It's really very easy to stop early drops: make it cost real
money for the
player concerned. A deposit of twenty-five pounds, refundable upon
elimination or the nation being taken over by another player,
should do the
trick.
put that in legends and Clint will make a killing (spoken from someone who
paid for the main rules, a game rulebook, some turns, and then said 'ick'
when I tried to understand them all).
Deposits are good for experienced PBMer like gavin, but I wouldn't want to
make a new player cough up a lot of money upfront. I've got no hard feelings
for newbies who start a pbm game, say 'not my cup of tea', and wander off to
another pbm game.
Laurence said it nicely when he mentioned that it was having lots of newbies
in one side that was critical (or words to that effect). I would prefer
having any newbies spread out in 'safer' positions.
thanks
m
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And don't give me that namby-pamby "some poor souls can't afford it",
either. Like any other leisure activity; if you can't afford
it, don't do it.Sorry to be so blunt, folks, but I've been playing by mail
for over 25 years
and this is the only system I've seen work. And to be honest,
putting my old
curmudgeonly codger hat on for a minute, today's crop of players seem
willing to drop a game at the slightest excuse. There are few players
willing to work a position up and see a game through.Gavin (usually much more liberal than this!)
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