Dylan, I think my proposal would be perfectly workable. I reject your characterisation of my proposal, which would not involve any more rules than what you...
... rules Marcus, I really appreciated your insights, and yes the time factor is a "problem" or is perceived as such by the players. I felt your input was very...
Who are you going to assign to which sides in the coming game. I want to know who I need to start plotting with. Insane laughter... Chris "Soon to be...
Has anyone ever played the Avalon hill board game Britannia? It is about the various tribal conquests of the British mainland from the Roman Invasion until the...
I'm sorry things are going so slowly on the Scottish game. I'm having trouble finding a suitable map! Being stricken with the flu doesn't help either. I shall...
Mike O'Brien Hi, Britannia is one of the best boardgames ever designed. It is fast and fun. I would be interested in playing in a colonization game if someone...
I've got a copy and I agree that it is a nice boardgame. Some of its best features (such as a very simple conflict system) would likely be lost in any attempt...
I realise the fact that people would be playing multi-roles. The point I am getting at is: Do the English need to arrive with the Spanish, Dutch, French or...
Has anyone ever played the Avalon hill board game Britannia? Wonderful game. One of the few I kept when I got rid of most of my board games a year or so ago. A...
... For a military game, do the Thirty Years War for them, drawn heavily on Simplus Simplissimus(probably mis-spelled). They get into that like we do the Civil...
I think he means Grimmelhausen's 17th century novel "Simplicissimus". Most of the German board games I've seen tend to be rather abstract, emphasizing a few...
... point I am ... Dutch, French ... all ... similar ... I am going to run this game, but as I mentioned after I move into my house. I found the rules for...
it's 2004 - time to get back into social gaming! Put me down for the Age of Reconnaisance! BTW: If anyone wants to game this period by the wonders of personal ...
... I am amused that Tsao should explain German literature to an Engle. You might also want to read A Meeting At Telgate by Gunter Grass, it's short, it...
... LOL! ... Years back some friends tried to design a board game called "Marvelous Party" (after the song by Ian Drury). The main thing you were trying to do...
I did an interesting psychotherapy sessions today in which we played a chess game. The point of the intervention was to help the person increase their...
... played ... There are chess variants where pieces change value based on what they ate or stand next to, but I like the use of dice to decide such things....
Not matrix at all, but a friend once designed a chess variant called "peasants' revolution". The peasants start with 16 pawns, all moving as in standard chess....
"peasants' revolution". The peasants start with 16 pawns, all moving as in standard chess. Sounds like a fun game to me. I guess the first pawn across the ...
It's interesting that you use Jewish as the reference. As Jewish can be used to identify ethnicity, as well as religion. So technically you could be a Jewish...
I feel that religious designations may actually define oneself better than ethnicity, as you have chosen to be affiliated in a religous sense rather than born...
... can be used to identify ethnicity, as well as religion. So technically you could be a Jewish Christian. This brings up a point that as far a Jews are...
... Kevin Phillips (the Emerging Republican Majority, the Politics of Rich and Poor, the Cousins' Wars) maintains that the religious upbringing of a person,...
... strongest ... I think the guy is wrong, national origin is stronger determination of voting patterns. Had a professor in school George Stiegler (NBW) the...
... I don't know the exact origin of this one quote from Phillips, but his background is in demographics and statistics, so I assume he's talking about a real...
... awful ... apologies. ... Bringing this thread around to game design, I think the most successful game designs involve using individuals to represent ...
It was brought to my attention a couple of weeks ago that my websites (including the 2 Matrix Game websites) were down. This has now been fixed by my service...
does a character's religion tell you something about the character of course it does. But is it primary and should it be singled out first in a description of...
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