Conquest of Elysium 3 is an old school fantasy strategy game. You explore your surroundings conquer locations that provides the resources you need. Resources needed vary much depending on what character you are, e.g. the high priestess need places where she can gather human sacrifices, the baron needs places where tax can be collected and where iron can be mined. These resources can then be used for magic rituals and troop recruitments. The main differentiator for this game is the amount of features and special abilities that can be used. The game can be played on Windows, Linux (x86 and raspberry pi) and Mac OSX (intel and powerpc).

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First conquest with Baron (Games : Conquest of Elysium 3 : Forum : AARs : First conquest with Baron) Locked
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Sep 20 2013 Anchor

Well, I just conquered the Elysium for the first time! It was the Small map and all the AIs were Jesters... :) but have a mercy for the newbie! Baron is the first class I tried and it took me about 5-6 games to learn some lessons. But to be honest, my Baron were sitting in his Citadel the whole game. You know, to avoid some... difficulties :) By the way, it seems to me slightly unfair to continue playing when you lost your starting main hero. So everytime I lost my baron I started the new game.

There were 8 unique factions in Random Society (I didn't realize what exactly it was ;) ). Druid, Bakemono, Warlock, Enchanter and Burgmeister were gone before I even saw or contacted them, some were eliminated by independents, some by Troll King and Senator. I was in north-west part of the continent. Villages and mines were plentiful and my war machine began to gain momentum. I quickly found the Troll King citadel (to the east from me) and stormed it with cavalry/spearmen/longbowmen army. It was quite an easy task, his goblins were weak and he stayed alone against my troops.

Senator was the toughest guy. His men with large shields, mages casting Fear, some devastating annihilating spell with huge amount of damage (I didn't notice its name) and invoking Shadows, and especially the ugly dog-headed immortal guy called The Renatus gave me a lot of trouble and nerves. At the beginning he had several armies of 40-50 units, mostly velites and triarii, but there were two-star experienced praetorians ans gladiators, 'cause he fought many battles to conquer the south half of the map. I don't remeber correctly how many years we wedged our war. We running in circles against each other, trying to take undefended mines and towns, attacking and retreating like sea waves. Swamps in central zone of continent and harsh mountain winters hindered the war.
And in every suitable moment I recruited some troops in main Citadel. In one beautiful month my army of vengeance came out of the gates. A brave captain, whose name I already forgot, with Magic Staff of Fireballs, was leading the huge army of cavalry, pikemen and crossbowmen. Having smashed on the way two massive enemy armies, my good captain finally put an end to the haughty Senator and siezed his Citadel in the uttermost south-eastern corner of the map. Immortal Renatus finally took his eternal rest...

It seems that Baron is a good class for newcomers like me. Good variety of troops without a need to gather some special resources. I used cavalry + long-weaponed infantry + some type of shooters in field armies while fast cavalry groups were scouting the map, getting rid of annoying mooses and bears. Towngards were defending the citadels. Baron's speciality (levy raising and yearly conscription) seems practically useless to me. Maybe he has such a feeble skill to balance his +25% gold and iron income?

This game is realy amazing. I forgot when I had such emotions from gaming last time. I guess, It should be Diablo 2 LoD about 10 years ago...

Edited by: -Rodor-

Nov 21 2013 Anchor

might want to try Troll king I think that is the best newbie class
Very fun even after you know all the tricks

Nov 27 2013 Anchor

I agree with you that Baron is a good class to start with. The units are pretty clear about what they are and what they do. The purpose and methods of Baron are easy to pick up on. So you can concentrate on learning the game instead of learning your nation.

Later the game gets really great when you add alliances. The AI plays fairly human and can make a good ally if you pick the right one. Choosing an ally that has needs different than yours is best.

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