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

From: crstephan@aol.com (Cary Stephan)

Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000

The problem with the Stealth SNA (mentioned at the bottom of this posting)
is that it just increases the CHANCE that you MIGHT get it for a
character. Heck, in the 2950 game as the Sinda I think maybe 2 or 3
characters out of 20+ generated had it. There are better ways to spend
your money for more guaranteed results...

-CARY

In article <6ao76j$igr@deadzone.rsn.hp.com>, patrick@rsn.hp.COM (Patrick
F. McGehearty) wrote:

>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".
>>

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