Re: "Lawsuit PBeM"

From: rdna@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Paul Paukstelis)

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 11:04:26 +0000

bc@fccn01.fccn.pt (Luis Miguel Sequeira) writes:
>	- So,  the   game  will  be   played    at two   levels,   one
>economic/political   one,    and      one  tactical    one.    On  the
>economic/political level, there  seem to be  no problems there, except
>for   the contracts  by   the  Houses.  Jesse Taylor (again) suggested
>neutral  moderators, eliminating random contracts  which  are nonsense
>and keeping the logical ones.

>	Another suggestion would be a game with two  types of players:
>some play for the Houses, some are mercenaries...

>	Perhaps  it would be simpler to  assign a  group of players to
>each of  the Houses, and  leave the  rest as merc forces. When joining
>up, each player would declare if he wants to be on his  own or prefers
>to work with one of  the Houses. This  would mean that players working
>with the Houses would get equipment free (or not?), but needed to obey
>orders.
My friends and I were coming up with a concept similar to this, and I was
about to post to see if anyone was interested in a PBeM BattleTech when
I read this discussion. We felt it would be benifical to actually have
several Houses with specific House leaders. This way it wouldn't be just
a free-for-all Battle. It discusses orders above, but there needs to be
someone to administer those orders. Why not split it up into divisions
similar to the game? Have Dukes, Counts, Barons, etc. who gain control
of a planet or two, but still must conform to the ways of the House Leader.
This would allow for people with better fighting and political skills to move
up quicker and become more powerful.

In our original developments of a large-scale BattleTech conflict we came
up with a decent economic system. It consisted of having 4 basic types of
planets: Industry, Agriculture, Water, Trade. In general, a planet would
have a major, consisting of one of these four, and a minor to be taken
from: Outpost, Base, or Industry. The system is based upon interdependence
between planets to sustain the economy. For example, and industrial planet
needs certain units of water in order to keeps its growth going. All planets
need Ag. to survive (this is very general, e-mail for more specifics).

Just some suggestions.

--rDNA of MLF
industriaL musiC froM manhattaN, kS

References

"Lawsuit PBeM"
bc@fccn01.fccn.pt (Luis Miguel Sequeira)
Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:50:11 +0000