Re: MEPBM 2950 - Strategies?

From: Kevin Barry <kebarry@gramercy.ios.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Darren L Frechette wrote:
>
> Kevin J. Brown (mornhm@prairienet.org) wrote:
> : Does anyone have a list of strategies that have been tried in the 2950
> : games. Successful and unsuccessful? Does anyone have a list of the
> : results for the games that have been completed? Thanks.
>
> No list here, but the general consensus is that economics are
> critical in the early going.  I'm on turn 25 of game 8 now, and there
> are still about half the nations in the game, with most failing due to
> bankruptcy after a series of small losses or too much inadvised
> recruiting.  It's definitely been a less military-oriented game until
> recently, and we've tried several different strategies.  I'll probably
> sum up the game and what strategies we've tried when (if) the game
> ends.
>
> I was also a neutral-turned-good in the ill-fated game 32. Our freep
> team fell apart due to irreconcilable differences even though we
> seemed to have an edge.  It ended after only about 10 turns.
>
> -Darren
>
> darren@unity.ncsu.edu

To Darrens comment I would like to add the importance of good
communications between team members. You need good communications to
coordinate the transfer of resources to keep the team economies afloat.
ME 32 was the first PBM game I have played where all of us (the DS team)
had access to email. It was an invaluable for formulating strategies,
making sure everyone was headed in the same direction and fighting off
bankrupcy.

Unfortunetly, the FP team did not seem to be communicating very well.

As to the Freeps having the edge....naw. By turn 5 we had the North
Gondor player effectively out of the game and by 10 the Silvan Player
was gone. After that the FP team dropped en mass. The game actually went
on until turn 15 while we hunted down the last FP (special service)
player (the Dwarves as it turned out).

It was fun while it lasted.

-Former ME 32 Long Rider Player

kebarry@gramercy.ios.com

References

MEPBM 2950 - Strategies?
mornhm@prairienet.org (Kevin J. Brown)
Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM 2950 - Strategies?
darren@unity.ncsu.edu (Darren L Frechette)
Sat, 17 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000