Yes it is difficult for an army to deal with enemy agents, but how many agents would stick around if a division of Marines was conducting house-to-house search and destroy missions?
Steve Prindeville
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:30:08 +0200
From: Gavin Wynford-Jones <gavinwj@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: ME Second edition ideas
I think that the problem with agents in MEPBM, is that in
most cases, there
is no effective defense against them. There is nothing that
a military
nation can do to stop the agents from emptying his
treasury, killing all his
characters, poofing his armies.
It's difficult enough in the real world for a country like the US
to know where foreign agents are, even with all their technology
and manpower, so how do you expect Middle Earth nations to cope?
After all, just look at the difficulties the US is having with
Al Qaida and their ilk...
Gavin