Lair of Thugs - beginner MP campaign!

[Mechanical]

In dark times, a band of outlaws decided to move to the south and live a new life, so a new point appeared on the map of Kerlat province - the Lair of Thugs. Pass through a series of simple challenges and find out the fate of this place in our beginner's campaign!
(Novice level, 4 scenarios.)

This campaign features:

• Outlaw Wagon unit line (art by Mechanical)
• Lots of fighting
• Struggle for survival under the cold winds
• Dramatic pursuit like in Hollywood films
• Dunefolk
• Troll
• 5 achievements + 1 secret

[GreenScarab]

Hi Mech! I recently played the Lair of Thughs and had a great time.


My story impressions.

Spoiler:

The whole intrigue shown in the campaign looks like a bizarre struggle of the Harper siblings against the world. Thugs wanting to start living an honest life? I immediately thought: This can't end well for them. Firstly, they call their fortress the Lair of Thugs, and then no one wants to trade with them because of that and later Harper (the girl) gets fooled by dunefolk, well, and this is the end of their honest life. They start to do the same as usual, which is to highway.

The storyline is charming and skillful handled. I liked it a lot, and it seems so much more down to earth. There are no magical artifacts, no heroic battles, just the struggle for survival of a bunch of “former” outlaws who want to start living an honest life, but they just aren't destined for it and at the end decide to return to their old methods of living.

I felt as if the main characters really wanted to change something in their lives, but all the time everything opposed them.

Thug Hug, very funny wordplay and a very cool achievement.

I like the maps. They are nice to look and play.

Outlaw Wagon is awesome unit with beautiful art! However, one thing just makes me wonder, should it really have the trait “mechanical”? After all, the rider as well as the horse are living creatures.

...and what is the secret I don't think I have been able to find it? Also, the names of the main heroes is a cool reference to the Liberty campaign.


Bugs and suggestions.

Spoiler:

• In the Cash Back scenario, a unit that kills a Merchant shouldn't have a hero icon since its death causes a loss? So far it gets a loyal one but more goldish. Maybe add some special overlay icon to make the unit who carries the gold better visible?
• In the One Last Raid scenario, the dialogue after entering the Warehouse only appears the first time you enter it, should this be the case?
• Even though I moved out from the Warehouse it still counted my turns as if my unit was still on it.
• I was playing alone directing two Harpers, but I got an achievement for completing the campaign in two players at the end of the One Last Raid scenario.
• Story scenarios Autumn and Winter save replay.
• In the Bound to Survive scenario, why do the Dunefolk and Loyalists leaders have keeps the same style as the Undead? I think the regular ones without skulls would fit better.

Lastly, thank you for creating this campaign. I enjoyed playing it.

[dwarftough]

Thank you for your feedback! We're glad that you liked the story!

should it really have the trait “mechanical”? After all, the rider as well as the horse are living creatures

We made it like in the Scepter of Fire campaign where Caravans have the "mechanical" trait.

...and what is the secret I don't think I have been able to find it? Also, the names of the main heroes is a cool reference to the Liberty campaign.

Spoiler:

The hint is in the defeat condition of each scenario

I was playing alone directing two Harpers, but I got an achievement for completing the campaign in two players at the end of the One Last Raid scenario.

This was just for fun and some motivation, obviously we can't detect if it's real MP or a local MP with one person controlling both characters.

We'll fix the bugs in the next update, thank you one more time!

[dwarftough]

Lair of Thugs 1.1.0 has been released!

Changelog:

• Outlaw Wagons line got female sprites!
• Proper gold icon for gold-bearer in "Cash Back" scenario
• Hug has another portrait, with a more thuggy club
• If you didn't pick up Hug in Scenario 1, you can now find him in Scenario 4
• Cutscenes don't produce replay files

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[FunkLord]

Played it recently with a friend and we had a blast!

Just wanted to thank you for developing this campaign!

[Mechanical]

Played it recently with a friend and we had a blast!

Just wanted to thank you for developing this campaign!

Thanks for the kind words! It's inspiring to create new cooperative content.