Re: DM and GoD

From: robertw@calvin.usc.edu (Robert Watkins)

Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1993 06:31:44 +0000

ewalents@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Erich Walentschak) writes:

>Hm, GoD seems kind of interesting, although it does definately look like a
>take off of DM.

Yes, if you look at their advertising, it is obvious that they intend to be
in direct competition with Duelmasters.  They took everything they hated
about Duelmasters and tossed it out the window.  As such, you can design
your characters from the ground up.  You can fight up to five different
group battles per turn, with a maximum of five warriors in each group.
The cost is lower, $5 for five gladiators, +$1 per warrior over five.
Oh yes, you get to run one extra gladiator on your team for each kill you
get, up to a maximum of ten gladiators per stable.  They have a magic system.
They tossed out the minute by minute strategies and instead used tactics
based on a gladiator's perception of his position relative to his opponent.
Of course, the stupid gladiators have trouble figuring out when they have
the advantage or are at a disadvantage.

>I like some of the comments, but I cant help but wonder how much
>variance there could possibly be.

It gets a bit old pretty quickly.  I savored my death test (read: dark arena)
printout since it was the first time I read one (all the gladiators were put
into the death test at the conclusion of the convention).

>Plus, I noticed a zillion grammar and
>pronoun reference errors in the text.  Now maybe some people wouldnt even see
>them, but they would drive me batty!

Yessir.  I made a couple of typos, but for the most part I strived to
accurately reproduce what was written.  The annoyance level is high, everything
from putting a seemingly random one or two spaces between periods and the next
sentence to using all capital letters and grammatical errors.  I am hoping
that they are receptive to constructive criticism and modify their commentary
accordingly.  I also hope that the use of all capital letters was due to the
rather hectic pace of running the duels at the convention.  I'd much rather
see "Creight Lersing" than "CREIGHT LERSING"!

>All the extra comments are nice, but I figure Id probably start ignoring
>them and look throught them to important things just like I do in DM.

Yes, there is obviously a fair amount of drivel sprinkled in with the
commentary.  There is, however, a significant portion of meaty material.
I used the comments a lot to figure out what different combinations of
weapons and armor were suitable for my fighters.  I also had problems
with getting the initiative relative to becoming exhausted.  You also
glean facts about the other fighters if you have reasonable IQ.  This is
in the form of comparing their traits to your own.

Rob
			Who is thinking about getting another DM rollup

References

DM
robertw@calvin.usc.edu (Robert Watkins)
Tue, 08 Jun 1993 00:01:47 +0000
Re: DM and GoD
mcgeorbr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Tue, 08 Jun 1993 09:46:52 +0000
Re: DM and GoD
robertw@calvin.usc.edu (Robert Watkins)
Tue, 08 Jun 1993 18:33:17 +0000
Re: DM and GoD
ewalents@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Erich Walentschak)
Wed, 09 Jun 1993 06:07:49 +0000