Re: MEPBM newbie

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 22:56:22 +0000

In article <9415819.12934@mulga.cs.mu.oz.au>,
Richard Terence ALLEN <rta@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
>Hi folks,
>	Im a new player to MEPBM. My preferences where Northern Gondor, the
>witch king and then southern Gondor. Was this a good idea? The game is just
>starting in Australia so we're all rather new to it. Any other suggestions?
>	Thanking you in advance,
>				-Tefkin

There are 25 positions, and with a number of completed games, most positions
have a fair share of results in the top three.  That being the case,
the real question is what type of game to you want to play?
The positions you list all are military/commander oriented.
Others are also in that category.  If you want to sit back in the mountains
and use agents to kill off your enemies, then the Cloud Lord is for you.
If you want to be left alone for a while to build your economy, the
Haradwaith looks powerful.

Each position has its strengths and weaknesses.  What you do with it
depends strongly on how effective your allies are.  If you are one of
the front line FreeP countries, and you can convince your allies to
feed you money, you can build almost unstoppable armies.  If they won't
support you, and you overbuild the armies, you can go bankrupt.
The dark side has great challenges as well.

Have fun learning!

- Patrick McGehearty
  patrick@convex.com