Re: Arena

From: srt@aero.org (Scott Turner)

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 20:38:54 +0000

orb@bashful.cc.utexas.edu (Norman Richards) writes:
>Is there any way to get a roster of players at the END of a turn?

Currently, no.  I realize this is a problem, and may look into how to
fix it.  (But no promises.)

>Also, I am trying to piece together some info on how the certain
>stats affect the game.

Heh.

Around the time Arena was born, there was an extended discussion on
this newsgroup concerning whether or not the mechanics of a PBEM game
should be revealed to the players.

The main argument in favor of revealing the mechanics was: "The
players will figure out the mechanics quickly enough anyway."  I
questioned this.  In part to test this, I've never released the
mechanics of Arena.  To my knowledge, no one other than myself has a
good understanding of the precise mechanics of Arena.  (Obviously a
number of people have a coarser, intuitive understanding of some of
the tradeoffs.)  So much for that argument.

None of Arena's mechanics are particularly complicated, but there are
so many, and they interact in so many ways, that I don't believe that
anyone can fully understand the system working just from the fight
outputs.

>  One list quickie - what is the "acceptable" number of warriors to
>have?  I have 3 and that feels about right, but I would like to add
>a few guys to test out some ideas.

This is answered in the rules.  3 is the max.

-- Scott T.

References

Arena
orb@bashful.cc.utexas.edu (Norman Richards)
Sat, 12 Feb 1994 17:46:07 +0000

Referenced By

Arena
orb@bashful.cc.utexas.edu (Norman Richards)
Sat, 12 Feb 1994 17:46:07 +0000