Re: Olympia combat

From: sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)

Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 03:12:11 +0000

}} In article <1992May18.022932.7184@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
}}
}} In article <1992May18.014531.23162@aero.org> srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) writes:
}}
}} >But I wouldn't object if, for example, Olympia had something in it
}} >that caused people to flee from a province into neighboring provinces
}} >when bloodshed occurred, thus alerting players to problems next door.
}}
}} But would you object if Olympia had something in it where notices of
}} people being killed were propagated at the speed of horseback riding?

Yes and no.  It would still take several months for a person to ride
from West Habyn to Drassa (I'm not even sure of the route, but it will
take > 1 month).

How's this:

We have some form of instantaneous communication in Olympia; it allows
you to give orders to your minions, and to get a turn report back.
Now, a killing occurs in far off Fooland.  The odds are that one of
the players in Drassa has a unit somewhere near there (possibly in
Fooland itself); probably within one month's ride of Fooland.  So,
folks in Drassa would find out about the killing within a month of its
occurence.

If player A has a unit with a month of the site of the action, or
player B, with a unit at the site, is within 1 month's ride of A, A
will probably hear about it within a month.

Put all the players in Olympia together, and I bet that just about
anywhere someone gets killed, with horses, ships, boats, and magical
communication, Rocko, sitting in his cave in Tollus, would hear about
it within a month.

Therefore, I propose, as an approximation, that we delay obits for one
month.  Players actually in the province where the action occurs will
see it, and the rest of Olympia will almost surely have heard the news
by the next turn, so this can just be the formal announcement.

sjc@cs.purdue.edu               Steve Chapin           Today's Grammar Lesson:
             Hear, hear! Who's here who knows whose booze this is?

If I don't want it in my back yard, I don't want it.

References

Re: Olympia combat
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Fri, 15 May 1992 22:49:31 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 15 May 1992 23:19:04 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Mon, 18 May 1992 01:45:31 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 18 May 1992 02:29:32 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Olympia combat
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Fri, 15 May 1992 22:49:31 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 15 May 1992 23:19:04 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Mon, 18 May 1992 01:45:31 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 18 May 1992 02:29:32 +0000