Viking Invaders is an addictive turn-based strategy war game for 1, 2, 3 or 4 (any combination of human and/or computer) players. Have your Vikings advance from their castles, fight with swords, board boats and sail down the Fjord, attack castles, seize gold from treasure chests and fire catapults. Choose from Gunnar the Great, Freya the Fearless, Axel the Atrocious, Olli the Odious, and then fight against your opponents (select each to be a Human or CPU or excluded). Play against one another or team up as 2 vs 2 - in a hotseat game. A FUN game that can start lots pf arguments :) VIKING WARRIORS Your most important resource! Use to fight enemies and capture enemy Castles. Board a longboat to be an archer from the sea or storm defenses! VIKING LONGBOATS Boats can be used to transport armies across the Fjord, or to fire arrows from the boat. CATAPULTS Catapults may be moved & fired once each turn, after selecting the direction and distance. DRINKING HORNS Beware the evils of drink! If a Viking walks into (and empties) a drinking horn they will become uncontrollable! GOLD Each HUMAN player starts the game with a Gold hoard of 50 coins. Depending on your financial situation at the time, you can buy one boat and one catapult each turn, and as many armies as will fit in the space around your castle. You can increase your spending power by carrying treasure from a treasure chest to your castle. TACTICS The following are some tactics that can be tried, and the names of the people who use them: The Explorer: Buys lots of boats The Socialite: Seems to encounter a lot of drinking horns and has more drunken army than sober Tea-Totaller: Uses the catapults to destroy the drinking horns Stone Thrower: Buys lots of catapults The Techno-Phobe: Never buys a catapult (too High-Tech!) The Watcher: Keeps out of fights, builds up an enormous army and waits until the other players have virtually eliminated each other The Hoarder: Keeps on bringing back treasure to build up the Gold hoard The Spoiler: Stops the Miser by catapulting at the treasure box The Bridgedeer: Places boats to make a static bridge, to move armies across the Fjord The Unlikely Hero: A drunken Viking who attacks and destroys an enemy castle The Troublemaker: Attacks ALL the other players in the same turn CONTROLS Fully Mouse Driven - Point and click with keyboard support too. 'M' Toggles Music On / Off HOW TO PLAY Buy Mode - Buy plenty of units! - Buy will only populate areas around your Castle - so don't loiter!!! - You start with 50 gold pieces, but you can get more! Move Turn - Position units to defend your castle. - Attack other enemy units - Storm defenses with longboats - Take over the castle and remaining enemy units will join forces with yours Maneuvering your Units to gain the advantage, takes some brain power. As unit movement order plays a part in your tactics. Player Turn Sequence - Vikings: move turn [Keys / Mouse] Pick Direction and then Distance (Press E to end the Viking move turn early) - Boats: move turn (If Occupied) can move - provided it is not blocked, and the boat is always on some water Pick Direction and then Distance (Press E to end the boat move turn early) - Longboats: firing turn [Keys / Mouse] Pick Direction and then Distance (Press [space] or E to end for a firing turn for a longboat) - Catapults: move turn Pick Direction and then Distance - Catapults: firing turn Pick Direction and then Distance WINNING To defeat an opponent you must attack their castle. Like real battles, this may take several attempts before you achieve success. All defeated armies, longboats and catapults belong to the Victor. The ULTIMATE WINNER is the player with the last castle and all the pieces.
