I recently turned 18 and as part of that I came into a thud! set which I played on against my dad. I beat him 30-0 [i was trolls] but then he beat me 29-16 when i was dwarfs. We both found that playing trolls meant a seemingly assured victory and are both stumped as to how a dwarf commander can beat the trolls.
I know though, that most people here could probably start with 16 dwarves and still beat me, so what's the trick or tactic, because blocks are cool but you can't really form them fast enough and when you do it is easy for the trolls to attack it in ways that do far too much damage.
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the trick is to look with your mind,not your eyes,dear sgt.you have to think ahead and not look at what's going on now.at least i think that's kinda how it goes...
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the trick is to look with your mind,not your eyes,dear sgt.you have to think ahead and not look at what's going on now.at least i think that's kinda how it goes...
.....and that's why it's called: THUD
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...blocks are cool but you can't really form them fast enough and when you do it is easy for the trolls to attack it in ways that do far too much damage.
Then you have to get the trolls out of position. Even forcing an extra move or two is usually enough to buy enough time to form a block.
One of our design goals is to have getgame working properly on here by the end of the month so that folk can go back and walk thru old games in the database and see how certain games were played. Some players are superb with dwarfs and have some clever strategies they use to get good results. But like always they usually only get to that point after having played a lot.
Lee Alley
"I could tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel"
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and that,dear gentlemen(and ladies)is the key to success in thud,practice practice practice
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and practicing is important!!!
Science is a differential equation. Religon is a boundary condition.
Alan Turing
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and don't forget to practice
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maybe it's helpful if you train, exercise or practise, but practice is important!
Science is a differential equation. Religon is a boundary condition.
Alan Turing
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i dunno if practice is more important than training,training seems more important to me
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And what about study? Study games played by other, and maybe better players, and learn tricks they used?
Wasn't there a site somewhere with lots and lots of savegames? Oh wait, that's mine!
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my,that does sound like a novel idea,a place where you can view previous games of thud,and i'm sure a site like that would contain lots of other helpful bits and pieces that go along with the game of thud...i wonder where i could find such a site?
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