Re: [Epic] Any Interest

From: cowen <jcowen_at_...>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:17:35 +1000

> Chris White wrote:
>
> > Sounds intriguing. I'm not sure I would have the patience for
the days or
> > weeks necessary to play this way, though.
>
> Yeah. However, I think it may be cool to try, just so that I can play
some games
> with people halfway around the globe.
>
> > How would you roll dice? I'm a fairly trusting person, but it
would be
> > hard to buy a roll that was, say, 80% "6"s. I've seen it in real life
often
> > enough, but some guy on e-mail saying "Wow. 8 out of 10..." would give
me a
> > twinge of suspicion...
>
> Actually, I would program all of the logic into the interface. I
envision clicking
> on the unit icon, selecting shoot, have a rubber band line streach out to
your
> target, confirm shot, and then resolve the shooting (assault, etc.,
etc.). However,
> there is nothing to prevent a person from running through his or her turn
multiple
> times until a favored result occurs. So yes, there would be a lot of
trust.
>
> Mainly, it would be for fun.
>
>
>

you could have a time limit on the turn...so the person wouldn't have time
to go through the turn multiple times...or something like that

benn
Received on Mon Sep 29 1997 - 00:17:35 UTC