Re: HW: Five Worst and Five Best Kingdoms

From: xjerempe@ssimicro.com (Jeremy Petrisor)

Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <41u5jc$7rn@crl2.crl.com>, galileob@crl.com says...
>
>Snake6283 (snake6283@aol.com) wrote:
>:     Now on to the five worst positions in the game.  These are a little
>: more subjective than objective - formula determined.  With more opinion
>: there might be some changes to the top 5, but anyway, here goes.
>
>: 5 Punt:  A good kingdom, and actually, Asgard holds the fifth worst
>: position by my system, because of their location, but Asgard is tougher.
>: Punt has a decent court, and heavy kingdom losses, but they don't really
>: have much in the way of options.  They have an incredible amount of
>: enemies because of their goals, and if Zembabwei chooses to be an enemy,
>: often the case because of the Gold Hills, it is basically game over for
>: Punt.
>
>Interesting that you bring up Asgard as one of your worst positions...It
>made me think of something I have been wondering...Is the Hyborian
>Kingdoms (Northwestern part of map) generally more difficult to play due
>to the multitude of neighbors there are? It would seem that they might
>be, since many of the Kingdoms have quite a few borders they have to
>defend from other Player Kingdom's...

Many isolated kingdoms Have their own unique problems.  Khitai, for example,
has piss for a treasury.  And the non-player kingdoms seem to be a lot rougher
if you're in an isolated country.

>
>: 2 Darfar:  They usually disappear pretty quickly.  Their troops really are
>: just the pansies of the south.  They hate everyone in the area, and
>: everyone in the area hates them.  Really a horrible position to play.
>
>hehehe, I'll keep that in mind...With the luck I'm having these days,
>this will be my pot-luck Kingdom...
>
>: 1 Border Kingdom:  Their troops aren't a match for anything in the area,
>: and they are a target of several of the toughest kingdoms in the area.
>: They don't start with much of a court either.  Their only "ally" for miles
>: around really doesn't care if they die or not.  Every other kingdom around
>: them is an enemy of Border Kingdom, or Border Kingdom is an enemy of them.
>:  Really, the worst, or should I say, most challenging, position in the
>: game.
>
>I would've figured this might be a tough one to play... A small Kingdom
>surroundedd by large, and presumably tough, neighbors... Does the Border
>Kingdom even stand a chance?

Got to be the toughest kingdom to play.  Only a pre-established peace treaty
kept me from totally wiping them out from the start as Hyperboria (which,
IMHO, is among the most kick-ass countries to play).  After it ran out...

>
>Blade
>

Jeremy Petrisor

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References

Re: HW: Five Worst and Five Best Kingdoms
snake6283@aol.com (Snake6283)
Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: HW: Five Worst and Five Best Kingdoms
galileob@crl.com (Noel Moss)
Mon, 28 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: HW: Five Worst and Five Best Kingdoms
trip@netcom.com (Trip)
Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000