Lizards! PBM startup ideas.

From: jonob@kcbbs.gen.nz (Jono Bean)

Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000

I've played in a few games of Lizards! and the startups in the rulebook are
not the best. I think that any player given the time can work out a better
startup for Lizards! in a couple of hours.

Their are a few basic rules that I use when planning my startup.

Almost always take the full 600 warrior Lizards, as you can capture dens if
you have the bands of Lizards on the ground.

Avoid placing a Temple within 2 hexs of your Home Den.

On the Home Den make it Red in colour as thats cheap.

Don't bye any Den Lizards, only go for the Warrior Lizards and then set them
free in to the dens if you are after more Population in you starting Dens.

Bye at least "a Band of 10" Green, Yellow, and Black warrior Lizards.

Bye 50 grey Lizards and look at ruins as terrain as they are a fine start to
building more dens. Using the "Bands of 10" as given above you can free them
into dens to start (and control) the colour of the dens, you are building.

Black dens (and the Black Warriors Lizards) are very important in the game,
but they are very - very expensive to start with.

In the first few turns move your bands out from your starting template in
bands of 80+ Lizards. Bands of 200 meen that you cab split into small bands
later to capture more dens. The bigger the band the better to capture free
unowned (by other player) dens that will join your clan.

Jono Bean.