Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia

From: desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)

Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 05:08:07 +0000

John Sloan <johns@unipalm.co.uk> writes:
> The second time I reckon I could easily have flattened the culprit
> militarily, but it would have taken so many noble-days and orders of
> training and making and equipping and marching down there to do it, I
> couldn't be bothered.

No doubt this will show how dense I am, but I thought that was called
"playing the game."  If you take that out, what's left?

> Some way of automating these boring tasks [standing orders for nobles,
> if you like] might help.

> This and fewer nobles would mean the PC directly controlled nobles
> would do all the interesting stuff, and the NPCs would walk the trade
> routes, and get mugged etc

If training troops, building armies, conducting trade, and defending
your territory and nobles are all "the boring stuff", what exactly is
the interesting stuff?

David desJardins
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References

Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Fri, 06 Jan 1995 17:06:00 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
johns@unipalm.co.uk (John Sloan)
Tue, 10 Jan 1995 13:20:31 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Fri, 06 Jan 1995 17:06:00 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
johns@unipalm.co.uk (John Sloan)
Tue, 10 Jan 1995 13:20:31 +0000