Re: Alamaze question...

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 18:00:58 +0000

bowen@ug.cs.dal.ca (Keith Bowen):
>I am interested in playing a fantasy pbm game called Alamaze (sp?), and
>i was wondering if anyone who does play could email me with thoughts/
>comments/advice. Also, could someone email me a list of the regions and
>the cities.

I've played Alamaze, and would rate it as one of the best-designed
fantasy pbms on the market.  It's also *very* fast-paced:  Messing
up a single turn can be fatal.  And very diplomacy-intensive:  If
you haven't been in contact with most of the players (fifteen to a game)
by the second turn, you'll be playing at a *major* disadvantage*.Ie,
send out cards on your first turn.)  A typical game of Alamaze runs
about 30 (biweekly) turns.  The customer service used to be awful,
but that's been largely fixed.  A major problem is that experienced
players have a *lot* more information than new ones.  This is
partly fixed by having an advanced game and a basic game.

I see no point in listing regions and cities, as they're all shown
on the map you get with the setup.

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Dani Zweig
dani@netcom.com

Roses red and violets blew
  and all the sweetest flowres that in the forrest grew -- Edmund Spenser

References

Alamaze question...
bowen@ug.cs.dal.ca (Keith Bowen)
Mon, 30 Aug 1993 06:58:17 +0000