RE: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Tafl anyone?

["Craig" <ragnarok@xxxxxxxxx>]

>> > I'm leaning toward the suggestion above of only giving each player one
>> > Hnefi, and removing em from the game once it escapes.
>>
>> The problem there is that it will be, in many cases, to everyone's
>> benefit for another player to be removed from the game. So why would we
>> try to stop an escaping player? And if there's no incentive to stop an
>> escaping player, what differentiates this from a bunch of people
>> sitting around gaining Tafl points for no reason?

>Nothing, of course-the game would be broken unless Retired players could
>still prevent escapers, like Wonko said. How about when Retired, you can
>still place Pawns, but not Hnefi, and your Pawns are cheaper? Or a player
>loses points when captured by a Retired player?

While my network was out and I couldn't send mail, I thought of and tried to
submit exactly that.

 -- Teucer

"Next meeting, electroshock devices go under everyone's chairs."
 -John Cowan

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