Re: MEPBM encounter

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <zclfSTAjnA0yEw25@fisk.demon.co.uk>,
Andrew Land  <fisk@fisk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>I havent played any PBM's for a long time, a couple of years at least, and
>recently signed up for a game of MEPBM Third Age, I played the original game (I
>was in game two and about six games after that.
>
>I have been given the position of the Dog Lord, and the game starts in a couple
>of weeks, I would be very grateful for any hints or help.
>
>--
>Andrew Land

I had fun the time I played the Dog Lord in 1650.  Key thing to remember is
that you are a hit and run raider.  Put your starting Cav armies to use in
short order.  It may be worth a turn to reorganize artifacts and commanders
so your forces won't be too predictable, but otherwise, you need to get past
the Eothraim Cav forces and start raiding either the Northmen, Dwarves, or
Eothraim popcenters.  Coordinate with the Long Rider and Dark Lt as soon as
possible.  If all three of you work at it, the Dragon Lord has some chance
of surviving, which makes a big difference later on.  Or if the Dragon Lord
seems clueless, combine with the Long Rider to clear out the Northmen from
around the Sea of Rhun.  There are lots of choices, which means the other
side can't predict what you will do next.  A key to successful raiding is to
be unpredictable.  Your mages need to learn Conjure Mounts and spend most of
their time conjuring.  Name pure emissaries and agents as your first four
characters, and get some camps in the mountains so you have enough steel and
bronze to be able to recruit 400 HC in metal every turn at your capitol.
You will probably have to sell the rest of your resources to pay for these
troops, so every time you have 1200 or so HC, send them out on another
raiding mission.  Plan your food carefully, as the extra movement of a
well-fed Cav force allows you to go far.  Don't bother with backup
commanders, as the Freeps have very few killer agents, and they are likely
to be busy elsewhere.  If you put all your command artificats on a good
commander, plus enough LC&HC, his threatens against MTown/Towers will be
pretty effective.  Usually threaten and move to maintain momentum.  If the
threaten fails, you can come back later.  Only when you need to resupply on
food should you stay after a threaten.

That's a few ideas.  Mix in some of your own and have fun.  Don't forget to
build your economy and don't recruit past your ability to pay the troops.
Bankruptcy is perhaps the most common way DS are eliminated in the early
turns of a 1650 game that starts in the winter.

- Patrick McGehearty

References

MEPBM encounter
jeffb026@aol.com (Jeff B026)
Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM encounter
Rick Fletcher <rfletche@dnaent.com>
Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM encounter
Andrew Land <fisk@fisk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 05 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000