supply can be used to occupy a
- fortresses without putting a strain on your other supplies.
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- 2. A piece which contains a substantial amount of move power
- and defensive power, but only one attack power could be used
- to quickly approach an enemy piece like #1 and defeat it.
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- 3. Fortresses which are close to the enemy should contain
- only defensive power. Why waste attack and move power in a
- place where it would be stupid to move under most
- circumstances. Remember you do not need any supplies to
- defend yourself.
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- 4. Another important piece is one with a lot of supplies and
- move power. It could be used to re-supply a piece which has
- run out after you have used all of your reinforcements.
- Simply move this piece on top of the one with out supplies
- and press the '+' key and they will merge.
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- These are only a few of the possible types of pieces you
- could make to perform certain tasks as they become needed
- during the game.
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- Attacking
- When you attack there is a possibility that you could lose
- your entire piece. Because of this it might be a good idea
- to separate a piece, in order to attack, which only contains
- attack power, move power and a minimal amount of supplies.
- It is very difficult to estimate the amount of supplies
- needed to get right next to a piece and then attack. All
- you need to know is that you need to have at least 1 supply
- in order to attack. If you have already separated your piece
- and find yourself running out of supplies before you get to
- your opponent there is a simple solution to the problem,
- assuming the piece that you separated it from is still in
- the same place. Press ESC until your piece, which you want
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- to attack with, is back to it's original position and you
- are back in the options menu. Use the separate function
- again to place more supplies right on top of your attacking
- piece. They will merge together and you will be able to go
- back to the move function and carry out the attack.
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- Moving
- There is one thing you must remember about moving. Once you
- move a piece, it cannot be moved again during that round.
- This means it also cannot attack. You can still separate it
- after you have moved it, but the new piece you create will
- not be able to move during that round. Another thing to
- remember about moving is that if you are running out of
- moves left try to place your piece onto a piece of
- escarpment if its not too far out of the way. This provides
- added protection against the enemy.
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