Re: ME-PBM Desert Resources

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

Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960625100250.6828A-100000@sol13.cs.wisc.edu>,
Todd Jenner  <jenner@sol13.cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
>I play the Khand Easterlings in a game of 2950, and I was thinking of
>placing a camp in the big desert below Mordor. I also have a mage with
>Reveal Production, and I was wondering what product, besides leather and
>mounts (of which I have plenty), to search for. I read somewhere that
>steel could be found in the desert, but food would also be desirable. Any
>and all advice is appreciated.
>
My experience with the 2950 is that you will want to maximize cash income
either through gold production directly or through resource sells.
Hills and Rough far out produce Desert (and just about anything else)
for most types of resources.

The data I've seen has only limited info about desert production
because most people avoid it due to its poor results.  Of 8 hexes,
one produced steel.  The only other production in the desert from this
admittedly limited sample was leather and mounts (but no more than you
would get in the plains, and with no food).

You might consider looking for steel or mithril in mountain hexes (50% chance),
or Steel or Timber in Hills&Rough (33% or 50% chance respectively).

- Patrick McGehearty

References

ME-PBM Desert Resources
Todd Jenner <jenner@sol13.cs.wisc.edu>
Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000