Re: Chariots

["Matt Worden" <Brykovian@...>]

> > 1-Burst of Speed -- Player makes one extra move (an extra 
impulse?) 
> > in the turn
> 
> There are three possibilities here:
> 
> 1) the action allow you to move on an impulse your chariot would
> normally stand still (thus it's useless at speed 5).
> 
> 2) the action allow you to move two squares during an impulse your
> chariot would normally move one.
> 
> 3) the action allows you to move first in an impulse ignoring 
chariot
> positions.
> 
> Maybe make it the drivers choice.

Or ... perhaps the player can either move a space out-of-turn:
1- before a turn is gone through ... player moves his/her piece 1 
space, then the normal impulse-by-impulse play of the turn is carried 
out, or ...
2- after the last impulse of a turn has been completed, giving them 
one more move

> 
> > 2-Run off an Opponent -- If an opponent is in the adjacent square 
> > toward the outside of the track, the player can move that 
opponent 
> > one more square toward the outside (assuming there's room on the 
> > track)
> 
> It would be difficult to determine the legality of this action in 
the
> turns, so maybe it should be limited to in the straightaways.
> This is a variant of the pushing action and could be allowed
> as an option to that action.

I think the in-turn legality could be simplified.  The first tiles in 
the turn (connected to the straightaways) would be treated the same 
as the straightaways.  The mid-turn tiles would be treated at 90-
degrees to the straightaways.  But then, at the same time, we're 
losing some elegance. :-\

A couple other ideas, came to mind regarding ways to slow down your 
opponent, or speed yourself up:

3- Drafting ... if an opponent is in the square "directly ahead of 
you" (might have the same problem defining this as with #2) moves 
forward, you can follow 1 square in that same direction.
4- Blocking ... if an opponent is in the square "directly behind you" 
(ditto ;-D), you can push them back 1 square (although I'm kind of 
playing on the same elements in a couple different ways)

(hey, man ... I'm trying!!) ;-D

-Bryk