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

From: Douglas Adams <doug@ukans.edu>

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000

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

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

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