Re: [spoon-discuss] Tunnelers Change

["Baron von Skippy" <bvs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>> >> Oops. I guess I'm sending out another message before doing all my
>> >> work.
>> >> 
>> >> I suggest that in the rules to Tunnelers, in the description of
>> >> what happens when a mole kills another, it is added that "The
>> >> killing Mole may choose any of eir max stats and increase it by
>> >> one."
>> >> 
>> >> Sort of as an incentive to go out and do things rather than hiding
>> >> in a corner discarding cards, praying for a foursome.
>> >
>> >Biggest problem I have with this is that there's some "rich get
>> >richer" to it.  The victor already has an advantage in that e has
>> >more time than the victim; the victim has to claw eir way back from
>> >whatever godfersaken corner I stick em in.  That's time in which the
>> >victor can collect cards and beef emself up.  And while I'm not going
>> >to comment on the observed strategies of players in the game, I will
>> >say that the fact that we've actually had a killing indicates it's
>> >not all hiding in a corner.
>> >
>> >Anyone wanna pick a side here?
>> >
>> -I'm gonna side with Wonko. Of course the rich should get richer. It's
>> like gaining experience in one of them big online RPGs. You get a few
>> kills, you get better. So the incentive is to play smart and win, not
>> to sit on your ass in a corner. What if the rewards for taking down an
>> enemy grew as the number of kills they'd scored grew? That way there's
>> incentive to band with other weak moles to take down the Goliath
>> that's causing everyone problems.-
>
>Okay...but I'm inclined to suggest that it, yes, be an increase to a max stat, but card 
>play (as in, however many two-card plays) is needed to bring the actual stat up to 
>that level, especially in the case of health.  Otherwise, the aforementioned Goliath 
>will just become more invulnerable in the heat of battle, so ganging up on it wouldn't 
>work.
>
-Goliath only has five cards. Two moles should be able to beat almost any third mole into submission, although one may die in the process.-

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