... Now that sounds good. If you use all yours up early, the other side can dictate the pace....
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 2, 2007 4:16 am
Play of the Game The game is a combination of a Free Kriegspiel and a Matrix Game. The players submit orders to their units in the form of Arguments, can Argue...
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 2, 2007 12:59 pm
Dear Chris, This is the British Counter-Initiative to Boer Initiative 4. Marcus The gun team progressed down the road with its extra horses, 2 wagons, pack...
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Chris Engle
matrixgamer1
Dec 3, 2007 4:51 pm
FINAL TURN RESOLUTION I usually don’t do this but this time I will do the arguments sequentially and allow the results to influence the strength of the...
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Chris Engle
matrixgamer1
Dec 3, 2007 4:52 pm
Let us all give a resounding three cheers to Marcus and Kevin. Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! And also give a round of sympathetic cheers to Robert – who put up a ...
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Chris Engle
matrixgamer1
Dec 3, 2007 5:07 pm
POST MORTEM What were your thoughts about the game? I thought that the British set up was very strong. You two were putting mobile warfare into practice in a...
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Vincent Tsao
vtsaogames
Dec 3, 2007 5:31 pm
... Wot! No taking the uniform off and dancing around the fire? Oh, Franco- Prussian, not French and Indian... Totally off-topic, but when the Indians balked...
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robert clark
komradebob
Dec 3, 2007 5:33 pm
Gah! My poor column, cut to ribbons! (sob!). We'll git them red, er, khaki-coats next time! ( shakes fist!!) (Congrats to Marcus and Kevin) I think the game...
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Vincent Tsao
vtsaogames
Dec 3, 2007 6:44 pm
... Hold on. Once the Brits have won the war they will soon turn over rule of the country to the Boers. ... It's more satisfying to know why something doesn't...
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 4, 2007 11:43 am
Thanks for running the game, Chris, and thanks to Kevin and Robert for their participation. I felt the greatest strength of the game was its interesting...
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robert clark
komradebob
Dec 4, 2007 4:27 pm
I'd have to agree with Marcus regarding Null results. I'll have tolook over the Thrust'n'Parry rules, but basically, I didn't care much for the "nothing"...
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robert clark
komradebob
Dec 4, 2007 7:51 pm
Where do I find those?...
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Kevin Webb
col_spider
Dec 4, 2007 10:16 pm
Thanks to everyone for the game - particular thanks to Marcus for helping me out of a spot when my Internet access disappeared. In particular, thanks for...
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 5, 2007 11:57 am
Dear Robert, There are two versions of the rules. The original Thrust and Parry rules were designed for two teams of players. They can be found (along with...
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Chris Engle
matrixgamer1
Dec 7, 2007 1:35 pm
This question came up in the recent Duffer's Drift game. Because I was being a hard referee (ruling most arguments okay) most of the arguments of the game...
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robert clark
komradebob
Dec 7, 2007 5:50 pm
Looking at the Thrust'n'Parry rules, I'd say go with something similar, especially for games where a certain fidelity/realism ( like Duffers' Drift) is...
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MatrixGame2@yahoogrou...
Dec 8, 2007 8:55 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the MatrixGame2 group. File :...
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 8, 2007 9:03 am
I have started a Franco-Prussian War folder in the Matrix Gamer 2 files, and I have posted the map. The great majority of the text of the publicly-available...
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MatrixGame2@yahoogrou...
Dec 8, 2007 9:21 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the MatrixGame2 group. File :...
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Vincent Tsao
vtsaogames
Dec 10, 2007 4:20 pm
... Present and ready to play on either side, sir....
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 11, 2007 10:11 am
Thanks Vincent. Simon, I believe you were up to play Napoleon III. Is that still the case? Any other takers, or will this be a two-player game. Marcus ... ...
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robert clark
komradebob
Dec 11, 2007 4:13 pm
Just curious, since Marcus and I have talked a bit about it......
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Chris Engle
matrixgamer1
Dec 11, 2007 8:36 pm
... First off I found the game enjoyable to run. It kept energy and ended before people lost interest. As a referee I has a pretty easy time cutting and...
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 12, 2007 8:24 am
The main reason the British were putting in multiple Arguments was to use up their coins at a maximum rate to end the game. A secondary reason was that there...
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simon thornton
bluekingzog
Dec 13, 2007 11:47 am
Yes Im up for Napoleon. Vive le France ! Simon Marcus Young <marcus@...> wrote: Thanks Vincent. Simon, I believe you...
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Vincent Tsao
vtsaogames
Dec 14, 2007 3:38 pm
I'm currently reading Urban's Fusiliers, about the Royal Welch Fusiliers in the AWI and recently finished a pamphlet about Command Friction during the...
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Chris Engle
matrixgamer1
Dec 14, 2007 8:52 pm
This is especially useful in scenario writing. Howard Whitehouse's Science vs Pluck games always included elements like this. Chris Engle ... Hamster Press =...
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Chris Engle
matrixgamer1
Dec 20, 2007 6:03 pm
I'll be away from work for the rest of the week so let me wish everyone good holidays. I'll see you next week. By then I should have a good chunk of next years...
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 22, 2007 9:08 am
The line-up for the Franco-Prussian Rhineland Campaign is as follows: Simon: Emperor Napoleon III of France Vincent: General Helmuth von Moltke, Prussian Chief...
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Marcus Young
marcusmarcusau
Dec 22, 2007 1:12 pm
What the players should be thinking about over the next month is: 1. The precise set-up of their forces within the parameters of the set-up rules in their...
