Clint emailed me today asking about a followup to my article on Bree on ME economics. Specifically, he wanted me to discuss which nations tend to give gold, and which tend to need it.
I haven't played enough nations to talk about several of them intelligently, but Clint and I agreed that getting some opinions from the list would be interesting.
So, given the collective brilliance of the list members, which nations (in which scenarios) tend to need gold, and which tend to be gold donators? Also, which nations can be either, depending on how they get played? Results will be included (and possibly quoted) in a follow-up Bree article.
Those who need: Frontline army nations, who usually have lots of troops
under arms, need lots of commanders to use them, and risk losing pop
centers to enemy armies. Also frontline nations in areas with big
enemy populations. Hence:
Witch King, Dragon Lord, Eothraim, North Gondor, Northmen (yes, Northmen;
they tend to get run over a lot)
Donors: Guys who have lots of pop centers and don't tend to need big
armies. Hence:
Noldo, South Gondor, Cloud Lord, Blind Sorceror
Tony Z
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On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:14:40AM -0400, Jason Bennett wrote:
Clint emailed me today asking about a followup to my article on Bree on
ME economics. Specifically, he wanted me to discuss which nations tend
to give gold, and which tend to need it.
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And he that stays will die for naught, and home there's no returning."
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