Re: Middle Earth PBM (MEPBM)

From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 02:56:31 +0000

In article <1993Jan05.022426.15639@microsoft.com> bethmo@microsoft.com (Beth Moursund) writes:

>Any MEPBM players on the net?  I've just signed up for a game, and I'd
>be interested in discussions with experienced players.

I haven't seen much discussion of it here, but I do know there's an
active discussion going on on Compuserve. Unfortunately, like most of
GSI's games, it's one with quite a bit of hidden information that's
quite useful to know, so you won't do nearly as well unless you can
dig up some experienced players. I've never played, but my home gaming
group does and they speak well of the game.

The one trick that I do know of is this oddity: An army always get to
move at least one hex, no matter what. So if you end your turn
adjacent to an enemy army, you can't be SURE of catching them no
matter what you do. If your army moves faster than theirs and move
into their hex, they may move into yours and escape. If you sit still,
they may not move into your hex. I'm not sure why things work this
way, but they do, and it's not that obvious from reading the rules.

References

Middle Earth PBM (MEPBM)
bethmo@microsoft.com (Beth Moursund)
Tue, 05 Jan 1993 02:24:26 +0000

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Middle Earth PBM (MEPBM)
bethmo@microsoft.com (Beth Moursund)
Tue, 05 Jan 1993 02:24:26 +0000