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Mission 6: Dun Algaz

  • Mission Objectives:

    - Destroy Dun Algaz

    Begin your normal town building, and make sure to build some Stables at one point.  Keep your defense up in town at both opening, and build a Tower or two if you feel it necessary.  Anyway, once you scout around, you'll notice a gold mine to the west of your town.  Take about 2 Knight and 4 Footmen (make sure their weapons and armor are upgraded at least once) and destroy the Grunts by that mine.  A bit to the southeast is a small group of Axethrowers and 1 Ogre.  Kill them.  Now you pretty much have the upper part of the level to your self.  You'll want to guard the land bridges now, so no enemy forces can get to your village.  Forget about the bridge on the west side...I've never had enemies attack from there (although keep a Knight or two in town in case it IS attacked).

    Keep building defense on those bridges, with Knights, Ballistas, and Archers.  Now, send a Peasant down to build a Shipyard on the lake the second from the left (west of the middle landbridge).  You don't have Oil drilling in this level, so don't bother with a Refinery and Foundry.  Make 3 destroyers, head south with them, and kill as many Trolls, Ogres, and Grunts as you can on the shore.  Keep the ships down at the south, you'll still need them.  If you do more scouting, you'll find some enemy Barracks south of those brides (two of them).

    Once you feel you have enough guys on the right-most bridge, send them down to crush the enemies there, as well as the Barracks.  Have those guys stay at the bottom.  With the guys guarding the middle land bridge, send them down, but try not to attack anything.  Lure any Ogres, Grunts, and Trolls to the ships, so the ships can take care of them.  For instance, get into the sight line of an Ogre.  He'll follow you.  Move your guys to where the ships are, and they should take care of them.  Repeat this until most guys on that area of the shore are taken of.

    Then, destroy the Barracks.  Now, remember those guys on the east side?  Send them over to the middle.  Bring a Peasant down, and build a Barracks where the enemy one used to be in the middle.  Now comes the destruction of the enemy town.  Make a total of 3 Ballistas and 9 Knights.  Send your Ballistas to attack the Towers (keeping out of their range).  When enemies attack the Ballistas, have the Knights take care of them.  Destroy the 4 Guard Towers at the entrance (watch for a Catapult or two!) and then go on the destroy the town.  There are also a couple guys guarding the western land bridge.  Kill them too, and there's a Guard Tower on western side of the villages surrounded by a wall, have the Ballista demolish that.