In a message dated 7/6/2001 12:33:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com writes:
Its not boredom that I worry about. It the fact that
its action from T1 in 1650 games. If you know nothing
about the game, its possible that you will have lost
your position before your mentor tells them how useful
it is to recruit, or name certain characters classes.
my cousin had the dog lord in G96 or 97 when GSI ran it
on his setup turn, dendra had an encounter with a dragon
he guessed wrong
Dendra died
this has changed (dragons don't show up on T0 anymore)
but the dangers of being a newbie are going to be there regardless
the question is how to minimize them
the answer AFAIK is to limit the number of newbies in a game (hoping mistake
will balanve mistake) as well as where the play a newbie cardolan or blind
sorceror will not die on turn 3 like a newbie ice king could)
GSI used to try and assign them neuts - really neuts in a grudge game
being a recruited neut in a a grudger is probably the best way to learn the
game
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My first game of MEPBM was played with an old friend -
I somehow persuaded him to indulge in this activity.
He left it to me to suggest the teams to Harlequin. A
quick check of the manual revealed that the 'Northmen'
were a power ready to awaken (like the US in WWII!)
and that the Woodmen produced great scouts and agents.
I asked Harlequin to give us the Northmen and the
Woodmen. Great.
I then received my first copy of Bree which,
ironically, contained the following advice for
newbies: never under any circumstances should
beginners play the NM or the Woodies.
I always bore players with this story - I have never
recovered from the shock.
My advice is forget about scenarios and setups and
SNAs this and SNAs that - just update the bloody
manual! 
In good humour...
Ray
···
--- ggiacoppe@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 7/6/2001 12:33:34 AM Pacific
Daylight Time,
mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com writes:
> Its not boredom that I worry about. It the fact
that
> its action from T1 in 1650 games. If you know
nothing
> about the game, its possible that you will have
lost
> your position before your mentor tells them how
useful
> it is to recruit, or name certain characters
classes.
>
my cousin had the dog lord in G96 or 97 when GSI ran
it
on his setup turn, dendra had an encounter with a
dragon
he guessed wrong
Dendra died
this has changed (dragons don't show up on T0
anymore)
but the dangers of being a newbie are going to be
there regardless
the question is how to minimize them
the answer AFAIK is to limit the number of newbies
in a game (hoping mistake
will balanve mistake) as well as where the play a
newbie cardolan or blind
sorceror will not die on turn 3 like a newbie ice
king could)
GSI used to try and assign them neuts - really
neuts in a grudge game
being a recruited neut in a a grudger is probably
the best way to learn the
game
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removed]
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Ray Devlin <hurly_burly_69@yahoo.com> wrote
A
quick check of the manual revealed that the 'Northmen'
were a power ready to awaken
I try and keep an eye on newbies. It's hard sometimes when a newbie comes
in and definitely wants to play xx. 
The problem specifically with the
NM and WO is that they are famous nations (from the books) and so player
want to pick them up, yet from a Power perspective they are low in power, so
are not popular with the more experienced players. Catch 22 though is that
they need an experienced player to play them correctly.
Yum
Clint
···
My first game of MEPBM was played with an old friend -
I somehow persuaded him to indulge in this activity.
He left it to me to suggest the teams to Harlequin. A
quick check of the manual revealed that the 'Northmen'
were a power ready to awaken (like the US in WWII!)
and that the Woodmen produced great scouts and agents.
I asked Harlequin to give us the Northmen and the
Woodmen. Great.
I then received my first copy of Bree which,
ironically, contained the following advice for
newbies: never under any circumstances should
beginners play the NM or the Woodies.
I always bore players with this story - I have never
recovered from the shock.
My advice is forget about scenarios and setups and
SNAs this and SNAs that - just update the bloody
manual! In good humour...
Ray
--- ggiacoppe@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/6/2001 12:33:34 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
>
> > Its not boredom that I worry about. It the fact
> that
> > its action from T1 in 1650 games. If you know
> nothing
> > about the game, its possible that you will have
> lost
> > your position before your mentor tells them how
> useful
> > it is to recruit, or name certain characters
> classes.
> >
>
>
> my cousin had the dog lord in G96 or 97 when GSI ran
> it
> on his setup turn, dendra had an encounter with a
> dragon
> he guessed wrong
> Dendra died
>
> this has changed (dragons don't show up on T0
> anymore)
> but the dangers of being a newbie are going to be
> there regardless
>
> the question is how to minimize them
>
> the answer AFAIK is to limit the number of newbies
> in a game (hoping mistake
> will balanve mistake) as well as where the play a
> newbie cardolan or blind
> sorceror will not die on turn 3 like a newbie ice
> king could)
>
> GSI used to try and assign them neuts - really
> neuts in a grudge game
> being a recruited neut in a a grudger is probably
> the best way to learn the
> game
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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Yes, it seems that somebody forgot to tell the Northmen
Ray
--- In mepbmlist@y..., "Laurence G. Tilley" <laurence@l...> wrote:
···
Ray Devlin <hurly_burly_69@y...> wrote
>A
>quick check of the manual revealed that the 'Northmen'
>were a power ready to awaken
ROFL
Would you buy a used car from the man who wrote that?
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