Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I met Rambie on turn 6 and it still took 60 turns to take him out. All is not lost Tesco, remember who you are playing (1-6).

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I believe that the SEIV equivalent of steel chairs and tables (ruins), have been eliminated from the KOTH games.

And while I agree it is likely that the 2 challengers would beat on the champion, you have to wonder how long before the champ is completely beaten down that the challengers will go at each other, allowing the king to recover and strike again. After all, how many forces is each challenger going to commit knowing that they still have to take out each other. And then the king and one challenger may team up on the other...oh the possibilities!!

Gecko found me on turn 6 (1 turn sooner than our previous game). We've had some very light battles, most being won by him, and now in turn 27 we both seem to be re-gathering forces. I'd say more, but I don't want to give anything away, lest my opponent lurks about this board. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

My experience from several 3 player games Cheese is that if the guy getting teamed up on isn't totally wiped off the map before the other two turn on each other, they don't leave him enough to have a realistic chance of making a comeback. My personal opinion is that if you have three players, it's better to wait and find a fourth, or play separate two man games.

Geoschmo

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Oh, here we go again. Turn 9 and Primitive and I have already met. Sheesh. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Guess you got a good laught when you saw my starting system. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Geo, if you want a surefire way to beat Primitive, listen close.

What you do is gift him a really really large vat of vegetable oil to rub over himself, and also get your intelligence operatives to leave a few copies of "Muscles Weekly (with large colour photos)" round the royal palace on his home planet.

He will spend so much time larding himself up and reading the muscleboy mags that he wont notice whilst you sweep in and trash his empire

Note to Primitive: said extremely tongue in cheek!!

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Geo, GT’s advise won’t work.

Vegetable oil is only for sissies. Primitive only uses oil from the most ferocious animals, processed from beasts he has killed and skinned himself (not necessarily in that order).

Hmmm, maybe some tiger oil would be nice. Does that come in extra virgin ?

Edit: Cant spell

[ March 03, 2003, 15:34: Message edited by: primitive ]

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Boxed in is not a good thing.

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, it's not. Hopefully the new default setting of small spiral map will prevent that in the future. So far in all my games using it even with an early meeting each player has a way to go to expand that won't overlap for a while.

Geoschmo

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Hey, I see that the King game as started. Anyone care to give us an update as to if anyones met, etc?