Gate Army set and Terrain File version 1.1 Beta - DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!

I'd suggest viewing this document in 9 point courier (monospaced) if your eyes can stand it.

Philosophy:

Create an army set specifically for War of the Gate Keepers.
Use Bob Heeter's army set as basis
Only use parameters that are displayed properly by WLII
Encourage terrain specialization, and stacking tactics.
Discourage ridiculous fortifying of cities financially.
Eliminate flying tactics as viable options

(Copied from Bob's armies table)
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Gate Armies Table:
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                              --- Bonuses ---    --- Costs ---
Unit Name    Str. Time Speed  Movement Combat  Produce Retool  Notes 
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Scouting Units
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Scouts         1    1    16   for/hil    --      2       50    Scouts 
Giant Bats     1    1    16     fly      --      8      150    Bats   
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These are just your basic scouting units, fairly quick, weak, but useful. Bats are
the only non-ally flying army, and they will cost you plenty.

Plains Specialists
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                              --- Bonuses ---    --- Costs ---
Unit Name    Str. Time Speed  Movement Combat  Produce Retool  Notes 
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Cavalry        1    1    20            +1 plains  2     150    Light Cav.
Knights        2    2    14      +1 stack plains  6     300    Heavy Cav.
Pike Square    4    3    10            +2 plains 10     500    Pikemen
Unicorns       6    4    16      +2 stack plains 18   -1200    Unicorns
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Cavalry: A small band of horsemen. Easy to assemble and designed live off and in the 
open country. Like the Orc Mob and Beast Rider armies, Cavalry are cheap, fast, and 
efficient in their terrain.

Knights: A small band of seasoned horsemen, with extra training and armor. These men 
of steel command the respect to rally an entire army around in open country. They are 
slowed somewhat by the weight of their armor, and the size of horses they must use 
to support the shock of a lance strike.

Pikemen: 49 men standing shoulder to shoulder in a 7x7 square. Each holds a 7 foot 
shaft of wood tipped with 3 feet of sharpened steel. This human porcupine is a 
worthy foe in any terrain, but on the open plains, it is the best fighting unit 
money can buy. With no horses to ride though, there speed pales in comparison to 
their mounted enemies.

Unicorns: When a unicorn pair decides to fight for a nation, it is a special gift from 
God (or the scenario designer). Unicorns production may not be bought, only admired.
Quite fast, quite strong, and quite expensive.

Forest Specialists
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                              --- Bonuses ---    --- Costs ---
Unit Name    Str. Time Speed  Movement Combat  Produce Retool  Notes 
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Orc Mob       1     1    20   for     +1 in woods  2     150   Orcish Mob
Wolves        2     2    14   for  +1 stack woods  6     300   Wolfriders
Elves         4     3    10   for        +2 woods 10     500   Elves
Mad Mutants   6     4    16   for  +2 stack woods 18   -1200   Pegasi
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Orc Mob: A wild mob of orcs spoiling for a fight. Cheap forest cavalry.

Wolves: An extended family of 8 or nine wolves. Cunning and silent until the moment 
of attack, wolves are fearsome foes in forest terrain. An army with wolves in its 
ranks marches confidently through wooded areas. Somewhat fickle and playful, they 
don't have the speed or desire to keep up with cavalry units.

Elves: A loose band of 30 or so elves, trained from birth to fight in the forest. 
Powerful tree fighters, with a limited range.

Mad Mutants: The forest equivilent of Unicorns.

Hills Specialists
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                              --- Bonuses ---    --- Costs ---
Unit Name    Str. Time Speed  Movement Combat  Produce Retool  Notes 
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Beast Riders   1    1     20  hill        +1 hills  2   150    Wizards
Rock Rovers    2    2     14  hill  +1 stack hills  6   300    Griffins
Dwarves        4    3     10  hill        +2 hills 10   500    Dwarves
Giants         5    4     16  hill  +2 stack hills 18 -1200    Giants
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Beast Riders: A pack of men on goats (sorry, getting late here, you get the idea). 
Fast cheap and effective in their terrain.

Rock Rovers: Minor rock demons who naturally infest all hilly country. Sometimes 
pressed into service, their strength and cunning helps everyone in hilly terrain.

Dwarves: The ultimate in mountain warfare. A dwarven army group may take their time 
when marching, but none but the foolish try to prevent them. (again getting late)

Giants: The mountain equivilent of Mad Mutants.

City Specialists
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                              --- Bonuses ---    --- Costs ---
Unit Name    Str. Time Speed  Movement Combat  Produce Retool  Notes 
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Citizens       1    1    16              +1 city   4    200    Light Infantry
Mercenaries    2    2    14        +1 stack-city   8    400    Heavy Infantry
Minotaurs      3    3    10              +3 city  14    700    Minotaurs
Spiders        6    4    12        +2 stack city  26   1500    Spiders
Ghosts         7    6    14        +3 stack city  40   2500    Ghosts
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Citizens: A small group of your loyal citizens, lighlty armed and highly motivated. 
Unlike the terrain specialist though, they can't live off the land, and must be fed by 
you. This cost more money and applies to all city specialist.

Mercenaries: Swords for hire. Their expereince though allows them to train the whole 
group in city fightin tactics. Less interested in marching than they are fighting.

Minotaurs: Inside a city, these massive freaks of nature strike fear in the hearts of 
men. Their voracious and sp cialized eating habits make them fairly costly. They are 
easy pickings away from city walls.

Spiders: Terrifying urban killing machines, with spiders on your side, the city is your friend. Your accountant will pull his hair out over the cost though.

Ghosts: Perhaps the most powerful unit in this army set besides dragons. They are also 
so expensive, you may never build any.

Unique Units
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                              --- Bonuses ---    --- Costs ---
Unit Name    Str. Time Speed  Movement Combat  Produce Retool  Notes 
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Catapults     4     3     10            cancel city 16    700   Catapults
Elephants     6     4     14         -1 enemy stack 26   1500   Elephants
Giant Worms   7     5     16          cancel city   30  -2000  Giant Worms
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Cowards: sadly, the unit was needed for forest cavalray. Boooh!

Catapults, the mighty siege engines, are neither strong nor swift on their
own, but their ability to negate enemy fortifications makes them an
invaluable too. Their build time and cost have been adjusted to make them
viable units for both human and AI players.BH Slightly stronger, but more expensive 
to maintain than Bob's catapults.

Elephants! Not as strong as one might think, these units nonetheless strike
fear into an enemy stack. But their ponderous size and voluminous appetites
make them a little sluggish and very expensive.BH Same unit, much more expensive to
maintain.

Giant Worms: Stronger, faster, and more expensive to build than the catapults, Giant worms serve the same purpose. I would have liked to make them an ally, but WLII does not display that properly with the cancel city option. Sigh.

Ally Units
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                              --- Bonuses ---    --- Costs ---
Unit Name    Str. Time Speed  Movement Combat  Produce Retool  Notes 
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Demons        6     5    18          +2 stack       34  -2200  Demons
Elementals    7     5    14  for/hil +2 stack       34  -2200  Elementals
Devils        8     6    16  for/hil +1 stack *and* 40  -2500  Devils
                                        cancel hero
Angels        7     6    16    fly   +1 stack *and* 40  -2500  Archons
                                    cancel non-hero
Dragons       9     9    20    fly   +1 stack *and* 50  -3000  Dragons
                                        cancel hero
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I'll get to this later.

This is the beta version and not ready for prime time. Meaning please don't distibute this army set

Jim Flanagan
flanag19@eos.net