Re: starting place; Cragspider

From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:24:45 -0700


Richard asked

>Another thing, is it possible to patch the game so you don't always start in
>the same place? It would make for an interesting variation.
>
>"Oh no! We're next to Snake Pipe Hollow!"

You point out one possible problem with this... Another is that the game is really difficult if you don't have neighbors to band together with. The standard start helps guarantee that you can form a tribe and win the game.

Captain Button wrote

>Trollkin delegations came along every few years for the rest of the
>game, as did troll raids, but nothing more than that.

You must have managed to stabilize the troll attitude at just the right level -- low enough to be warned, not quite enough to warrant Cragspider acting. Either that or she's due any minute.

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