Re: [Epic] Rumours R Us

From: Joseph Looney <mlooney_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 08:56:18 -0600

Chen-Song Qin wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Joseph Looney wrote:
>
> > I have Dirtside II. I don't like it's game system. I have a problem
> > with ANY system that depends on drawing counters for it CRT.
> > Why?
> > Two reasons:
> > 1) I lose counters, which changes the odds of given event happening.
> > 2) It's very hard to stop "selective counter drawings"
> >
>
> Well, I guess that depends on personal taste. But some of the
> possibilities are pretty hard to determine with dice. e.g. the "firer
> systems down" counter is something like three in over a hundred. That's
> pretty hard to determine with a D6. As to "selective counter drawings",
> it's really hard to stop cheating with any system if the person is
> determined to.

Don't use a single d6. Use D100 or D1000. If you must use D6's then
set up a system where all 36 options of 2d6 are used, i.e. 1,3 is not
the same as 2,2. Or if you really have a lot of options use 3d6 the
same way, that give 216 options.
Received on Thu Feb 20 1997 - 14:56:18 UTC