Hyborian War: Non-player Kingdom Behavior

From: snake6283@aol.com (Snake6283)

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

I agree that it depends alot on what Non Player Kingdom (NPK) you are
talking about.  Meru is pretty aggressive, but is bottled up by its
alliances with its neighbors.  If you break the alliances, they start
fighting, and that gives you an opportunity to sneak in and take weakened
provinces.  But don't wait too long.  Meru's army is apparently pretty
huge to begin with, and just keep getting bigger.
    I know the Kozaki's are pretty aggressive as well.  So are the Nomads
near Hyrkania, the Wigur and Kuigar.  The jungles are also very
aggressive, attacking more often than the very good rule of thumb DANNY
mentioned.  In my Tombalku game, these guys are unstoppable.  If I peace
them off, they almost immediately go for my ally Punt.  They also have a
tendency to pull troops out of seemingly nowhere, because they are so
aggressive.
    I have heard that the Eastern Deserts are less aggressive, as well as
some of the oceans and the various "mini kingdoms".
    As for the PK's that are no longer played, that depends.  Typically
they are very territorial, even after the player drops.  But not any more,
I think, than the Jungles, east or west, the Kozakis, or the Nomads.
Sometimes though, they do weird things.  Also in my Tombalku game, Kush
attacked Stygia, in Stygia after it was dropped.  Of course, they picked
the province I had invaded also.  I think with former PK's, DANNY's rule
works pretty well.

References

Re: Hyborian War: Non-player Kingdom Behavior
DANNY@library.health.ufl.edu
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000