Re: Olympia combat

From: skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)

Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 20:23:44 +0000

People sure do get excited about Olympia.  No doubt I should interpret
this as a form of flattery...  :-)

rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace) writes:
> Finally: Rich, you realize you're going to have to write the other 80%
> of the manual sooner or later?
> ...but when the game finally
> settles down, a manual which gives all the rules rather than vague
> platitudes will be required.

I am trying to make the manual more specific about many areas.
Certainly, updates to the documentation are the last thing I do
for new additions.  However, you will never see maintenance cost
formulas or pseudocode for the persuade routine.

Part of the game is making discoveries about how the various
mechanics work.  I will tell you that "If lots of people in an area
entertain, then they will make less money than if one guy
entertains."  But I won't give you the exact formula.

Olympia is a hybrid game.  It's got MUD stuff, wargame stuff,
and FRP stuff.  As such, it's not going to excel when considered
only in these areas.  There is some roleplaying in Olympia, but
probably not enough for a devout frp'er.  Olympia combat will never
approach the Duelmasters level of detail.  The economic system will
not rival a game which is 100% economics.

It seems that you want lots and lots of combat and wargaming,
and the rest is "cruft".  We want you to be happy:  it should
be possible to successfully play a combat oriented rogue group.

But it seems that you want to strip out all of the rest of Olympia,
until you are left with a system where you just issue various
combinations of MOVE, WORK and ATTACK each month.

--
Rich Skrenta

References

Re: Olympia combat
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Thu, 14 May 1992 17:29:06 +0000

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Re: Olympia combat
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Thu, 14 May 1992 17:29:06 +0000