Re: Lizards!

From: jeremy@insignia.com (Jeremy Maiden)

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

David,

Things to know about Lizards!

The standard setups are not good value for points, they have too many
den
lizards - buy mobile forces and capture neutral dens in the opening
turns.

Power is a function of number of lizards, but scores and winning are a
function of capturing home dens. Build up your lizard numbers while not
taking home dens, people lose track and think the high scorers are
winning.
In my game I led on lizards and trailed on points right up to the last
turn
when I snatched the home dens I'd been saving.

Keep your dens 60% full for optimum population growth.

Differently to most games like this, it's OK to fight on more than one
front
because lizards move so slowly they can't cross a decent sized empire
anyway.

Don't be afraid of water, some players lose a lot of time going around
it
or building bridges and rafts, but the small chance of minor losses can
usually be ignored in favour of bold moves and rapid progress.

Use all spare orders to keep launching spies, ideally into other
people's
swamps where they're less likely to be caught. Seeing something is the
first step to controlling it.

Plan ahead for being shoved - don't put yourself between an enemy den
and
a whirlpool (as I did) so they can just push you in.

Jeremy

References

Lizards!
david@davidfr.demon.co.uk (David Rowbotham)
Tue, 12 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000