Re: Hyborian War: do they ever change the set-up?

From: danny@library.health.ufl.edu

Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <328A5BEF.3074@ukans.edu> Douglas Adams <doug@ukans.edu> writes:
>From: Douglas Adams <doug@ukans.edu>
>Subject: Re: Hyborian War: do they ever change the set-up?
>Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:38:23 -0600

>Warmaster Horus wrote:
>>
>> I haven't played HW in years, and was wondering if they ever got around
>> to changing the set-ups and imperial/victory conditions. As it was,
>> veteran players had a significant advantage over new players.
>>
>> Anybody play this recently enough to comment on?

>I, too, just started playing after a five year absence.  I found that
>all of my old data was a significant advantage to me, since they had not
>changed any characteristics of the game at all.  That is, all of the
>starting troops, terrain, victory conditions, and characters were thae
>same as when I left.  I don't know when you stopped playing, but they
>did make some changes to rules governing naval invasions and set piece
>battles.  I have found that kingdoms with access to non-player
>provinces--and to a lesser extent even non-unified lands--get a major
>leg up.  Since set piece battles are much easier to get, a nation with
>expansion room like Hyrkania, Khauran, Amazonia or Khitai could take a
>province per turn per army.

>Doug
Yes you do get a leg up, but you get more victory points for conquering player
countries than non-player countries. Kusan exands fast but as the game goes on
it will lose ground in the rankings because player countries are gaining
ground against other player counties.  Amazonia wins alot because by the end
of the game most black kingdoms drop out and northern armies can't reach them
that fast or are busy attacking each other.
Dan

References

ME-PBM GAME 4 FA. Yoohoo anyone out there
tolkien@aol.com
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Hyborian War: do they ever change the set-up?
osiris.1@ix.netcom.com(Warmaster Horus)
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Hyborian War: do they ever change the set-up?
Douglas Adams <doug@ukans.edu>
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

ME-PBM GAME 4 FA. Yoohoo anyone out there
tolkien@aol.com
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Hyborian War: do they ever change the set-up?
osiris.1@ix.netcom.com(Warmaster Horus)
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Hyborian War: do they ever change the set-up?
Douglas Adams <doug@ukans.edu>
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000