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Subject: Re: New Game Idea !!!!

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 05:39:41 09/26/98

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On September 26, 1998 at 08:05:45, Steve Blatchford wrote:

>
>
>Hi all,
>
>In my spare time I like to design new board games, and it would be a great
>pleasure for me to share my latest idea with you all and ask, respectfully, for
>any feedback. Is it a good idea, can you suggest any modifications ?
>
>The game takes place on a large playing board. You can mine for iron ore and
>concrete agregates; build factories, iron ore smelters, tech centres and all
>that stuff.
>
>The idea is to produce lots of concrete and steel reinforcement bars.
>
>Then you must design a lid, build the lid, and put the lid on the volcano !!
>
>That's going to be the name of the game: "Put The Lid On The Volcano !!!"
>
>And it's a very active volcano !!
>
>When you put on the lid, an electronic timer starts, and after 60 seconds the
>lid all blows off again !! Bang !! What fun !!
>
>During this 60 seconds the real game gets going. You gotta run round and make
>alliances and try and ban the other players. That's how you win !! They're all
>gone and only you is left !!
>
>You can get tokens and lucky cards.
>
>There's the Priest token. This doesn't say much but is very useful for banning.
>
>And the Professor token. This says much too much and is a bit of a liability.
>Try and pass it on to another player quick.
>
>If you have a tech centre you can make data. Data, as we all know, is completely
>neutral; but very useful for attack purposes.
>
>The Prussian token will increase the neutral data output of your tech centre
>four-fold !! Make sure you have a Prussian token.
>
>There's also a Moderator token. This is quite powerful for banning, but
>unfortunately possession of the moderator token means that you've lost the game.
>You only find this out at the end though.
>
>Steve Blatchford

Good game for Oxford Softworks...

Enrique



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