Awesome! :cookie:

I just learned about Elemental a few days ago, looks *really* interesting, esp. this open development process. Have never played TBS before, though, mostly RTS. I guess I'll give it a try with beta 2.

You might want to try some demos and/or discount copies of TBS titles you see mentioned around here first. Some folks really like both types of game, some folks like both but sorta prefer one over the other, and at least a few of us seem to strongly prefer one form over the other. I've tried several RTS titles and even own a discount maxi-pack of the game with the zergling rush problem, but I still strongly prefer turn-based stuff. You should find out if you feel similarly about real-time stuff before you spend money on a TBS game.

The question I always got when someone comes with a suggestion like that is: "And how are they going to balance that?"

The design needs to be great, and putting in random suggestions will ruin the game.

Bravenue

Like you, I'm also an RTS guy. I like TBS with tactical combat though and I suspect you do too. Civlization is not an option for me since it's so abstract and lack micromanagement (Civ is macromanagement) but Age of Wonders Shadow Magic will work. The original Age of Wonders have the best atmosphere and mood since it's high fantasy but it got a feature which makes it boring today (unlimited retaliation.)

Ya, female line of inheritance is an interesting twist.  I'm assuming that would be stuffed into some sort of race/faction editor or whatnot.

I'm a noob to this, so feel free to start throwing rotten fruit. This isn't the real FiAtin, by the way.  I was never here.

Or more exotic ways of choosing. Send all your kids out into the wide world and whoever manages to overthrow the biggest enemy nation gets to be heir. Or set them all up in numbered order, the one who is at slow 1 gets to be heir and the only way to rise in rank is to kill those above you via assasinations or duels. Or perhaps just toss them all into an arena FFA deathmatch and the winner takes all.

My methods may be brutal and end up with a lot of dead kids(need the harem poping out kids just to support it) but it will produce the most evil, cunning, mean, vicious, killers ever. The kind of kids i can be proud to hand my country over to.