Re: SuperNova

From: Aaron Boyden <6500adb@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu>

Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000

On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, David Nesbitt wrote:

> tease me(us) with some well placed leaks ....

Sorry, can't do that.  The most I can say (and I feel safe saying this, as
any competitor with half a brain could have figured this out for
themselves) is that it's quite apparent that absorbing the various games
that they've bought from other companies recently has put quite a lot of
strain on RTG's resources, leaving little if anything left over for work
on SN:ROTE.

> >I played and quit SN II from PBM Express about three months ago. The UK GM was
> >good - but PBM Express just won't admit that the game was released too early.
> >It's got so many fundamental problems that I wouldn't recommend it at all.
>
> examples,??

I'm currently playing in their newest region.  It's too early for me to
come up with a final evaluation, but the game does appear disturbingly
buggy.  They claim to have learned from their experience with previous
unsuccessful regions, particularly with respect to player density, but
I'm not sure about that either, as after 6 turns my scouts have yet to
spot anybody else.  This may just mean my neighbors are incompetent, in
which case I shall cheerfully gobble up their territory and become one of
the great powers of the game when I find them, but it is starting to
concern me a little.

Concerning me more is the fact that PBM express has apparently not
distributed very many, if any, special finds about the universe.  In the
original game, I only found one special which was any use (a
planet-cracker MDD), but the rest at least made the turn results a little
more fun to read.

> When introduced to the hobby many years ago, SN was THE game. I've been
> hanging around for a while waiting to find something like it, any
> suggestions??

I'd also like to find another game like SN, so let me know if you hear
anything.

---
Aaron Boyden

"Any competent philosopher who does not understand something will take care
not to understand anything else whereby it might be explained."  -David Lewis

References

SuperNova
"David Nesbitt" <nesbi002@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000