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Pretty much, the same way Kancolle is about girls that are the personifications of WWII warships.

Well, unless I'm mistaken it's referring to an event currently running in the mobile game Girls' Frontline, in which you shoot up hordes of robots with anachronistic weapons to acquire Easter eggs. You then trade the eggs for goodies.

Probably closer to Fire Emblem. It should be possible to pull squads back in order to heal wounded units (barring unlucky critical hits or the like) unless you carelessly have them go up against enemies with hard counters.

EDIT: On second thought, it should probably be closer to Nu-COM. Still letting individual soldiers become highly badass, but offering enough turnaround at low levels to encourage frequent recruiting sessions and serving as an adequate player punch when a seasoned veteran bites the dust.

(12,7) and Guard Lycan. Also Transfer Might to him (4 points of STR and 4 of MAG).

I don't care if Epic is a spy for the Chinese government or not. There's no freaking excuse for them to be looking at that sort of info.

That, combined with their sleazy "exclusive" dealings, is enough to turn me off Epic for the foreseeable future. I didn't take Uplay's freebies, I didn't take Origins freebies, and I won't take Epic's either.

I have this fantasy strategy/RPG game in my head that I have to get written down in text form.

What I want is this bizarre cross between X-COM, Battle for Wesnoth, Age of Wonders, Final Fantasy Tactics, and scaled-down Dominions.

X-COM-style randomly generated, unique soldiers that can be renamed and die permanently. They also need to be able to be equipped on an individual level.
Battle For Wesnoth-style unit progression. Recruit newbies that can promote into more advanced classes.
Age of Wonders-style army customization. Don't just limit yourself to human units when playing as humans - acquire an Elven village and mix elves into your ranks! Capture an orcish stronghold and add orcs! Stuff like that.
Final Fantasy Tactics-style job classes. Yes, your mage has done fine work, but his strength growths have just been too good to keep him as a squishy rear-line spellcaster. Hand him a weapon instead and let him go battlemage.
The Dominions one is a bit harder to explain. I don't want whole armies duking it out, not really. What I want instead is small squads of these individual units, maybe six per squad, with the ability to organize them into formations. Combat would be squad-vs-squad level, though there should be a larger map upon which squads maneuver when not engaged in battle.

Other things that would be important: elemental affinity, which mildly determines stat growth. Think natures from Pokemon, though affinity would also determine a mage's spell list. Also important would be Squad Unity, a stat that goes up when units fight in the same squad for a while. Mixing them around would lower Unity until they can mesh with their new squads. Unity would allow units to perform special actions; like a tanky unit intercepting an attack aimed at a squishy comrade, or a couple of mages combining their spells for greater power and new effects.

((Next time I leave the game inactive for so long, give me a swift kick to the gonads. I'm such a lazy slob sometimes.))

Dawls retreats to his shed, and the impromptu party settles down to wait out the night. A few hours pass. The moon rises high in the night sky, casting dim light over the sleeping community. All is quiet.

Until, that is, one of the watchers spots movement coming down the dirt lane. Two cloaked and hooded figures, probably men from their height and build, approach Dawls' property as quietly as they can. One of the figures throws something in the general direction of Mop, who quickly pounces on the object and appears to begin eating it.

With the guard dog distracted, the figures carefully open the pasture's gate and approach the sleeping goat herd. Perhaps these are the thieves?

Who is awake, and what will they do?