Introduction

Alright, I checked all 20-some pages of Games, and the only thread related to this game was some short little question thing, and I'm pretty positive I didn't see a Let's Play on it before that, so...

JOIN THE MOTHERFUCKIN' REBELLION, BITCHES!

Here's what you gotta do:
Create Our Leader
Claim a Character
Help Make Decisions

And here are some general guidelines:

FIRST AND FOREMOST: PLEASE READ THE FIRST POST. I know it's long and wordy, but for this thread to work, we're gonna need some amount of organization, and I simply can't bothered to accomodate people who won't read.

CREATE OUR LEADER
Ogre Battle only allows you to name one character, the Opinion Leader. I will take some suggestions as to what it should be, and whether the Opinion Leader should be male or female. The best/funniest/most popular name wins. There is an 8-character limit. I will give details to the character creation process at the end of this post.

CLAIM A CHARACTER
I will allow people to claim characters. Major characters, minor characters, whatever, EXCEPT FOR THE OPINION LEADER. The Opinion Leader is to be shared by everyone; more on this later. You won't get to decide your character's name, but you can make the decision on how they develop. Want to make Warren a paladin? Well it'll be difficult, but I'll see what I can do. Want an amazon that happens to have your girlfriend's name built up to a hot-ass muse? That's a bit easier to do, just say the word once I get my army.

If you are unfamiliar with the character classes, or just want to look at some neat info on the game, I would recommend visiting THIS SITE. Of course, if anyone else has any other handy links, they are welcome to share.

NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT CLAIM CHARACTERS UNTIL I POST THE INITIAL ARMY LIST. If someone says "gimme a samurai named jack!!!" not only can I not guarantee you a samurai right off the bat, but there's a very LOW chance he'll be named Jack. Remember, anyone who is not a major character has a randomly generated name, which CANNOT be changed. So if you want someone with a cool name, wait until I post the list, and you can choose the coolest name of the bunch. This will be immediately after beating the first stage of the game, Warren's Castle, probably in the first update after the character creation is finished.

I will try to make as many claimed characters as possible leaders of a unit. If there isn't enough room for extra units, or you claim a character who cannot be a leader due to their class, I'll stick you in a group with a Claimed Character Leader, unless requested otherwise. Also, if 2-5 people want to play buddy-buddy and be in one unit together, that can be done too.
Regarding new characters recruited throughout the game: I will post an updated Army List after finishing each stage, so those who have claimed characters can see how they are progressing, and those who are just coming into the thread and would like to participate can see what is still available without me having to go back and edit the intial Army List over and over. Any new recruits will be added to the list, and level/class changes to veterans will be updated. IF YOU CAME INTO THIS THREAD LATE, OR ARE WAITING FOR A PARTICULAR CHARACTER WHO IS NOT INTRODUCED UNTIL LATER IN THE GAME, PLEASE FIND THE MOST RECENT ARMY LIST. IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE THREAD, OR CLOSE TO IT. Also, please do not be all "I wanna be Slust!" on the first page. Wait until I have posted the Army List that states that Slust is a recruited character available for claiming, assuming he even joins at all.
Participation in the thread is important. Commentary, discussion, decision-making, whatever so long as it's not trolling and shit-posting. Why is it important? Well, during the course of the game, you get a lot of characters joining you. So many, in fact, that eventually you're gonna run out of room in the bunker. I can't remember right offhand the limit, but once it hits, I'm gonna have to start discharging. Unused, unclaimed, severely underleveled characters will be the first to go. You are also only allowed to deploy a certain number of units at any given time. IF YOU CLAIM A CHARACTER, AND THEN NEVER BOTHER TO PARTICIPATE, I WILL BE LESS INCLINED TO USE YOUR CHARACTER AND/OR UNIT in favor of a more active poster, and if it gets to the point that they are just getting in the way of new recruits, they WILL be discharged.
And just to spice things up and encourage good behavior, if you claim a character, and are put on probation for a post made in THIS thread, your character will also be put on probation. Your character will be removed from its unit and will act as a benchwarmer. If you are put on probation for a post made in ANY OTHER thread, your character will NOT be reduced to benchwarmer, but it may affect your thread participation (see previous paragraph), so be good!

If you claim a character, and are subsequently BANNED for ANY reason, in this thread or in any other, your character will be DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED. I don't care if it's a major character, and I don't care if you buy back your account within minutes. I check the Leper's Colony regularly, and I will check it double just for this. I WILL KNOW.
Regarding equipment: Many different weapons and armor are acquired throughout the game, either by finding buried treasure, or by receiving it as a gift. Along with each Army List update, I will include a list of New Equipment. The name, stats, and element of each weapon/armor will be noted. If anyone wishes to equip their character with New Equipment, they will need to speak up before I begin the next stage. Equipment will be distributed in a first-come, first-serve method. If no one claims an item, I will either equip it to a random, unequipped character or sell it.

You MAY claim an item if your character already has one; their previously equipped item will be forfeited and made available for someone else to claim if they wish.
Finally, I will allow some time between stages for people to claim characters and items, request changes to their characters, and commentary/discussion of game events. Once we get further into the game, those periods may last a bit longer, since I do need to rest and the stages can get to take a long time to do. So you don't need to be constantly -ing just to get in before I start each stage.

HELP MAKE DECISIONS
There are many decisions a warlord must make. To forgive, or to execute? To help others, or to ignore them?

These things will be decided by you, soldiers. Anytime a decision must be made, I will post a screenshot of the options, and take a short break. Whichever is the most popular option by the time I return, is what will be done. I have decided to go with this method as opposed to first-come, first-serve because I would rather not have one person sniping all the decisions. We are a democracy here, not a dictatorship... for now.

This same method will be used in the character creation process of our Opinion Leader. Hopefully enough people will see this thread and be interested enough right away to make this go a bit faster than in-game decisions, so we can get started with our war.

I will be playing on ZSNES, using its screen capture feature to get images. Thanks to Lakitu7 and his infinite wisdom, I am now able to convert them to JPGs without them turning into ugly shit. Thanks, Lakitu7!

Also, feel free to ask any questions, in case I left something out or didn't make myself quite clear. Okay? Okay.

Enough talk, let's start a revolution!

Why are we going to war? Educate yourself with some backstory.

The Mage Rashidi...

Rockin'. So we've got our motivation, but who is going to lead us on our crusade? Let's ask this old guy.

One of the fun parts of Ogre Battle is finding all the spelling and grammatical errors.

So... what'll it be? I'm going to get myself something to eat now. There'd better be some damn good suggestions when I get back! Remember, 8 character limit. And you're not clever for suggesting "Fireseal" or "Music/on"

The Let's Play Archive

Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen

by Cats Meow

Introduction

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