A turn based game is going to be governed by a [state machine][1]. Basically, you would lay out a series of states that can occur in a logical order.

At a high level, a player's turn could be the start of a new state, followed by all the possible actions that are allowed during that turn.

For instance

• State - change player
  • it is now player 1's turn
• Actions allowed
  • attack
    • select enemy to attack
  • defend
    • select unit to defend
  • move unit
    • select unit to move
    • check to ensure movement is allowed
  • etc

Obviously this will balloon quite quickly, as I've only sketched out an extremely limited plan. Having a good grasp on possible states early on will mean that you should be in a good position to implement. I'd highly stress sketching out exactly how you want the game to run....a good turn-based game requires a lot of planning IMO. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_machine

A turn based game is going to be governed by a state machine. Basically, you would lay out a series of states that can occur in a logical order.

At a high level, a player's turn could be the start of a new state, followed by all the possible actions that are allowed during that turn.

For instance

• State - change player
  • it is now player 1's turn
• Actions allowed
  • attack
    • select enemy to attack
  • defend
    • select unit to defend
  • move unit
    • select unit to move
    • check to ensure movement is allowed
  • etc

Obviously this will balloon quite quickly, as I've only sketched out an extremely limited plan. Having a good grasp on possible states early on will mean that you should be in a good position to implement. I'd highly stress sketching out exactly how you want the game to run....a good turn-based game requires a lot of planning IMO.