Re: Olympia - roads? From: varela@neliano.bio.brandeis.edu (Juan A. Varela) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 23:34:42 +0000 In article <3fjd38INN4lk@retriever.cs.umbc.edu>, schott@cs.umbc.edu (Brian Schott) wrote: :) :) There would be trade-offs to building roads. A road would improve :) your mobility, and improve your chances of defending a larger :) territory. However, an invader could also benefit. You could also :) build castles farther away from sources of stone without as much :) tedious mucking about in travel. Maybe not, if the region si guarded then a toll is mandatory. You should also have the option of not using the road and take 7 saven day and dont pay. :) :) Road building could make for a more interesting game. Large factions :) could get on with the job of empire building, trade routes could be :) established and developed... Olympia might evolve from isolated :) city-states grubbing for resources to empires. Think Rome. There :) would still be plenty of wilderness for us small factions to explore. :) I think is a good idea. : -- Juan A. Varela Please, send $20 for the world conquest. varela@binah.cc.brandeis.edu Up