Posted October 21, 2017 by BobbyTwoHands
So there were delays. I was aiming for a early October release of V20, but clearly that hasn't happened. Whole bunch of exciting real life stuff happened, which had to take precedence. Shame for the game, but what can you do?
The game continues to make progress, though, as I find time here and there to update it. This new version introduces the noble enthralled, and a new type of agent to assist them in their quest for political power and world enshadowment. It allows a combined-mode approach, which I was interested in, in which both types of enthralled act together towards a common goal. The noble enthralled is trying to form an empire of darkness, but is helped on the world map by their agents, who sabotage their opponents or assist them with obtaining dark power or financial capital.
Again, the game is completely unfinished, and is extremely unbalanced, and missing many assets, from text to images, but if you happen to want to give it a try, I'd be interested in your thoughts on it so far. Loads of neat additions from previous playable versions, such as politics being responsive, using the "Zeitgeist" system, where nations react to their changing circumstances, and the social activity system, whereby nobles invite one another to various activities. Enthralled can exploit these activities for all manner of dark purposes, from influencing their peers to sowing dissent and unrest, to spreading dark shadow to other lords to making peace with their former political opponents.