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		<title>Tropical Stormfront &#8211; My Poorly Narrated Trailer&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, here it comes; I finally managed to produce my own game trailer for Tropical Stormfront. Please enjoy the poorly narrated goodness below&#8230;



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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/02/04/tropical-stormfront-my-poorly-narrated-trailer/</link>
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		<title>Welcome Nick &amp; Travis as new Authors!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, starting today I have added two new authors to the blog! Please welcome Nick Lee and Travis Bowling. Let me introduce the two of them.
Nick Lee is a highly skilled game artist, currently located in London, working on titles such as Lego  Knight&#8217;s Kingdom, Star Wars: Jedi Knights, Harry Potter, Sims Bustin Out, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/02/02/welcome-nick-travis-as-new-authors/</link>
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		<title>3rd Place for Age of Conquest (Android)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest for Android has received 3rd place in the 2011 Best App Ever Awards in the Board Game category. We have been beaten by Quell (1st place) and Carcassone (2nd place). Our congratulations to the winner!
Open link for details:

3rd Place for Age of Conquest (Android)

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/01/28/3rd-place-for-age-of-conquest-android/</link>
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		<title>Official Game Trailer: Tropical Stormfront</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At last! Here&#8217;s the official game trailer for Tropical Stormfront:

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/01/25/official-game-trailer-tropical-stormfront/</link>
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		<title>RTSGuru Review: Tropical Stormfront</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RTSGuru has kindly reviewed Tropical Stormfront for Android! RTSGuru is a site dedicated to real-time strategy games.
Tropical Stormfront has received a review score of 8/10. Please visit their website to read the review:

Tropical Stormfront Review by RTSGuru

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/01/18/rtsguru-review-tropical-stormfront/</link>
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		<title>Noble Master &#8211; Joining the SOPA-Protest!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Noble Master Games has joined the SOPA-Protest. The following web sites will be unavailable during January 18, 2011:

Noble Master Games (Company Site)
Age of Conquest (Game Site)
Multiplayer Hub (Forums)
Java Game Tome (Game Listing)

Please visit the following page for more information:

Noble Master &#8211; SOPA Protest Page

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/01/17/noble-master-joining-the-sopa-protest/</link>
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		<title>Developer Interview by PlayAndroid.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been interviewed by Frederik Schrader of PlayAndroid.com. Please visit their web page for the 10 interview questions I have been asked:

Developer Interview: 10 Questions for Christoph Aschwanden

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/01/15/developer-interview-by-playandroid-com/</link>
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		<title>Follow Us on Twitter: @noblemaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have launched our official twitter feed! Please follow us at @noblemaster for latest games news, updates, rebates and more.
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/01/13/follow-us-on-twitter-noblemaster/</link>
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		<title>Coming Up: May of Conquest 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We will be hosting our first annual May of Conquest tournament this year May 1-31, 2012 to celebrate 11 years of Age of Conquest. The tournament is free to enter (no subscription or purchase required). You will need a PC, Macintosh or Linux computer to participate and sign up.
The May of Conquest festival lasts all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/01/13/coming-up-may-of-conquest-2012/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest Nominated for &#8220;Best Board Game 2011&#8243; on Android</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest for Android has been nominated for Best Board Game 2011. Please open the link and vote for the game to spread the goodness:

Vote for Age of Conquest

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2012/01/05/age-of-conquest-nominated-for-best-board-game-2011-on-android/</link>
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		<title>Tropical Stormfront Reviewed by &#8220;Blackman&#8217;N Robin&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jourdan Cameron from Blackman&#8217;N Robin has gone through the trouble and reviewed Tropical Stormfront. 
Read the review:

Blackman&#8217;N Robin: Tropical Stormfront Review

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/12/29/tropical-stormfront-reviewed-by-blackmann-robin/</link>
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		<title>Tropical Stormfront Released on Android</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tropical Stormfront is Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game in a tropical setting. Take command and join the ultimate war of good versus evil. Defend your freedom against the forces of darkness. Fight real-time battles in the tropics and become the ultimate leader.
The game features a multitude of pre-defined missions such as survival mode, eliminate all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/12/20/tropical-stormfront-released-on-android/</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Real-Time Strategy Game *Tropical Stormfront* for Android</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Noble Master Games Releases Real-Time Strategy Game &#8220;Tropical Stormfront&#8221; on Android
Lewes, Delaware -– December 20, 2011 &#8212; Noble Master Games releases their real-time strategy game title &#8220;Tropical Stormfront&#8221; on the Android operating system. 
Tropical Stormfront is real-time strategy (RTS) game in a tropical setting. The game features 25 pre-defined campaign missions plus a multitude of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/12/20/press-release-real-time-strategy-game-tropical-stormfront-for-android/</link>
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		<title>AoC III Review by TTBSTech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scott Farnham has kindly reviewed Age of Conquest III. Please read more about it in the TTBSTech blog:

Age of Conquest III Review (Desktop)

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/05/19/aoc-iii-review-by-ttbstech/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Age of Conquest: World&#8221; &#8212; Now on Android!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Conquest edition for Age of Conquest is now available in the Android Market! The world edition features a mini map of the world (bigger maps are not possible due to memory limitations) including all the continents Europe, Asia, N. America, S. America, Africa and Australia.
The game features:

Scenarios ranging from modern times to futuristic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/03/14/age-of-conquest-world-now-on-android/</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Strategy Game Tournament with $1000 Cash Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Noble Master Games to Hold Strategy Game Tournament with Winner Takes All $1000 Cash Prize
Lewes, Delaware &#8212; March 1, 2011 &#8212; Noble Master Games has announced a $1000 Cash Prize tournament that is played using their medieval Risk-like turn-based strategy game Age of Conquest ONLINE. The tournament is set to commence on March 14, 2011. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/03/01/press-release-strategy-game-tournament-with-1000-cash-prize/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest on Impulse Driven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest III is now available on Impulse Driven!
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/02/25/age-of-conquest-on-impulse-driven/</link>
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		<title>Work in Progress: RTS Wargame</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been working on a new strategy game. It&#8217;s a real-time strategy game which is planned for release on Android. Ports for desktop (PC, Mac, Linux) as well as iOS will be done if proven successful.
The war game is a combination of Empires of Steel, WeeWar, Mother of All Battles by Sean O&#8217;Connor, Advance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/02/22/work-in-progress-rts-wargame/</link>
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		<title>The Wargamer: Review for Age of Conquest III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Better late than never. Here is another review for Age of Conquest III written up by The Wargamer.

The Wargamer: Review for Age of Conquest III

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/01/19/the-wargamer-review-for-age-of-conquest-iii/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest &#8211; Tournament Dates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listed below are the preliminary tournaments and dates for Age of Conquest ONLINE. Please join the tournament before the marked date. The tournament functionality will be available first week of February 2011 or earlier (cannot join yet).
Please note that the $1000 cash tournament is free to enter. The other tournaments require a valid subscription to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/01/17/age-of-conquest-tournament-dates/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest: Tournaments Next!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next major update for Age of Conquest will include tournament functionality! So, if you have not done so yet, I strongly advice you to practice Age of Conquest ONLINE v3. The tournaments will initially only be available for desktop (PC, Mac, Linux) and later expanded to Android.
Release Date: Feb. 2011.
1st Tournament: Free to Enter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2011/01/05/age-of-conquest-tournaments-next/</link>
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		<title>Atari Coldfire Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you are curious on what my dad is up to. No, he is not a game developer. He is creating computer hardware. He is currently working on a next generation Atari computer. As Atari the company is pretty much &#8220;dead&#8221;, Medusa Computer System is the one company left still producing Atari hardware.
The project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/12/16/atari-coldfire-project/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest &#124; Redniowieczna Gra Strategiczna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest is now available in Polish:

Age of Conquest in Polish by Robert Urbaniec

So, right now, the following languages are support:

Age of Conquest in English
Age of Conquest in Italian by Gabriele Ravanetti
Age of Conquest in Chinese by &#8220;绝影汉化组

Also, currently underway are translations to German, French, Spanish &#38; Japanese. If you would like to add [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/12/11/age-of-conquest-%c2%8credniowieczna-gra-strategiczna/</link>
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		<title>Signatures for AoC v3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest ONLINE v3 now features game signatures! The signature shows the avatar, clan, clan logo, the overall rating and season ratings (RS). The signature URL is given as follows:
http://sig.ageofconquest.com/universe1/sig/user/&#60;username&#62;.png
Replace &#60;username&#62; with your Age of Conquest username. For integration into a forum, you could use the following BB Code. The code links to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/12/09/signatures-for-aoc-v3/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest &#8220;Triggers&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What are &#8220;triggers&#8221; are you probably asking yourself? Has he finally lost his mind? Not yet! Triggers are custom events that can be added to map scenarios. A trigger can either be shown at random or at a fixed turn. Triggers serve a game by providing &#8220;outside&#8221; events to a game, rather than everything being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/12/07/age-of-conquest-triggers/</link>
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		<title>New Actions: Espionage &amp; Sabotage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The latest update for Age of Conquest ONLINE v3 includes five additional actions. The actions are available on both Android and desktop (PC, Mac, Linux), except the call to arms function is only available on desktop at the moment. The five actions include:

Support - can be used to send gold to other empires. The functionality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/12/07/new-actions-espionage-sabotage/</link>
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		<title>Review: エイジオブコンクエストLITE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If Japanese is your first language, Android Walker has a review of Age of Conquest LITE for Android on their site. Review and video are in Japanese for obvious reasons. There is both a game description plus a YouTube video:

エイジオブコンクエストLITE
Android Walker

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/12/02/review-androidwalker/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest in T3 AppVent Calendar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest is featured in the t3.com AppVent Calendar 2010! 30 Lucky winners will get a free Android install of Age of Conquest. Please mark December 21 in your calendar if you would like to participate.
T3 AppVent Calendar:

http://free-android-apps.t3.com/

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/11/27/age-of-conquest-in-t3-appvent-calendar/</link>
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		<title>LIVE Statistics for Age of Conquest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You asked, I have answered: Live Statistics for Age of Conquest.
Please note, the purchases refer to the orders made through http://www.ageofconquest.com only and do not include purchases via 3rd party distributors of Age of Conquest (don&#8217;t have any numbers yet).
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/11/24/live-statistics-for-age-of-conquest/</link>
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		<title>Big Map of Europe (upcoming&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have the artist, Robert Altbauer, currently working on a big map of Europe. The resulting map will be about 4000&#215;2500 pixels in size!
Obviously for Age of Conquest! Should be available within the next few weeks&#8230;
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/11/23/big-map-of-europe-upcoming/</link>
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		<title>Overview Map for AoC v3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest ONLINE v3 now features an overview map. The map can be viewed during game setup and during game-play. The overview map shows the empires, economy and population sizes.
Also, please join noblemaster&#8217;s game in the Casual realm!
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/11/22/overview-map-for-aoc-v3/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest III in Mac Game Store</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest III is now also available via the Mac Game Store also. You can download the game via the following URL:

Age of Conquest III in Mac Game Store

Alternatively, you can obtain the game via the following 3rd party distributors:

GamersGate (Windows + Macintosh)
Intel AppUp (Windows only)

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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/11/18/age-of-conquest-iii-in-mac-game-store/</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Age of Conquest III for PC, Mac &amp; Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NOBLE MASTER GAMES RELEASES AGE OF CONQUEST III FOR PC, MAC &#038; LINUX
Zürich, Switzerland &#8212; November 17, 2010 &#8212; Noble Master Games releases their medieval strategy game &#8220;Age of Conquest III&#8221; for PC, Macintosh and Linux computers.
Age of Conquest III is a medieval Risk-like turn-based strategy game where you take the reins of a budding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/11/16/press-release-age-of-conquest-iii-for-pc-mac-linux/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest on GamersGate!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest III has been added to GamersGate!
The bundle is scheduled for release on Nov. 17. There will be a lite and full version available for both PC and Macintosh. The lite version is limited to one scenario and starting position which should provide several hours of entertainment. The full version contains all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/10/27/age-of-conquest-on-gamersgate/</link>
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		<title>Game Trailer for Age of Conquest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Game trailer for Age of Conquest III and Age of Conquest ONLINE below! Both games will be released on November 17. Please visit our blog for future updates.

The music credit goes to Christian Andersson (Craze Music Productions, http://www.craze.se) who truly did an incredible job.
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/10/23/game-trailer-for-age-of-conquest/</link>
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		<title>Beta-Tester Wanted: Age of Conquets ONLINE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beta-Testing for Age of Conquest III (standalone/single player) version is coming to a close. I just sent out the final beta-test notice to some of the testers. Please check your spam filter to find out if you are included in the final round (only Windows + Macintosh).
In other news, I am planning to release Age [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/10/18/beta-tester-wanted-age-of-conquets-online/</link>
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		<title>Beta-Tester Wanted: Age of Conquest III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We need beta-testers for Age of Conquest III (single player standalone version). The approximate test-date is middle of October. We need a quick turnaround for testing (3 days max). Let us know if you are interested and what platform (Windows, Macintosh or Linux) you will be using.
Please contact us at the email address listed on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/09/20/beta-tester-wanted-age-of-conquest-iii/</link>
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		<title>Clickable Users &amp; Clans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest III will have linked users and clans. All the users and clans, wherever they appear inside the various panels will be clickable and will open an information panel.
The user information panel will contain the following components:

Information about the user such as his location, birthday, standings and awards.
A button that allows to contact [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/09/17/clickable-users-clans/</link>
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		<title>Rating &amp; Awards for Age of Conquest III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest III will feature a much improved user information panel. The panel will display the following information:

Overall Rating &#38; Ranking
Season Team/User Rating &#38; Ranking
Awards including Championships won, Top Season Ratings achieved as well as Contest finishes.

More awards will be added once version III has come online.
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/09/10/rating-awards-for-age-of-conquest-iii/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest: Editor &#8211; Beta Release!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A beta version of the Age of Conquest Map Editor has been released! The editor features the full map editing functionality. The editor also includes and a map upload &#38; download system. Submit your creations now!
Visit the Age of Conquest Modding Discussions &#38; Workshop forum on the Multiplayer Hub for download and information.
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/09/01/age-of-conquest-editor-beta-release/</link>
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		<title>Star Rating Panel for Java Swing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t find a good star rating component for Java Swing, so I rolled my own. The star rating component displays the current current rating (yellow stars), as well as a &#8220;selected&#8221; rating (reddish stars). The &#8220;selected&#8221; rating can be changed by a user. If the &#8220;selected&#8221; rating is changed, all the listeners will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/08/31/star-rating-panel-for-java-swing/</link>
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		<title>King of the Hill for Age of Conquest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest will have a new game type available. King of the Hill will require a player or a team to hold a certain area on the map for a given time to win the game. Target flags will define the zone.
For additional suggestions, please post your ideas here in the blog!
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/08/24/king-of-the-hill-for-age-of-conquest/</link>
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		<title>Color Swatch &amp; Color Selector for Java</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The color selector (JColorChooser) for Java is rather ugly, so I decided to write my own color chooser. The color chooser is made up of two components:

ColorSelector: A button which displays the currently selected color and pops up the ColorSwatch when clicked.
ColorSwatch:  Displays a color swatch with clickable colors. The color swatch expects a two-dimensional [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/08/19/color-swatch-color-selector-for-java/</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Age of Conquest for iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NOBLE MASTER GAMES RELEASES AGE OF CONQUEST FOR APPLE IPAD
Honolulu, HI – August 17, 2010 &#8212; Noble Master Games releases their medieval strategy game &#8220;Age of Conquest: World Conquest&#8221; for Apple&#8217;s iPad platform.
Age of Conquest a risk-like strategy game where you take the reign of a budding empire and struggle for domination of the world. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/08/16/press-release-age-of-conquest-for-ipad/</link>
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		<title>GUI Components: Slider + Progress Bar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest III will feature two new GUI components: slider and progress bar. Both components have been designed by Sergey &#8220;Serjio&#8221; Churbanov who created most other graphics for Age of Conquest III as well.
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/08/13/gui-components-slider-progress-bar/</link>
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		<title>Splash Screen &#8211; Noble Master</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spent some time creating a splash screen&#8230;
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		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/08/11/splash-screen-noble-master/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest Lite for iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An update for Age of Conquest Lite (iOS devices) is now available in Apple&#8217;s iTunes Store. The update features improved graphics as well as improved AI difficulty levels and difficulty in general. The AI difficulty ranges from easy to extreme. Most notable, the game has now full iPad support. See screenshot below for details.
All other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/08/05/age-of-conquest-lite-for-ipad/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest: Income &amp; Expenses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to numerous requests, below is a description of income &#038; expenses in Age of Conquest III. The system is up and running on Android already and will come to PC, Macintosh &#038; Linux soon.
The income and expenses for each turn are calculated as follows:
World world = ... // the world including everything
Entity entity = [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/07/29/age-of-conquest-income-expenses/</link>
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		<title>Age of Conquest: Menu Screen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like I am done a lot earlier than anticipated! I uploaded Age of Conquest Lite with iPad support yesterday night to the iTunes store for review. Shouldn&#8217;t be long until it is approved (or rejected). I will release &#8220;World Conquest&#8221; featuring the world map thereafter.
Find below the menu screen layout for the single player [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/07/29/age-of-conquest-menu-screen/</link>
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		<title>Latest Screenshots for AoC Version III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age of Conquest III for iPad is close to completion. It should take about one week of development, then one or more weeks to get the application approved in the Apple iTunes store. Age of Conquest Lite (map of Europe) will be upgraded first to give existing users the chance to play the game not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.noblemaster.com/2010/07/28/latest-screenshots-for-aoc-version-iii/</link>
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