| Master of Fortresses is the latest tower defense | | | | British side (mostly against the French). The British |
| game that appeared on my website (to see which | | | | have the most expensive troops but these also pack |
| website it is about, as well as for a direct link to the | | | | a good punch. I am sure that the following tips work |
| game, take a look at the resource box bellow). I | | | | for the other sides as well. |
| started playing it simply because I like tower defense | | | | So, first choose a good defense position. Like the |
| games (and defense games in general) and because I | | | | tutorial states it, place your defense in "choke" points |
| found the name intriguing. I did not plan on writing a | | | | whenever you can. When you cannot, I recommend |
| review about it, but Master of Fortresses turned out | | | | putting the first defenses at least 3 squares away |
| to be very addictive (I could not stop playing it to | | | | from your base, to leave enough room to build |
| the very end - if you consider endless mode to be | | | | bastions behind them later on (the cannons have a |
| the end) and, therefore, here you have this review. I | | | | greater range then the troops, of course). |
| also included some helpful hints for those who might | | | | For me, the strategy to put basic troops on palisades |
| find the game too hard. | | | | as a first line of defense (and upgrade them as soon |
| The concept behind Master of Fortresses is a little | | | | as possible) worked very well. When you finished |
| different from the one behind other tower defense | | | | upgrading them, you can start building bastions and |
| games (actually, it might be better called a fortress | | | | deploying cannons. Ah, an important one, when you |
| defense game :p - yes, I know, there are not | | | | hover with the mouse over the arrows that show |
| enough resembling defense games out there to allow | | | | the attacking directions, you can see the unit times |
| a new game category). | | | | that will attack from that side. If you see engineers, |
| One of the main features (which gives it realism) is | | | | then put barricades before your palisades. This is |
| the fact that you must put palisades under every | | | | because the engineers are very tough attackers and |
| firing unit. This includes big guns as well! Well, in their | | | | they will destroy a few of the buildings they |
| case you must also place a bastion to accommodate | | | | encounter (and it is better to lose a barricade worth |
| them. So, place four palisades, a bastion on top of | | | | 15 then a palisade worth 40 + the troop on it). You |
| them and the cannon on top of the bastion. It is | | | | can also use different kinds of traps, just like in other |
| actually nice but beware (!), all these do cost. The | | | | tower defense games; it is especially useful when |
| price to actually have a cannon firing can be much | | | | facing the later waves. |
| greater than the cost of the cannon itself (with | | | | I found it good to also use Puckle Guns (like machine |
| British troops, it was 40 x 4 for palisades + 1 x 250 | | | | guns). They fire rapidly and have a very good range. |
| for the bastion + 200 the cheapest cannon itself - | | | | And, this might be a life saver: you can rotate |
| so, a total of 610 for a cannon (Culverin) that costs | | | | bastions! Therefore you can study from where most |
| 200 itself). This can be a surprise for the ones used | | | | of the enemies will come and turn most of the guns |
| to usual tower defense games. | | | | in that direction! |
| It is also important to notice that your troops and | | | | I wrote about a life saver before and here is an |
| cannons can be upgraded, just like in most tower | | | | absolute "do not": do not try to create a maze, like it |
| defense games. It might not be obvious how to do | | | | is advised in other tower defense games. These |
| it, so here it is (example for British side): place Militia | | | | guys will destroy every obstacle they meet! |
| -> when you have enough money, unlock Red Coats | | | | As a conclusion, Master of Fortresses is an addictive |
| -> place directly Red Coats or select your existing | | | | and well made tower defense game. There is a good |
| Militia and choose "upgrade" in the bottom-right | | | | variety of troops and upgrades, as well as of |
| corner of the screen. Next you can unlock Green | | | | strategies that one can approach. Although I have |
| Jackets and upgrade your existing troops. And these | | | | shared with you my strategy, there is nothing to |
| Green Coats are real snipers! I survived a lot in the | | | | stop you to try out your own, different one. Check |
| endless mode only by using them. The upgrade costs | | | | out the end of the article bellow (or the resource |
| are much bigger than the final unit costs (Militia costs | | | | box) to find the link and play this great game. Have |
| 50 and the upgrade to Red Coat is 40, therefore a | | | | fun! |
| total of 90, while a Red Coat directly costs only 65) | | | | You can play this great tower defense game |
| but I was not very much bothered by it. You get | | | | following this link: Master of Fortress. |
| enough money from killing the enemy to afford to | | | | A great place to play tower defense games is this: |
| keep upgrading a decent amount of troops! Oh, the | | | | New Tower Defense Games. There are over 100 |
| same goes for upgrading your cannons. | | | | tower defense games and new ones are added |
| Strategy: Well, you saw that I chose to play on the | | | | frequently. |