Re: Odyssey Questions

From: jbrowning@hayes.com (Damage Control)

Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <17410FD35S86.DLUKE@msu.edu>, DLUKE@msu.edu (Doug Luke) writes:
> I got my setup for HQ-2, and am having fun wading through it. There sure
> is a lot of information, and the game hasn't even started yet! Here are
> some quick beginners questions for all of you Odyssey experts:

I'll take a crack at a couple of these...

>
> 1) What does BD stand for in the province reports? I can't seem to find
>    this anywhere in the docs.

"BD" is battle distance - how far away in tactical spaces the armies will
start from each other. See the Combat section of the rules for more details.
Basically, the less restrictive the terrain, the farther apart the armies will
start, and the more shots the missile troops will get.

>
> 2) I'm a little confused about markers and features. When investigating
>    them, should I investigate the marker (m????) or feature (q????)?
>    Also, does INVESTIGATE give me more information about markers than
>    simply VIEWing them?

INVESTIGATING a marker will give you a small blurb as to what it is. VIEW will
only give you what's on your sighting report now. EMBARK wil either sign you up
for the quest, or activate the feature. The syntax is :

INVESTIGATE c# m#
EMBARK c# m# q#

>
> 3) Does anyone have some turn and result forms from the playtest that
>    they would be willing to share? There are a number of orders that
>    are not used in the example turns and results available from Gamers
>    Den. This would also help me figure out how the turn sequencing works.
>

I'm afraid I don't have my old turns anymore, but the samples are pretty
accurate. In fact, things were tougher in the playtest <g>.

> 4) Finally, how do people keep track of all the information? Just keeping
>    up with the map will be tough enough, not to mention the items, quests,
>    dens, titles, etc.! I'm thinking of using a mapping utility (STGMap or
>    possibly even Aide de Camp) to keep track of my area. Anyone interested
>    in trading map information?

I've discovered that I can keep a dandy map in MS-Excel, of all things. for the
other stuff, I'll probably use MS-Access.
>
> BTW, I've set up in the SW, around the Wastes/Fringe. If anyone is interested
> in alliances, information, cooperation, etc., let me know!
>
> --Doug Luke--

I'm in the Fold in HQ-2, so I'm a ways from you. Good luck with your game!

Joey Browning (The Huntsmen in HQ-1, Emerald Flame in HQ-2)
jbrowning@hayes.com

References

Odyssey Questions
DLUKE@msu.edu (Doug Luke)
Tue, 05 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Odyssey Questions
DLUKE@msu.edu (Doug Luke)
Tue, 05 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000