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From: han@Apple.COM (Byron Han)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Spaceward Ho! - can anybody beat ingenious computer?
Keywords: damn tough
Message-ID: <49443@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Feb 91 23:53:26 GMT
References: <22557@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Apple R&D - Networking & Communications
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In article <22557@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4586c@prism.gatech.EDU (WILLETT,THOMAS CARTER) writes:
>has anybody managed to beat the computer when its rated at "ingenious".
>if so, could you share your secrets.  i keep getting slaughtered - they
>seem to be able to build huge battlefleets faster than i can build 
>satellites to defend myself.  and when i try to attack them, they have
>usually over 200 ships at a planet, and i get wiped out.
>
The trick is to avoid battle with him until very late in the game.
Usually, I try to keep about 15-20 satellite around each planet and
send out lots of scouts...


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