# HG changeset patch # User Wuzzy # Date 1518626733 -3600 # Node ID d55aae479f50d723221ab6c7f813759bfd441c61 # Parent 4d4b2fb88e50cf5d9449acafb8997e1b2990dc1c Rewrite introduction in README diff -r 4d4b2fb88e50 -r d55aae479f50 README.md --- a/README.md Wed Feb 14 17:08:14 2018 +0100 +++ b/README.md Wed Feb 14 17:45:33 2018 +0100 @@ -6,26 +6,28 @@ This is the funniest and most addictive game you'll ever play—hilarious fun that you can enjoy anywhere, anytime. **Hedgewars** is a **turn-based strategy game** but the real buzz is from watching the **devastation caused by those -pesky hedgehogs** with those fantastic weapons—sneaky little blighters with a -bad attitude! +pesky hedgehogs** with those fantastic weapons—sneaky little blighters with +a bad attitude! Each player controls a **team of up to 8 hedgehogs**. During the course of the game, players take turns with one of their hedgehogs. They then use whatever tools and weapons are available to **attack and kill the opponents' -hedgehogs**, thereby winning the game. Hedgehogs may move around the terrain -in a variety of ways, normally by walking and jumping but also by using -particular tools such as the rope or parachute, to move to otherwise -inaccessible areas. Each **turn is time-limited** to ensure that players do -not hold up the game with excessive thinking or moving. +hedgehogs**, thereby winning the game. + +To destroy your foes you can use one out of **over 40 weapons**! +Launch bazookas or homing bees, drop mines, dynamite or explosive rubber ducks, +throw grenades or watermelon bombs, poison them with stinky cheese, send them +flying with a baseball bat, and much more! -A large **variety of tools and weapons** are available for players during -the game. Hedgewars features the standard artillery-genre classics (such as -grenade, cluster bomb, bazooka, shotgun), but also boasts a host of other -weapons quite unique to it alone. +Most weapons cause **explosions that deform the terrain**, removing +circular chunks. Hedgehogs can die by drowning, being thrown off +either side of the arena, or when their health is reduced to zero. -Most weapons, when used, cause **explosions that deform the terrain**, -removing circular chunks. Hedgehogs can die by drowning, being thrown off -either side of the arena, or when their health is reduced to zero. +Hedgehogs may move around the terrain in a variety of ways, normally by +walking and jumping but also by using particular tools such as the rope +or parachute, to move to otherwise inaccessible areas. Each **turn is +time-limited** to ensure that players do not hold up the game with +excessive thinking or moving. Getting started ---------------