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.

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Juan A. Varela
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