Hi Richard,
at least three of the freeps are happy for a rematch, maybe more i'll check
and see. I'm more than happy to try it again without any changes and then
once the next games by we can look at the scenario more closely. Again
congrats on a well fought win.
cheers
Alan
Hi again Alan,
I've just remembered something else: at least half my team want the neutrals
pre-aligned as they went in me29, as we feel this would make the rematch as
close as possible to how me29 turned out, ie:
White Wizard, Duns & Rhun start FP
Corsairs & Khand start DS.
I know this gives us FP an extra nation but as I said, it's how they
declared in me29. Please let me know if you guys will go with this, or if
you would prefer to start with true, ie non-aligned neutrals (which might
take longer to set up!).
Some of my team members may play 2 nations, almost certainly so if the
neutrals are pre-aligned. Obviously your guys can do the same.
Just for your interest, probably only 4 of our original me29 team plus 2 who
joined us as neutrals, will start the rematch but we have a couple of others
interested. We are raring to go, and hope the rematch will be as much fun
and as close-fought as me29!
Richard.
From: MiddleEarthGames <me@MiddleEarthGames.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:00 AM
Subject: [mepbmlist] War of the Ring variant game
> Okay we're looking at doing another one of these. Intersted parties
please
> get in touch. I would like some feedback about changes to the module etc
if
> at all possible. Due to the extra work needed a �10 additional set-up is
> required I am afraid.
>
> Ask for the Word document of set-ups. Basically it is a vamped up 2950
> game. 
>
> Clint
RD: Oh Clint, that hardly does it justice!
OK I'm the guy who designed the WotR variant and here's why. When I
played
2950, I was disappointed to find a much smaller economic base than the
original 1650 game. This not only made 2950 a smaller, slower game, but
it
also made it impossible for players to field the numbers of troops
mentioned
by Tolkien. For example, Rohan brought 6000 cavalry to the Pelennor
Fields,
and Sauron's various armies were certainly numbered in thousands rather
than
hundreds.
In WotR I have brought the 2950 pop centre base up to the same level as
the
1650 game, thus creating a stronger economic base and enabling players to
field armies closer in size to those which Tolkien described.
We have just concluded the first WotR game (ME29) and everybody who has
expressed an opinion said how much they enjoyed it.
In ME29 the DS team of which I had the honour to be a member won a
hard-fought victory after several swings of fortune's pendulum. Two
nations
on either side were eliminated early. Two neutrals joined each
allegiance.
The fifth neutral was eliminated - not sure if he joined the FP before he
died or not - but either way, the mid and end-game was between 10 nations
on
each side and was very close-fought.
In a nutshell, the beauty of WotR is that you get all the wonderful
characters from 2950: Galadriel, Saruman, Aragorn etc PLUS decent
economies
and armies of 1650 scale. C'mon, give it a go!
Six members of the victorious DS team are looking for a rematch. If any
of
the opposition from ME29 are looking for a chance for revenge, or if any
other players are looking for something a bit different, sign up for the
next WotR game now! Some my team are happy to play 2 nations and
obviously
the opposition can do the same, to get the game off the ground reasonably
quickly.
Clint, you mentioned changes. In the interests of fair play, I think we
should play the rematch EXACTLY as it was in 29, warts and all. If I say
so
myself, there wasn't that much wrong with it. A couple of ruins were
omitted and the extra DS starting troops should have had food, but since
the
DS won anyway, I see no reason to give them that food in the rematch!
When we've finished the second WotR game, we can make a preliminary
assessment. If the DS win both, we may have to look and see if the DS are
too strong. If the FP win the second game, and it's as close-fought as
ME29, there can't be much wrong with it!
Richard.
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