Re: Odyssey Playtesters

From: quixote@elbrus.lcs.mit.edu (Chris Conley)

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <40p9nr$eqa@news.scruz.net>, Tim Hahn <hahn@den.com> wrote:
>Kythyn (kythyn@aol.com) wrote:
>: Also, decide if your in it for the adventure (as any role-player would be)
>: or intend to win.  If it's the latter, you will need the military, since 6
>: of the 12 targets are well-defended population centers.
>
>	Not necessarily.  Locations can be had without resorting to
>brute force.  See the CLAIM and HONOR orders.  You'll need lots of
>glory, but then the military position is going to need some hecka big
>armies to win via the military route.

And, of course, it's entirely possible for alliances to win.  Let your
military-type friend assault the big locations while you go after the
guilds, then declare a joint victory.  No problem there...

On another note - since when are role-players only "in it for the
adventure"?  Why is it out of character to decide that my position's
goal is to rule the four religions, which just happens to involve owning
4 of the victory-condition guilds?  Why shouldn't an overachieving
commander want to build a huge army and conquer all of the major
locations?  If you just want to fight monsters, that's fine, but I
certainly disagree with the assertion that role-playing precludes an
attempt to "win".

- Chris

References

Re: Odyssey Playtesters
kdmcgee@aol.com (KDMcGee)
Thu, 10 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey Playtesters
kythyn@aol.com (Kythyn)
Thu, 10 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey Playtesters
hahn@den.com (Tim Hahn)
Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000