[spoon]

To address Gandalph's request that he posted to the Game News:

This game seemed to end too soon and I would appreciate any input on how to make it a little tougher. I have thought about making the map larger so it will take longer to get the Tug home, thus enabling the other players more oppurtunity to recapture it.

The game's length seemed right to me, but if you want to increase it, you might want to try the following
- Reduce the tug speed to 2, and/or
- Eliminate Propulsion Expert (or raise its cost to something obscene, like 3000)

Making the map bigger would also work, but we all know what a pain it is to make maps. I also don't think it would be as effective as simply lowering the tug speed.

Note, though, if the game goes on for too long, the tug becomes moot, and the only real way to win is probably to crush everyone else first, then dominate with intel.

-spoon