From: William Manire Date: 2009-11-04T08:23:48+09:00 Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Hamurabi (#223) --000e0cd32ed6b1258e04777fc0d2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 ha ha ha, hard to argue against that point. Too bad our laws aren't written in Ruby. 2009/11/3 David Southwell > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Ehsanul Hoque > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > BTW, does anybody have any ideas for how a (fun) multiplayer version > of > > > > > > Hamurabi would look like? What I was thinking: Add in a model of free > > > markets to set price of land, so there would then be real trading > between > > > players. Then a smart player could influence prices through supply, to > > > his opponents' detriment, if he could see the state of their kingdoms. > > > And then there could be all sorts of nice strategies and > > > counter-strategies in the struggle to be the best. Also: quick (say 30 > > > seconds or a minute at most), timed rounds, ending at round ten or so, > at > > > which point the winner is announced, and the game is restarted. > > > > > > > What do you guys think of that? Sound like any fun? A problem might > be > > > > > > finding other players to actually play with live! In which case a > slower, > > > non-timed version that emailed you when it was your turn might be more > > > appropriate (and less of a time sucker). > > > > > > You could also have disaffected people moving from city to city, > > > adjusting the populations upward and downward respectively. > > > > > > martin > > > > Great ideas. > > > > I suggest a new disaster that could happen to a kingdom as well. > > > > Public Healthcare > > > > 2009/11/3 Martin DeMello > > > Existing disaster is when there is no public responsibility for healthcare. > When the world is full of pharisees who pass by on the other side. > > Human concern for others is something with a value beyond rubies!! > > David > > > -- William Kevin Manire Lead Developer Edge Of Nowhere LLC (http://www.edgeofnowherellc.com) (206) 384-5826 --000e0cd32ed6b1258e04777fc0d2--