Article Design Tests/Archive

This is a place to store old page design experiments. These are retained for two main reasons: to provide a reference point for any proposed modifications of existing page designs, and to provide inspirational material for any new page design.

Note that all text on this page remains in the state it was in when it was created, and so may refer to things which are no longer true or relevant.

"Building Roster" Style

The current style for "building rosters" (e.g. Empire buildings) has several issues. There is currently no information provided as to what tier/level the main settlement needs to before each building can be constructed. There is also no information about which buildings are part of the same chain (what buildings upgrade into).
These ought to be resolved before anyone creates the pages required for Wood Elf Buildings, and Beastmen buildings, and before updating the Bretonnia buildings. Therefore, I have proposed the 2 new styles demonstrated below (I have also included the old style for comparison).

Official encyclopedia style

Official in-game style

Current wiki style

Pros & Cons

• Missing information on what tier the building is
• Missing information on what buildings are part of what chain
• Shows effects, costs, and requirements efficiently
• Fairly compact

Example

Building	Effect	Cost	Requirements
Gunsmith	Mortar	5000 money 3 turns
Foundry	Allows recruitment: Great Cannon Helstorm Rocket Battery Mortar	7500 money 4 turns
Engineer's Workshop (Empire)	Allows recruitment: Great Cannon Helblaster Volley Gun Helstorm Rocket Battery Mortar Steam Tank	11250 money 5 turns
Stables (Empire)	Allows recruitment: Pistoliers	2500 money 2 turns
Livery (Empire)	Allows recruitment: Empire Knights Outriders Outriders (Grenade Launcher) Pistoliers	5000 money 3 turns
Menagerie	Allows recruitment: Demigryph Knights Demigryph Knights (Halberds) Empire Knights Outriders Outriders (Grenade Launcher) Pistoliers	7500 money 4 turns
Reiksfort	Allows recruitment: Reiksguard	4000 money 3 turns	Can only be built by the Empire.

Proposed (new) style 1

Pros & Cons

• Clearly shows what tier the building is
• Much easier to compare costs and effects of different tiers of the same building
• Clearly shows what chain the building is part of (if any)
• Shows effects, and costs (could show requirements easily)
• Takes up more space
• Design still feels somewhat crowded

Example

	Tier
Forge	I	II	III	IV	V
Icon
Name			Gunsmith	Foundry	Engineer's Workshop (Empire)
Cost			5000 money 3 turns	7500 money 4 turns	11250 money 5 turns
Effect			Allows recruitment: Mortar	Allows recruitment: Mortar Great Cannon Helstorm Rocket Battery	Allows recruitment: Mortar Great Cannon Helstorm Rocket Battery Helblaster Volley Gun Steam Tank
Stables	I	II	III	IV	V
Icon
Name		Stables	Livery	Menagerie
Cost		2500 money 2 turns	5000 money 3 turns	7500 money 4 turns
Effect		Allows recruitment: Pistoliers	Allows recruitment: Pistoliers Outriders Outriders (Grenade Launcher) Empire Knights	Allows recruitment: Pistoliers Outriders Outriders (Grenade Launcher) Empire Knights Demigryph Knights Demigryph Knights (Halberds)
Reiksguard	I	II	III	IV	V
Icon
Name			Reiksfort
Cost			4000 money 3 turns
Effect			Allows recruitment: Reiksguard

Proposed (new) style 2

Pros & Cons

• Clearly shows what tier the building is
• Clearly shows what chain the building is part of (if any)
• Extremely compact
• Does not shows effects, costs, or requirements

Example

Category	Tier
	I	II	III	IV	V
Forge			Gunsmith	Foundry	Engineer's Workshop (Empire)
Stables		Stables	Livery	Menagerie
Reiksguard			Reiksfort

Combined style 4

Building	Chain	Tier	Effect	Cost	Requirements
Gunsmith	Forge	III	Allows recruitment Mortar	5000 money 3 turns
Foundry		IV	Allows recruitment Great Cannon Helstorm Rocket Battery Mortar	7500 money 4 turns
Engineer's Workshop (Empire)		V	Allows recruitment Great Cannon Helblaster Volley Gun Helstorm Rocket Battery Mortar Steam Tank	11250 money 5 turns
Stables (Empire)	Stables	II	Allows recruitment Pistoliers	2500 money 2 turns
Livery (Empire)		III	Allows recruitment Empire Knights Outriders Outriders (Grenade Launcher) Pistoliers	5000 money 3 turns
Menagerie		IV	Allows recruitment Demigryph Knights Demigryph Knights (Halberds) Empire Knights Outriders Outriders (Grenade Launcher) Pistoliers	7500 money 4 turns
Reiksfort	Reiksguard	III	Allows recruitment Reiksguard	4000 money 3 turns	Can only be built by the Empire.

Combined Style 5

Chain	Tier	Building	Effect	Cost	Requirements
Forge	III	Gunsmith	Allows recruitment Mortar	5000 3 turns
	IV	Foundry	Allows additional recruitment Great Cannon Helstorm Rocket Battery	7500 4 turns
	V	Engineer's Workshop	Allows additional recruitment Helblaster Volley Gun Steam Tank	11250 5 turns
Stables	II	Stables	Allows recruitment Pistoliers	2500 2 turns
	III	Livery	Allows additional recruitment Empire Knights Outriders Outriders (Grenade Launcher)	5000 3 turns
	IV	Menagerie	Allows additional recruitment Demigryph Knights Demigryph Knights (Halberds)	7500 4 turns
Reiksguard	III	Reiksfort	Allows recruitment Reiksguard	4000 3 turns	Can only be built by the Empire.