Fantasy Land

Developer: William Cairns (CairnsWM)

Introduction

You have just been promoted to the rank of Baron. To celebrate the event the king has allocated a small village on the Welsh border for you to manage.

You wend your weary way to Morganstoke and find a small village nestled amongst the mountains. Your responsibility as baron is to develop the little village of Morganstoke into a stable environment where the economy is stable and the resident heroes can protect the village while attending to the various quests that come up from time to time.

Click on circles to build village buildings. You need to gather resources to call heroes, pay the kings tithe and maintain your buildings. Keeping the villagers happy is important but don't forget the marauding tribesmen just beyond the village walls. Scouts and patrolling heroes can stop the tribesmen attacking.

Construction

Buildings cost resources to build. Right click on the building icon to see the building costs. Only certain buildings can be built on each building spot.

Construction Costs

Calling heroes

Certain buildings allow you to call a hero. On the building screen a small image of a hero will be displayed. By clicking on this hero you will summon the hero to the village. Heroes cost money to call and also cost money to maintain.

Assigning Tasks

To Assign a hero to a task, click on the hero then on an action in the control area.

The following tasks can be assigned:

Scouting - Send hero to scout the ' area. Reports back on Tribe attitudes.

Patrol - Sends hero to passify local tribes. Needs to find tribes first.
Quest - Sends hero on a quest. Heroes can die on a quest or become famous. Often bring back treasure with them.

Recall - Call the hero back from scouting or patrolling tasks.

Maintenance

Heroes don't work for nothing (except the Pizza Boy who works for peanuts instead) and thus need to be paid each turn. The hero description screen (Right Click) will show the maintenance fee payable each turn for the hero.

This fee is payable even when the hero is on a quest. If you don't have the gold to pay, the villagers will become unhappy.

Defenses

Local tribes that get Jealous of the success of your village may decide to attack it.

By keeping some of the heros at within the village they will fight the attacking tribe. Tribes that successfully fight the defensers may sack a building or pillage some of your resources.

Once a tribe has attacked they will stay away until the become jealous again.

Quests

Any real fantasy world has numerous Quests to send heros on. These quests can vary from rescuing helpless damsels to slaying powerful dragons. Quests may result in the death of a hero, or may make the village rich because of the success of the hero.

Multiple heroes can attempt the same quest but they do it individually and not as a team.

Hero Quest

To send a hero aQuesting, click on the Quest Task link. Choose the relevant quest to send the hero on and wait until he returns.

Heros cannot be recalled from a quest. they must either succeed or die trying.

Quests typically take from 6 months to two years to complete.

Difficulty

The difficulty of a quest is not defined in clear terms, but' is subjective. Killing a dragon will always be more difficult than killing an Ogre. But killing an old dragon is more difficult than a young dragon.

Read the description of the Quest carefully, it will contain clues to its difficulty.

Magical Quests

Look for clues to the magical nature of a quest in its description. A quest to defeat a Sorceress clearly need magical skills. Some quests may be able to use brute force or magical skills, such as a quest against a dragon.

Quests may give the hero a magical item when conquered.

The King

All medieval villages swear allegiance to a king. Mostly the king just leaves you alone. However he does expect to be paid a yearly tithe. The tithe can be paid late. But each three months late will make the king upset. A happy king can help the village. An unhappy king will not. You don't need to keep the king happy if you feel you can do without The Kings Knight.

Requests

Not implemented

The Kings Knight

If your village is in good standing with the King, he will offer to send you a knight. This hero will cost you nothing. But if the king becomes unhappy with you he will recall the Knight. This knight is one of the stronger heroes in the game and is well worth maintaining.

Buildings

Click on the building sites to build a new building. There are three types of buildings: Resource, Village and Utility. Resource buildings create new resources each turn. Village buildings are the core of the Village community. Utility buildings are all sorts of extra buildings that deliver various advantages to the village.

Resource Buildings

There are four basic resource buildings:

Farm: Creates food each turn.

Woodcutter: Creates wood each turn.

Iron Mine: Creates Iron each turn.

Gold Mine: Creates Gold each turn. Spend Gold at the Market.

These buildings need no Maintenance.

Village

Castle: The Centre of the village.

Temple: Adds a happy face each turn.

Saw Mill: Adds additional Wood income.

Tavern: Adds a happy face each turn. Also gives Gold Tax revenue.

Bakery: Adds food income.

Barracks: Cheap Heros. Basic defense.

Market: Allows buy/sell transaction, Also allows Auto Trading.

Port: Gives fish and gold taxes.

Utility

Blacksmith: Adds Iron income.

Guard Tower: Very cheap heros.

Light House: Allows Viking Hero

Pagoda: Allows Ninja Hero, Adds speed to all heros.

Pizza Hut: Allows the cheapest heros. Pizza boys have no maintenance.

Windmill: Gives small Food Income.

Witch House: Allows the sinister witch hero. The witch doesn't allways do as instructed.

Resources

There are four resources in the game:

Gold: Sourced from Gold Mines and Taxes. Resource used for Trading.

Iron: Small amounts needed for Maintenance.

Wood: Needed for Maintenance.

Food: Needed for Maintenance.

Heroes

Heros are the core of Fantasy Land. They are use to scout the area for hostile tribes, patrol the area to prevent attacks on the village. And stay within the village to defend it from attack. Heros can be sent on Quests where they can become famous and return treasures to the Village coffers.

Warriors

Guards: Cheap labour. Not very skilled in anything. Cheap Maintenance.

Soldiers: Core of defense. Skilled, but not as cheap to maintain.'

The Knight: The strongest warrior. But rather expensive to maintain.

Magicians

The Witch: Strong magically but weak otherwise. Tempramental.

The Priest: General Avergae with strong Magical skills.

Santa: Everyone''s favorite hero. Brings home more treasure than other heros.

Other heroes

Ninja: Great Scout. But can do and heroic task.

Viking: A good fighter, but with balanced other skills.

Pizza Boy: Useless hero. At least he doesn't have to be paid.

Finances

Each turn the village receives and spends money. This screen shows the cash flow each turn. Too high an income makes the neighboring tribes jealous and may even make them attack the village.

Too low an income means that the villagers will believe the village is doing badly and this makes them unhappy.

Income

Displays the amount of resources recieved each turn.

Income: Income from Resource Buildings.

Taxes: Income from other buildings.

Trade: Net income from trading.

Quests: Income brought home by heroes from their quests.

Expenditure

Displays the amount of resources spent each turn.

Maintenance: Covers the cost of building maintenance.

Heroes: Each hero needs to be paid.

Building: Money spent developing the village.