I think Clint will not support more than one game due to the propensity of some players to drop and the difficulty of finding replacements.
If there were 11 other dedicated 2950 GB’ers out there, I believe Clint would run another one. After the initial setup I don’t think there is anything Harly has to do differently (though I have no idea of their workings) Setting up any GB should be easier than setting up a FA game I would guess.
Drops are a lot worse in GB for the remaining players on that team due to the communication blackout
Well, as far as I know only one person dropped in the current 2950 GB game. Everyone else is still in and fighting, and right now it’s quite a fight from what I can see.
If I were to start taking a set-up list for a 2950 GB game how many would be interested. I don’t mean say in 6 months or when Game YY ends but right now?
I have 4 somewhat interested parties and I personally would like to play so that would be 5 any others on this list? (I doubt I’ll get all 5 but 2-4 seem likely).
If you are interested email me with your name and I can see if I can get something kicking off.
Hehe, you already have my choices for the next GB game whenever it is. So if you have me as “somewhat interested” move me over to “definitely will play in every 2950 GB" column
Clint, you know I’ll commit to it. I’ll send a confirmation email to you with my preferences and account number.
Thanks for responding to the Gunboat demand. Gunboat doesn’t get alot of ink or forum space because it is by its very nature quiet. So it’s all the more compelling that the demand for the GB variant is so strong. It must be an excellent game variant indeed if demand is so high while discussion of it is so subdued.
Not a lot of talk as one cannot give any clue as to what you are playing or doing whilst playing.
Of course I migth be wrong and there is another reason?
Vandal
Gunboat reminds me of the days back when there was no internet. Of course now I don’t have to snatch the turns from the postman and the telephone bills are much more lower.
Jill Indur, you are exactly correct, EXACTLY! Gunboat, in my opinion, brings ME PBM much closer to the intent of the game designers.
I spoke with Bill Feild on several occasions and we exchanged correspondence on several more occasions. Also, I attended several gatherings at which Bill Feild and Peter Stassun spoke. Bill always noted that he never envisioned the sort of information-sharing and communication made possible by the internet and world-wide-web. The game was designed with limited communications in mind.
I repeat: the game was designed with limited communications in mind.
Now, nothing says that players must be bound by the design intentions of two guys. Indeed, I welcome the variety and the greater number of choices available to ME PBM players. It is a testament to the genius of Bill and Pete that they designed a game that is so variable and adaptable.
It just so happens that my preference is for the GB variant. It also just so happens that the GB variant brings ME PBM closer to the experience envisioned by Bill and Pete. In that sense, much of the subtler design considerations play out in GB in ways that do not happen in the other variants. That’s what I really love about GB: the subtlety and layered, textured feel of the GB game. And that is the feeling that I believe Bill Feild envisioned and strove for in the game design.
A few points on GB97 that has been mentioned above (articles in Bree 23) and general views on GB games…
I really enjoyed the game - suspense, working out what was going on and trying to 2nd guess the movement of my enemies and well as my allies. Great anticipation!
It really gives you the opportunity to try “anything” out without the need/compulsion to consult with the team. I am having HUGE success with a particular strategy in one GB game…
Def agree with the comments being expressed so far: time needed CAN be 1/5 beacause you have no emails to respond to or generate. And most imprtantly - I agree with Nimdraug - it adds a nice new dimension to “communication”. There still is communication - but it is within the game, should players choose to use it [I sent 23 steel to the Corsairs for e.g. as the QA: the message being: Swords in Dunland - join me and attack!]
Now then ---- 2950 GB, hmm Im def interested and didnt realise Clint had opened this game up to GB. Will take a look…
Romel88 (and Rommel was a master with the 88s, wasn’t he?), your point about the suspense in Gunboat games is a good one. Too many of the standard games had become suspense-less and life-less for me as each player’s orders became subordinated to a larger, orchestrated – almost mecahanical-- process of coordinating orders among the larger team. Suspense all but completely disappeared.
Gunboat changes that dramatically in a way that makes the game exciting and fresh and suspenseful again.
I’ve got my sign-up in for the new 2950 GB game that is filling. I expect it to fill up pretty fast.
Since the talent and interest pool seems to be so high, I think I’ll join the newly-forming 2950 GB game. It would add an extra thrill to know I was either winning with or beating Clint.
It would add an extra thrill to know I was either winning with or beating Clint.
Yeh we always (that is the GM team) seem to get a lot of interest in playing us.
Lots of fun - game 220 (2950 normal) is just about to end as is my Bofa game so I want another challenge. I like the “no need to chat to allies” bit of GB and also testing out the actual individual skill. What I don’t enjoy is the lack of team-work or support in the game but there has to be a price to pay for no chatting… :rolleyes:
Best bit is the trying out new tactics - I am dying to talk about my 1650 GB game when it finally ends…
success with a particular strategy in one GB game…
