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I'm working on one, but I don't know how the AI works. Is it all random, or is there some intelligence dictating how units move on a map and what attacks they use?

You'd need to come up with a ruleset to describe how the AI should make decisions and what its responses will be to those decisions. You will also want to put some randomness into the decisions so that it doesn't always follow the precise same path of logic.

I suggest a LOT of paper, a pencil, a ruler and a rubber (eraser to any Americans on the board!)

Start a big ol' flow chart!

I usually do my alogorithms using the outline format. I used to use flowcharts, but I'd end up wearing my plastic out (for all those who are sound of mind, that's MY term for erasers, not credit cards).

I guess if I wanted to create a character unit that had a real grudge against the protagonist's unit, I wuld have to create an algorithm that would..

1. Save both unit postions in memory.

2. Find the shortest route to its target and get there using as many movement points as it takes.

3. Make a loop that repeats 1 and 2 until the units make contact with each other then..

4. Have the unit select an attack (if it has one) that is strongest against the unit it wants to destroy.

Heh... that does look kinda simple. I'll add more to it later on though.