Catching Up with Real Life - Still Getting my WotR Fix!

I feel like I've been lost in the fray for the last two weeks. The truth of the matter is that my wife had our second child last week - so it has been a little chaotic with adjusting to the "new life". I haven't had access to everything (files, internet, time) like I had hoped - but that didn't stop me from drawing and coming up with ideas. I figured I would share a few of them with everyone, so that you can see what goes on in my crazy head when I have some free time.

I've mulled around the idea of putting together a simulator of War of the Ring together for on my iPad. As you can see to the left above, I've created a basic storyboard for the Priority Phase. It has an icon to roll for priority, roll the dice, execute special rules that can be used during the Priority Phase, and modify dice rolls using might. Basically, it is the standard set of items that occur during the Priority Phase each turn.


On the right a simple mock-up of the Move Phase to try to get some ideas working. Similar to what I did for the WFMC application, the Move Phase allows you to rotate, translate and reconfigure.

Here is the storyboard for the Magic Phase and the Shoot Phase. The Magic Phase allows for the player to bring up a list of spells for the selected Magician within the formation - it also shows the mastery level and focus for spell casting and uses the roll icon to roll the various random results.

For the Shoot Phase the player can select the target for the shot, and gives the ranges for the various distances. Additionally, you can perform the actual roll and kill off the enemy.

Here we have the Charge Phase and the Fight Phase storyboards (so far), as well.

I also put together a spreadsheet with all the modified special rules that we have written and updated so far ... the reason being is that I needed to know which special rules were "Active" and which were "Passive" (meaning which ones requires the player to perform the action and which ones will happen regardless of player interaction or not). I imagine that this alone will be a great topic for a future post. I also specified in which Phase the special rule can be used (so that only those that are applicable will be available and selectable - and you don't have to scroll through ever special rule in your army list).

Also, as I have alluded to before, I used the Resolution Order Spreadsheet to ensure that I was capturing the various actions that could occur within each phase. This required some updates for the new special rules that have been developed, as well ... I've mentioned that I will be addressing this in the future, as well; and if you look at the Table of Contents there is actually a placeholder already for this topic. :)


So, you can see that I haven't completely fallen off the face of the Earth, yet! Hopefully I will be able to have more time again now that things are starting to normalize, again.








LINKS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WFMC PROGRESS SERIES

• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Work in Progress [Part 1/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Update ... Progress still being Made [Part 2/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - WFMC Continuing to Come Together [Part 3/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Formations Look Like REAL Formations and Groundwork for Reconfig Costs Put in Place [Part 4/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Load Previous Data & Reconfig Costs/Restrictions [Part 5/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Fixed Expended Move Costs Round-to-Round and Added Color to the Reconfiguration Combo Box [Part 6/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Movement Modifier Checkboxes Work Properly and Zoom Capability [Part 7/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Implementing the Options for Rotation [Part 8/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Calculating the Translation Distance for Vanilla WotR Rules of Movement [Part 9a/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Calculating the Translation Distance for Vanilla WotR Rules of Movement (Continued) [Part 9b/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Starting the Implementation of the Mobile Version on iPhone/iPad [Part 10/12]
• WotR Formation Movement Calculator - Continuing to Implement the Mobile Version on iPhone/iPad [Part 11/12]
• TBD [Part 12/12]

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LINKS TO OTHER PARTS OF MOVEMENT TYPES AND LIMITS SERIES

• Movement Types and Limits Series - Translational and Rotational Movement [Part 1/23]

• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Infantry Formations Comprised of 2-3 Companies [Part 2/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Infantry Formations Comprised of 4 Companies [Part 3/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Infantry Formations Comprised of 5 Companies [Part 4/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Infantry Formations Comprised of 6 Companies [Part 5/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Infantry Formations Comprised of 7 Companies [Part 6/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Infantry Formations Comprised of 8 Companies [Part 7/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Infantry Formations Comprised of 9 Companies [Part 8/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Summary of Infantry Formations by Company Size [Part 9/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Infantry Restrictions of Reconfiguration by Formation Name Summary [Part 10/23]

• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Cavalry Formations Comprised of 2-3 Companies [Part 11/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Cavalry Formations Comprised for 4 Companies [Part 12/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Cavalry Formations Comprised of 5 Companies [Part 13/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Cavalry Formations Comprised of 6 Companies [Part 14/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Cavalry Formations Comprised of 7 Companies [Part 15/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Cavalry Formations Comprised of 8 Companies [Part 16/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Movement of Infantry Formations Comprised of 9 Companies [Part 17/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Cavalry Movement Example 1 from Page 33 of WotR Rulebook Analysis [Part 18/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Cavalry Movement Example 2 from Page 33 of WotR Rulebook Analysis [Part 19/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Cavalry Movement Example 3 from Page 33 of WotR Rulebook Analysis [Part 20/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Reconfiguration Summary of Cavalry Formations by Company Size [Part 21/23]
• Movement Types and Limits Series - Cavalry Restrictions of Reconfiguration by Formation Name Summary [Part 22/23]
• Using WFMC to Verify Movement Examples [Part 23/23]

LINKS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WFMC MOBILE ART SERIES

• Art for Gondor and Arnor Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 1/11]
• Art for Kingdom of Rohan Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 2/11]
• Art for Elven Kingdoms Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 3/11]
• Art for Dwarf Holds Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 4/11]
• Art for Forgotten Kingdoms Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 5/11]
• Art for Mordor Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 6/11]
• Art for Fortress of Isengard Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 7/11]
• Art for Misty Mountains Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 8/11]
• Art for Fallen Realms Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 9/11]
• Art for Angmar Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 10/11]
• Art for City of Dale Companies and Formations of Various Supported Types [Part 11/11]