Re: Olympia musings

From: Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0000

I generally agree with all of the above. One of the reasons I dropped
Olympia is that it was too easy.  Not easy in that I could take out BtA,
but easy in that whatever short range goal I set for myself was easy to
acomplish.  I started in turn 48, by the team I dropped in turn 65 (less
than 3 game-years) I had two castles, a bunch of nobles and men, a busy
little beast breeding farm, 15 garrisoned provinces, a mage working away
at getting powerful enough for BtA to notice him, etc.  The only thing
that slowed me down were the mistakes I kept making in the order writing.

Keith's point about interaction is a good one, too.  I complished
virtually all of the above on my own.  Sure, I joined an alliance, and
they helped me get my second castle, but I really could have acomplished
it on my own in maybe five additional turns.  I remember a player when I
first started offered to sell me a ship, but it turned out I could build
one for less than he was asking, so why bother.  I think I would have
enjoyed the game operating a shipbuilding business, but there's no point
to even trying.

Rob Rodgers
rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu

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References

Olympia musings
khearn@pyramid.com (Keith Hearn)
Thu, 07 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Olympia musings
sjc@mcs.kent.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Sun, 10 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0000