Re: The long-term

gharrold@clark.net
Tue, 27 Sep 1994 18:40:51 -0400 (EDT)

Interesting numbers Walt. I used a model to see what the game might look
like after 150 turns (same time period I used on Midgard, BSE and others
before) and came up with figures that are in the same order of magnitude
as yours. My assumptions of inertia direction may differ though.
Glenn

On Tue, 27 Sep 1994, Walt Pesch wrote:

> By the way, I was taking with an old comrade from BSE last night, telling
> him about Olympia. Both of us played BSE for YEARS, and we tried to think
> through what g1 will look like five years from now.
>
> Atleast for the successful serious empire builder, 50+ NP depending on
> swearings and such, 40 castles, 300+ garrisoned provinces. When other
> empires give over nobles as they are leaving for whatever reason, I am
> willing to bet that there will be players with 100+ NP, even 200+.
>
> That game will be Risk, a few really big stacks waiting for the right
> alignment of stars and alliances to unleash devestation.
>
> Of course, do you think that the game will hold interest and uniqueness to
> run that long?
>
>
>
> Walt Pesch
> walt@solgrp.chi.il.us
>
>
>


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