Castle enhancements

[EatYerGreens]

@EatyerGreens

Sir, I think you have the makings of a Player Supreme!

Thank you.

I accept flattery and all major credit cards.

Your comments and questions have opened up to the true meat of the discussion, and very reminiscent of the old pre-RTW Org, when *deep* discussion was the norm.

I composed an overly long response, which I need to edit, and hope to post over the weekend in a separate thread as the response is beyond the scope of this thread.

I'll be on the lookout for that.

Boredom? Hardly.

Actually, I didn't mean boredom for the player, I meant boredom for the generals, sitting around garrisoning places and never getting to see any battles because neither side wants to make the first move. Hence they start developing those nasty vices, to pass the time, so to speak.

Just got to expand your Strategum.

Stratagem, it says 'ere

Have you read Sun Tzu's, "Art of War"?

I will certainly have to, one of these days, though I think half the fun comes from learning what it has to say through - sometimes painful - experience and I have the sneaking suspicion that, when I do read it, the thing will be mostly telling me what I already know, so I could be wasting my money. I'll check Amazon or some such place and see if it's reasonably priced. The trouble is, I know that it's popular among management types and expect it to be (over) priced accordingly.

The nub of the problem is the old one about "I never have enough money to develop better tech AND I can never get my armies as large as the AI has". If Sun Tzu's advice can get your battle strategy to a level where you are comfortable about defending against superior numbers and even attacking against superior numbers, then one can survive with a smaller army. The improved cashflow will enable you to out-tech the AI and make this process steadily easier.

[Deus Ex]

I will certainly have to, one of these days, though I think half the fun comes from learning what it has to say through - sometimes painful - experience and I have the sneaking suspicion that, when I do read it, the thing will be mostly telling me what I already know, so I could be wasting my money. I'll check Amazon or some such place and see if it's reasonably priced. The trouble is, I know that it's popular among management types and expect it to be (over) priced accordingly.

I do not have a hardbound copy of the book - I have looked through it before at the bookstore (at length ).

However, here is a link to an on-line version. I am not sure if it is complete - but it looks pretty close. check it out and see.

Even if you feel it might be telling you what you already know, I think there is far more to it - and it is well worth a read.

DE

[EatYerGreens]

Thanks for the link, Deus. I followed the link only meaning to have a quick peek but ended up reading the lot!

(I take it that what they've put on that site is a heavily abridged version of the full book?)

[Geezer57]

Thanks for the link, Deus. I followed the link only meaning to have a quick peek but ended up reading the lot!

(I take it that what they've put on that site is a heavily abridged version of the full book?)

Well, the book itself is rather dinky, being a very slim volume. But the website linked above sure doesn't seem to contain the whole thing, little though that be.

Still, the site will give you a good "flavor" of what Sun Tzu was all about.