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

From: Eric Myerson <eric.myerson@worldnet.att.net>

Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000

MDBench@spamisevil.concentric.net wrote:
>
> Why don't you guys try reading some books by Tolkien to aid in
> solving your riddles?
>
> And while we are at it, it is my opinion that guys who post the
> correct answers for riddles/encounters/Dragons/etc. are
> helping to RUIN MEPBM.
>
> Imagine their version of the Hobbit...
>
> Gandalf gives Bilbo Baggins a piece of paper with the correct
> command on it so Bilbo and the dwarves can go and RECRUIT
> Smaug for use in the battle of the 5 armies.
>
> If you are afraid of a challenge, go ahead and keep passing all
> the information out and/or asking for it.
>
>                                         Michael Bench

I have read all of the Tolkien I could get my hands on at one time or
another;  some of the riddle stuff _is_ really obscure.  I find the
Tolkienish flavor of the game more important to it's playability than
accuracy to the Tolkien Gospel.  If the game was totally "accurate"
there would only be two or three Nazgul versus many more free players,
and almost no neutrals, thus not much balance upon which to base a
playable game.

I for one would love to see GSI do the randomization thing -- it would
HELP first time players at least somewhat by levelling the field.  The
lists would still be useful, but you would have to work much more
intelligently (read: harder) to get the truly good artifacts, and the
first one there with the character to claim the Ring of Wind would
really have earned it.

Moving the pop centers a hex or two here or there (for some) would be an
interesting idea, but I think not quite as important as the artifacts
and character names.  Most characters "important enough" to be played in
the game would have a basic knowledge of the geography...

How do we get GSI to ry this idea out???

thanks for letting me sound off here.....
Eric Myerson

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MEPBM 'riddle help' = you guys are weak...
MDBench@spamisevil.concentric.net
Fri, 08 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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MEPBM 'riddle help' = you guys are weak...
MDBench@spamisevil.concentric.net
Fri, 08 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000