Re: galaxy communication and alliances

From: rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)

Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 10:23:23 +0000

In <1992Jul17.002521.14603@reed.edu> kanderso@reed.edu (Karl Anderson) writes:

>In the single game of Galaxy that I have played (Rob's game 1),
>a huge alliance won by steamrollering over the other races.  I
>felt that I had to join another alliance to protect myself from
>both.  I personally don't like playing this way.  The best solution
>that I can think of is to eliminate communication between players.
>Alternately, messages could only be sent via ship, that is, a player
>would attach a message to a ship and the recipient would only
>recieve it when that ship reached one of its worlds, or perhaps a
>group of it's ships.  This would also discourage players from
>declaring war indescriminately.

My favoured solution to the problem of huge alliances steamrollering
everyone is,

*** NOT TO ALLOW ALLIANCE VICTORIES WITH FOURTEEN *!@!#? PLAYERS!!! ***

In my games, there can be only one winner, and this means that huge
alliances are a self-limiting problem, because the more the alliance
establishes military domination over the external galaxy, the more each
member will start looking over his shoulder and considering his allies a
greater potential threat than outside enemies.

--
"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie

References

galaxy communication and alliances
kanderso@reed.edu (Karl Anderson)
Fri, 17 Jul 1992 00:25:21 +0000

Referenced By

galaxy communication and alliances
kanderso@reed.edu (Karl Anderson)
Fri, 17 Jul 1992 00:25:21 +0000