Generals Order

Generals Order (GO), or 将军令, is a strategy trading card game developed by Strategy Entertainment Pte Ltd of Singapore and introduced in 2007. Generals Order is the first Chinese strategy trading card game developed by a Singapore company and despite its humble beginnings, has a player base in the hundreds and growing. Generals Order can be played by two or more players each using a deck of printed cards.[1] The number of cards in one deck can vary from forty to sixty cards.

Gameplay

Generals Order is a strategy trading card game that is based on ancient Chinese history and the Chinese classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In this game, a player takes on the role of a commander-in-chief of an army, with warriors, weapons, and the gift of intelligence at your disposal. The gameplay comprises many features adopted from other TCGs, being a medley and a combination of a multitude of other TCGs in terms of gameplay. The game starts by having both players draw 5 cards from their deck and drawing one card per turn from then on after determining the starting party. The player to start first is denied his first draw.

Victory conditions

Every game simulates a fierce battle with a rival camp, with the aim of ultimately destroying their fortress, and successfully defending yours. The fortress is represented by the players' deck of cards, commonly referred to as the resource deck. Victory is gained when a player ensures that their own resource deck outlast their opponents'. This is achieved by removing all of the enemy's deck either to the discard pile or graveyard. This is similar to WWE TCG, which also use the deck as resources, victory conditions and survival.

There are two common ways of achieving this; one is to attack the opponent's resource deck, or fortress, with warriors, the other is to build up a strong enough defense to ensure that the opponent draws himself to death.[2]

Development

Currently, the game has four expansions, namely 起点 (expansion 1),[3] 群雄争霸 (expansion 2),[3] 乱世枭雄 (expansion 3),[3] 傲视天下 (expansion 4),[3] 龙决于野 (expansion 5),[3] 灰飞烟灭 (expansion 6).[3] The developers have launched the sixth expansion recently (around July 2013).

Educational

Besides being projected as a recreational game, Generals Order has also been marketed as an educational tool, used in various primary and secondary schools to help promote interest in the Chinese culture and language.[4] Through the use of an interactive educational program, student interest in the Chinese culture, as well as the stories of the three kingdom era, are brought out.

The Generals Order Educational Programme is also featured in Thumb Up.[5]

References
  1. http://www.generals-order.com
  2. http://www.generals-order.com/index.swf
  3. http://www.generals-order.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145
  4. http://www.xin.sg/partofus_citybeats.php?article=19129
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2010-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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