Re: Odyssey

From: Mark Lyon <mlyon@interramp.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Stefan Lache wrote:
> My pet peeve about the current module (Heroes' Quest) is the lack of
> diversity between the different games.  I have never before encountered a
> game that was so prone to the (ab)use of cross-game information:
> As far as I know, the places and IDs of all important locations/guilds/
> markers/portals/items/... are the same for all games.

I have to agree with Stefan.  It is useful to be able to take experience
(such as what items do or what titles are useful) from game to game, but
a little much to be able to transfer all important locations, guilds,
locations of items, etc. from game to game.  Granted, I've been able to
take advantage of that, but it does give experienced players (or those
with connections to experienced players) too strong an advantage over
inexperienced players.   I expect that games after about HQ-5 probably
have one or more players with a significant advantage in game knowledge.

This is one reason that I am looking forward to new modules of Odyssey,
where experience only helps in strategy and tactics, not absolute
knowledge of the key  game pieces.

References

Odyssey
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey
lache@sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de (Stefan Lache)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000