Re: [piecepack] Re: Chariots

["Mark A. Biggar" <mark@...>]

Benedict wrote:

> Based on Mark's desire to have a fast tactical game, it doesn't 
> sound like bidding is going to help game play all that much. I 
> thikn I was trying to add german-game style strategy to it - 
> obviously not in ;line with Mark's overall game design ;)

That's the conclusion I'm coming too as well.

> So, Mark, do you have embryonic game ideas for the Ancient 
> Greek Olympics events that you mentioned when you described 
> the genesis of Chariots?

Well, my ideas (almost none of which were worked out) were:
Discus: flicking game
Wrestling: card game like system using hands of tiles where different
	suits correspond to different wrestling actions, possibly
	something like the fencing game "En Guarde"
Weightlifting: no ideas at all just a category
Long jump: Liars dice like bluffing game using coins.
Foot race: what turned into Chariots.

The basic global idea was to have several very different mini-games
each taking about 5-10 min with a point system to determine the
overall winner of the game (kind of a medal count).  I ran out of
time (and energy) and so re-themed the most developed part, the foot
race, as chariot racing.

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