Re: new pbm game in France : EPIC, king's chessboard

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 22:19:45 +0000

roussin@frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Emmanuel Roussin):
>I'm looking for informations about a new pbm game in France :
>"EPIC : king's chessboard", I hope that it's the same title in english,
>if it isn't, here is the presentation, the player must choose a country
>(forest, mountains, toundra...), the race (orc, human, elf, dwarf, dak,
>maratasen), the leader (warmaster, necromancer, magician, arch-priest,
>merchant prince, nomade king), two lesser leaders, 4 troops (infantry,
>archery, cavalry, lancers, catapult), there are already 2 troops
>(militia and a special troop).

What would you like to know?  This is clearly the game known here as
"Epic: The Kings' Game" (to distinguish it from an earlier version of
Epic).  It was the earlier creation of Midnight Games -- the people
who are now doing Legends.  It's an excellent and very-well-designed
game of pure power-gaming: You win by making the best use of your
resources to take over more resources.  The game is dying in America
because most of the players have left it for Legends.  (Its main
weakness is that if too many players drop out of the game, those
who remain find themselves playing solitaire.)  The game is more
expensive than it looks, because although you have considerable
flexibility in how much you choose to spend, it's hard to compete
with players who are spending the maximum allowed (here that's $15
per turn) if you aren't doing the same.

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Dani Zweig
dani@netcom.com

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new pbm game in France : EPIC, king's chessboard
roussin@frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Emmanuel Roussin)
Wed, 28 Oct 1992 19:01:55 +0000