Re: Me-pbm: agents, scouting, and bears, oh my!

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@rsn.hp.COM>

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000

In article <34CEE783.6249@io.com>,
Stanley, the Daredevil Crow! <samcraig@io.com> wrote:
>Shivan1dgn wrote:
>>
>> Take all the emmys you need at game start while you are busy naming 40E you
>> will lose 2 PC per emmy named. My fist FA game I started with 2 40E luckily I
>> ran into some good allies and we accquired some territory. PC limit will hit
>> turn 5-6
>>  Name anything 40 but agents is a waste and I would only takeName 40A in a FA
>> grudge game. Agents tend to die more than other characters.
>>  You will only name 13 charcters plus replacemnts for ones that die
>
>Ummm, why? Why only 13? Where does this number come from?
>
You start with 8 characters and the maximum number of characters you can
have at one time is 21 (and that only after turn 21).  So 21-8 = 13.
Of course, if someone is really coming after you with agents, you can lose
several characters per turn.

>> I took +20 scout once (never again) it falls woefully short compared to double
>> scout, which in my humble opinon, is the BEST SNA in FA.
>
>Please forgive such a vile, inherently stupid question from a
>(currently) outsider, but why exactly is scouting so important? Am I
>going to be chasing down my opponents characters that much? Is it to
>find the best hexes for PCs? Side note, do hexes of the same terrain
>type produce different 'amounts' of resources? The notes on camp
>placement would seem to argue that but I've never seen it actually
>stated as such.
>
If you don't plan to name agents, scouting is not important.  Of course, if
your opponent has agents and you don't, you will soon not have any
characters at all.  A killer agent without names of targets is pretty
useless.  With double scouting, an agent who is not ready to kill can
identify all the targets in a hex.

On the hex locations for popcenters, yes, there is considerable variation on
the production of different hexes of the same terrain type.  Unfortunately
because the popcenter limit is hit so early in games with experienced
players, you are better off grabbing any popcenters you can and not waiting
for a through survey before selecting your popcenters.  Weather is a major
factor in production, so knowing what areas to avoid can make a big
difference in your economic health (hint xx01 is so cold as to be just about
useless for resource production, but can make for a surprise recruiting
base).

>>
>> My non grudge game elven agent/mage would be:
>> Teleport
>> Double Scout
>> Stealth (just for kicks)
>>
>
>Yeah, stealth looks like a good "role-play ability".
>

References

Create Army=5000gold
"Stanley, the Daredevil Crow!" <samcraig@io.com>
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Create Army=5000gold
shivan1dgn@aol.com (Shivan1dgn)
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Me-pbm: agents, scouting, and bears, oh my!
"Stanley, the Daredevil Crow!" <samcraig@io.com>
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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Create Army=5000gold
"Stanley, the Daredevil Crow!" <samcraig@io.com>
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Create Army=5000gold
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Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Me-pbm: agents, scouting, and bears, oh my!
"Stanley, the Daredevil Crow!" <samcraig@io.com>
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000