Re: MEPBM 'riddle help' = you guys are weak...

From: kgp8d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Keith G. Parker)

Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000

MDBench@spamisevil.concentric.net writes:
>
> Moving population centers by 1 hex in *any* direction will make people
> find them, plain and simple - as opposed to 'knowing' where *every*
> enemy population center in Middle Earth is at game start.

...and we won't be playing in Middle Earth!  Sure, why don't we
move Minas Anor one hex east?  A lot of the pop centers are
placed in strategic locations for a very good reason.  I would
almost agree with you if it were limited to *camps*, but I just
don't see the problem with the game as it is.

> I know this may be tough to implement, but I think *everyone* would
> have a better time playing MEPBM. The veterans would have more of
> a challenge, and the new guys would gain some badly needed breathing
> room and time (how many times have you seen a new player drop a
> position because he gets swarmed on turn 2 by 4 Nations who know
> *everything* about his Nation in advance?).

There are a ton of resources out there for anyone to find if
they possess the desire.  I knew (or had access to) *every*
trivial piece of setup data weeks before I received turn 0 of
my first game.  What kills new players are the nuances in the
rules -- not startup info.  KP
--
Keith Parker, Ph.D.         |  kgp8d@virginia.edu
Department of Chemistry     |  http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~kgp8d
University of Virginia      |
Charlottesville, VA  22901  |

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Re: MEPBM 'riddle help' = you guys are weak...
MDBench@spamisevil.concentric.net
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: MEPBM 'riddle help' = you guys are weak...
MDBench@spamisevil.concentric.net
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000