New: The Walls of China (commercial, open-ended, email, human, historical, wargame, economic, rpg)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:13:02 +0000

Name:		The Walls of China
Costs:		$3 per turn
Frequency:		Once per ten days
Email:		manzikertca zat yahoo.com
URL:		http://www.geocities.com/manzikertca/han.html
Type:		pbe-mail board game
Last-Update:		2008Jan03
Keywords: commercial, open-ended, email, human, historical, wargame,
economic, rpg

Description:

THE WALLS OF CHINA

This is a game played by two teams of up to ten players per team.The
imperial Han are now in the saddle as inheritors of the Chinese Empire
,the previous Ch'in,the original uniters of China ,now destroyed through
greed with the accidental death of Chin shih Huang in a hunting
accident.It is a time of consolidation for the Chinese as they go from
strength  under the Han,both economically and politically.However the old
nemisis of the southern civlization is still out there :the barbarian
raiders.These have made the raiding south of the Yellow River  a way of
life .In respose the Han utilizes previously built walls spanning the
northern loop of the Yellow River combined with aggressive cavalry raids
into the barbarian heartland.Sometimes it is more economical to simply pay
of the individual tribes in order to cease attacking .

The players must give thought to economic factors as well as military
ones.Would it be better to build walls or is it possible to relay upon a
barbarian players previous agreement not to attack? .The barbarian supreme
commander may have to mull over the timing of his raids into the south as
his horses are in the best condition in the fall after the summer grazing
.Some times he must contemplate the consequences of any actions to the
south as the Han may in retaliation occupy his fertile basins from where
he gets his needed manufactured goods such as weapons and tools.

This stratgic element is of great importance as trade routes are vital for
both teams.In the case of the Han the route to the west must be maintained
while the barbarian must always keep a passageway open to either the
westerly basins or the northern one at Karakorum,(later to be the captial
of the barbarian empire).
A good game should have many ways in which to win .This game fullfils
these requirements admirably.

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