Re: What to do about a real newbie...

From: "Robert E. Bolin" <draugnar@iglou.com>

Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000

OK, it's three to one, so far, in favor of helping the newbie out, and
I'm leaning that way.  The thing is, I'm a newbie myself and had more
common sense than to make allies this early in the game, but maybe that
from experience in other PBMs like Earthwood and MEPBM.  I am also a
pessimist who believes that people are generally good, but only in real
life.  In games, they'll do things they would never do in reality (like
assassinate their allies Nazgul just for the points...).

One more thing to note.  The rules state "You can pickup troops from an
ally's garrison too, and they become yours for all intents and purposes -
with OR WITHOUT your ally's permission."  The rules use the same all caps
on the "OR WITHOUT" and continue to say that if all troops are picked up,
the garrison no longer exists and any factories or spycenters are
considered destroyed and the hex belongs to no one.  It seems rather
logical, then, that an easy way to take a capital is to pickup the
garrison and redrop it.  You own the hex and everything in it, including
the capital, but excluding the destroyed factories and spy centers.

You just seems SO dense to not realize this...

If I tell him of his flaw, he'll probably realize that I took the armory
from him and might get upset.  Do you think this will be countered by his
gratitude for pointing out his error?  Should I go back 5 or 6 turns
later and take his capital if he hasn't corrected the problem and we
still have become formal allies?  He really has done nothing in the first
5 turns to warrant serious consideration as an ally.  He hasn't even
taken another state, yet, with his, I could be up to 8 after this turn
and am at 5 now.

Robert "DieHard" Bolin, aka Draugnar of the Third
draugnar@iglou.com   or  Robert_E_Bolin@parwhq.ccmail.compuserve.com

References

What to do about a real newbie...
"Robert E. Bolin" <draugnar@iglou.com>
Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: What to do about a real newbie...
LSTRAW@EUROPA.UMUC.EDU (Laura H. Straw)
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

What to do about a real newbie...
"Robert E. Bolin" <draugnar@iglou.com>
Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: What to do about a real newbie...
LSTRAW@EUROPA.UMUC.EDU (Laura H. Straw)
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000