Have you ever played Hero Academy?

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(08-03-2012 11:29 AM)GreatGonzales Wrote:  Anyway, you get my point. Requiring players to calculate all of this stuff before taking any action would break the game, trust me. Undo button is absolutely required. And I further think it is a good thing, since it allows for deeper analysis while not putting an administrative burden on the player.

Just throwing my hat in the ring here, yes I think HA benefits from undo because of this very reason (the complexity of the unit interactions and their consequences). With Outwitters keeping the math as simple as possible was a goal of ours so that players can easily do moves in their heads. This would not make the undo button an absolute must, and thus, part of the gameplay as opposed to an occasional tool. With fog of war it made that goal even more paramount.