Basics of Game Design

Combat in Wargames

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or any magic equipment being worn that aects the ee value. For

example,

¾ Attribute

Dexterity

+ ½ Attribute

Luck

+/– Modifiers = Maximum Flee Value.

In some cases, however, the designer wants to make sure that the

player cannot ee a battle, especially against major villains or in bat-

tles where the player is trying to get some quest item. One approach

is to assign the ee value to the enemy involved in the combat, with

very tough enemies having very low ee values and major villains

having a ee value of 0. To alert the player that a combat cannot be

ed, the ee option can be grayed out so the player can’t select it.

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