Re: MEPBM:At Sea question

From: cmday1@aol.com (CMDay1)

Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, folks,

I'm an old ME-PBM veteran and I can tell you there isn't a whole lot of
stats available on how dangerous the open seas are.  I can, however, tell
you this:

The more consecutive hexes of open seas you traverse in one turn, the more
chance of a negative open seas encounter (pirates, storms at sea, etc.)

For example, if you just sit in an open seas hex and not move every turn
(say you are looking repeatedly for a waterbound artifact) you will be in
no danger (or statistically minimal chance of danger.)  On the other hand,
if you move 14 hexes, all of which are in open seas you are virtually
guaranteed an encounter.

In my personal experience, sitting still or only crossing one or two open
seas hexes has never been a problem.  With 3 or more open seas hexes, I
have often been blown a hex off course.

Also, FYI, the more encounters with pirates that players have, the bigger
the pirate navy gets...though I have yet to lose more than a ship or two
to them.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Chris Day

References

Re: MEPBM:At Sea question
kazandar@ix.netcom.com
Sat, 18 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: MEPBM:At Sea question
kazandar@ix.netcom.com
Sat, 18 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000