Re: What is "cross-gaming"?

From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 21:36:40 +0000

In article <33i4mi$inq@math.rutgers.edu>,
Doug Bonar <bonar@math.rutgers.edu> wrote:

>Every gaming group I've played with had well know reputations
>for all their regulars.

As does mine. If you look at my definition, it doesn't say that
cross-gaming includes ALL forms of information transfer between games;
it instead talks about things like "tit-for-tat" strategies. I've
never had anyone (before) complain about where I draw the line between
my games, but I have seen some folks in Diplomacy who claim that any
form of information transfer is bad. I figure they should just play
anonymous games.

One previous encounter I had with cross-gaming was in a series of
games run by Tony Lovell. In one Battleships game, I was in a winning
alliance. In the next game, the losers of the previous game started
firing at the winners (including me) from the previous game even
before it was clear that we were going to ally again (which we in fact
did...). Perhaps as a result, Tony made the next game a different
system (Tictactics) and also made it anonymous.

In the current Olympia game, I have made no effort to educate anyone
about other players' past playing styles or actions, but I do take
reputations (from all sources) into account when I'm choosing whom to
ally with. After all, a trustworthy enemy from one game can make an
excellent ally in another.

-- g

References

Accusing Greg Lindahl of unethical gaming
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 23 Aug 1994 02:13:51 +0000
What is "cross-gaming"?
halamir@vnet.ibm.com (Vic Alteria)
Wed, 24 Aug 1994 19:49:30 +0000
Re: What is "cross-gaming"?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 25 Aug 1994 01:04:04 +0000
Re: What is "cross-gaming"?
bonar@math.rutgers.edu (Doug Bonar)
Thu, 25 Aug 1994 13:01:06 +0000