-----Original Message----- From: Bryan Thexton [mailto:bethexton_at_...] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 8:03 AM To: KingOfDragonPass_at_onelist.com Subject: choosing your enemies wisely. From: Bryan Thexton <bethexton_at_...> [warning: rambling intro, jumpt to where is says "Question" if you want to get to the actual questions] I usually only play KoDP during my lunch break at work, with maybe a season or two before or after work if I have time. As you can imagine this makes for an excruciatingly slow game. I'm slowly, cautiously, working my way through my first long game (on the medium setting), but now that the end is maybe in sight (maybe this week? if not then surely next week) I'm starting to think about my next tribe. For kicks, I took the CD home on the weekend to play while our toddler is having his nap. I started a tribe on the hard level, and played rather aggresively, just to see what would happen. After I succeeded in the Chalana Arroy heroquest in the second year, thereby ending all 3 of my feuds at once, I was thinking maybe I'd have to save that tribe. Them I upset the beast people..... Now, in other games I've always been very nice to the ducks. As an old Runequest player, I know crossing the ducks just never pays in the long run. But I'd selected the beast people as my ancient enemy, and my ancestors spoke clearly. Of course, a delegation of the beast people came and told us to leave their feathered friends alone, but I wasn't scared--I figured I'd survive some raids (I'd been building up my defenses quite aggresively in preparation), drive the ducks away, then try and make peace. Instead, the game simply announced that the beast people had raided in overwhelming force, wiping out most of the tribe, destroying all our fortifications, and driving off most of our cattle. I was left with two people on the ring, 300 odd clansfolk, and about half that many cattle. Fortunately the game gave me the option of officially losing rather than soldiering on or simply quitting. Since my son was going to be awake soon, I accepted my fate and learned my lesson: choose your enemies wisely! Which brings me to.... Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Valentine's Day Shopping Made Simple. Click Here! <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/SpaarksValentine3
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