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In Progress Let's Play Might and Magic 1 with a Codexian Party
- Thread starter Broseph
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Are early entries in this series as impossible as early Wizardry games without the strategy guide?
Fowyr
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No. M&M1 just have a slow start. You can try M&M2 if you don't like to draw maps, it's marvelous game.
A small, intermediary update for tonight because I'm having a rough time and I don't much feel like playing more at the moment.
Here's what our stats looked like at the end of the last update, when we first entered the Crazed Wizard Cave:
After a small bit of grinding, we get everyone up to level 3:
I still don't think we're ready to go back to that cave. We'll get raped. Either Broseph just sucks at this game or grinding is mandatory in the beginning.
Remember guys, we were told to deliver a scroll to a wizard in Erliquin.
We have lots of gems, let's ask our friend the leprechaun.
Town number five, please.
I didn't feel a thing.
Unfortunately it was a one-way trip. We'll have to walk all the way back to Sorpigal.
Much dying in our future.
You've got to be kidding me. And this is the beginning of the game's main quest?
Moan 'n Moan 1.
Let's head back to Sorpigal and try our hand at the Crazed Wizard Cave again. On the way we can get that Merchant's Pass.
The party traveled far and wide, across land and sea - well, actually just land - searching for the pass needed to enter the castles of the kingdom.
Semen stains the mountaintops.
I think that's snow, shitdick.
It's from a song about my daughter, Scrooge.
Alright, we've got it. Let's get the hell out of here.
But muh experience!
He's got a point. According to our maps there should be more deserted wagons in this immediate area. We could get some valuable loot and EXP.
Fine, I'll save your asses again.
This lone swordsman is actually pretty tough - the closest thing we've had to a "boss battle" thus far. We win, but not without suffering some casualties.
We have to press on. Maybe we can make it to Sorpigal!
Erliquin again.
How do u know? This looks like Sorpigal inn to me.
Let's get the Merchant's Pass and leave this time. We can check out the other wagons later.
We grab the Merchant's Pass and head back to Sorpigal in the most direct route possible. No encounters along the way this time.
Why did you screencap the save screen this time, Broseph?
I do what I want, SEARINOX!
We take the usual path back to the Crazed Wizard Cave. It also has an entrance in the forest outside of Sorpigal, but this way is probably faster.
Now that we have access to our second level spells, this battle against the giant spiders is considerably easier.
Hey, we did it! Maybe level 3 is enough for this dungeon after all.
Is this going to be tough? This is going to be tough.
Why can't I just rape them?
Our weapons aren't doing anything either. How do you damage these things?
Quick everyone, press Crtl+R to rape!
We grind a bit more and come back to try it again. This time we barely even make it pass the spiders.
Why am I always left unscathed?
This isn't a good situation. Time to reload.
End of Part 5.
After a small bit of grinding, we get everyone up to level 3:
This lone swordsman is actually pretty tough - the closest thing we've had to a "boss battle" thus far. We win, but not without suffering some casualties.
We grab the Merchant's Pass and head back to Sorpigal in the most direct route possible. No encounters along the way this time.
We take the usual path back to the Crazed Wizard Cave. It also has an entrance in the forest outside of Sorpigal, but this way is probably faster.
Now that we have access to our second level spells, this battle against the giant spiders is considerably easier.
We grind a bit more and come back to try it again. This time we barely even make it pass the spiders.
End of Part 5.
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About as many as your Sims 3 Steve adventures.
Charles-cgr
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Visit castles and do each lord's first few quests. Cheap XP.
What is the tool people use to map out grid-based crawlers like MM1?
stabby
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Nicely done Broseph, though it might not feel like your making progress I'm willing to bet you'll finish the game before I finish Wiz 6 by the way I'm managing. Jolly good show.
I'll admit that I'm quite partial to the combo of graph paper & a mechanical pencil as I do find it somewhat relaxing to do it all manually, but a quick google's told me about Gridmapper and other tools that are mainly for making Table Top maps for P&P. I guess they would do the trick for this.
Unless you're talking about something that tracks it automatically by your key presses, and if so I'll just say that's not very
(if such a thing exists that is)
I'll admit that I'm quite partial to the combo of graph paper & a mechanical pencil as I do find it somewhat relaxing to do it all manually, but a quick google's told me about Gridmapper and other tools that are mainly for making Table Top maps for P&P. I guess they would do the trick for this.
Unless you're talking about something that tracks it automatically by your key presses, and if so I'll just say that's not very
(if such a thing exists that is)
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Abelian
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I haven't tried it yet, but Grid Cartographer looks like a very nice application. There's a thread about it here. There's a free version and a "pro edition" for $12. I've been using Excel up to now, but I couldn't find a good way to show one-way doors.
Charles-cgr
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That's not entirely true. Much of the XP Broseph has to grind he would have gotten while mapping the world (given frequent saving is done so as not to lose too much XP from deaths). It's still combat but not grinding persay.
Still kicking ass and dying hard! 
Patience, my child. Patience. 
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