Re: (Mac?) Interface q's

[Lincoln Peters <sampln@sbcglobal.net>]

On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 22:54, Jim Kingdon wrote:
> > First, how common is use of the Sequential option? I prefer this form
> > of play, since I am usually playing solitaire.
> 
> The screwy part is that Sequential affects the game balance (at least
> in the standard game).  Basically, it is a pretty big advantage to
> move second, because the first-moving player will often expend their
> ACPs and thus be unable to counter-attack.  The second-moving player
> doesn't have the chance to choose to spend the ACPs on movement rather
> than counter-attack, but they do have the ability to spend the ACPs on
> counter-attack if there are any attacks, and then use them for
> something else if there were no attacks.  The only way the
> first-moving player can get a counter-attack is to put units in
> reserve, and taken to an extreme, this would mean never moving.

I tried to work around this issue in my games by using negative ACP's
(see bolodd2.g, bolodd3.g, or the recently-posted knights.g).  If a
single unit is attacked by a horde of enemy units, it is likely that the
unit will end the turn with a negative number of ACP's and will start
the next turn with only 1 ACP.  This happens no matter which side you're
on.

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Lincoln Peters
<sampln@sbcglobal.net>

You mean now I can SHOOT YOU in the back and further BLUR th'
distinction between FANTASY and REALITY?