Re: Galaxy Cargo, Corners & Diplomacy

From: saschreu@cs.vu.nl (Schreuder SA)

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 09:19:29 +0000

Brian Sutin <sutin@ra.UCSC.EDU> writes:
>David desJardins <desj@ccr-p.ida.org> writes:
>>Brian Sutin <sutin@helios.ucsc.edu> writes:
>>> Galaxy is a 2D multi player game with almost complete knowledge.  The
>>> structure is not significantly different than Diplomacy.
>>
>>I really disagree with this.  In my last posting I pointed out that
>>Galaxy is a game of *economic growth* which is something that is almost
>>[...]
>
>I am assuming a set of "perfect" players.  Once all players are experiencing
>optimal economic growth, only the map and diplomacy determine the game.  If
>some player has sub-optimal growth, that is just his poor tactics.
Please give the name of the galaxy-game in which at least 5 players
are using this perfect tactic (if it excist!).

I don't think there is an optimal strategy: If your neighbours are
pacifists, you are able to expand quickly within building heavy defenses,
while when they are aggressive, you need to defende yourself more.

Result: There is no best tactic, because when everybody uses the same
tactic, another (more aggressive) tactic will be successfull.

Conclusion: The "perfect player" doesn't exist. And as long
as each galaxy-game has some newbies in it, -I hope that will be
always the case: Playing against the same players all the time is somewhat
boring- the game will be unpredictable.

Sjoerd Schreuder

References

Galaxy Cargo, Corners & Diplomacy
sutin@helios.ucsc.edu (Brian Sutin)
Mon, 22 Mar 1993 02:56:24 +0000
Re: Galaxy Cargo, Corners & Diplomacy
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Mon, 22 Mar 1993 05:10:57 +0000
Re: Galaxy Cargo, Corners & Diplomacy
sutin@ra.UCSC.EDU (Brian Sutin)
Mon, 22 Mar 1993 08:38:31 +0000