Re: ME-PBM Sux

From: baidins@dori.cis.udel.edu (Juris Baidins)

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 02:49:24 +0000

In article <1528.344.uupcb@datadim.com> jeff.leggett@datadim.com (Jeff Leggett) writes:
>Wow!  ME-PBM Game #100.  I played in Game #14 and found it to be boring
>and uneventful and droppped after about 12 turns.  I thought it was a
>little expensive as well.  I know play Monster island and Dark Magus (if
>they would ever get their act together).  What i would like to know is
>what makes ME-PBM so appealing to all of you?
>

The specific world it is in, Middle Earth.  Defined teams, so that even
players like me who are not social butterflies WILL have allies.
(ten Dark Servants, ten Free Peoples, five neutrals).  Mechanics that
are not overly complicated (eg Legends), but allow some degree of
flexibility.

What position did you play in game 14 ?  It can make all the difference.
Some positions will be in a wild melee from the word go, some can take
up to a year to build quietly.  In game 43, I have been fighting from
the start, in game 7 I took a year to decide who to fight, in game 23
I built for a few turns and then emerged into a world already
shattered by war and helped mop up.

I have been in four games.  None have been boring or uneventful.
There have been stretches of 5-8 turns where the primary emphasis was
building and stretches where combat was continuous.  In game 23, I played
a sheltered Dark Servant (the Blind Sorceror), built for eight turns, and
then for the next 15 turns fought, assasinated or dueled someone.

--
Juris Baidins
baidins@cis.udel.edu

References

ME-PBM Sux
jeff.leggett@datadim.com (Jeff Leggett)
Thu, 08 Jul 1993 15:15:00 +0000