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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Strategy & logistics - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 12-Nov-83 04:31:04 EST
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uiucuxc!hamilton    Nov 11 22:53:00 1983

yeah, that makes sense.  i was just guessing.  a LOT of sectors are
adjacent to a road, but many are as far as 7 or 8, so i just split
the difference.  my heartland is better-developed than the territory
i have inherited from discouraged neighbors; in those cases i have
only a single road bisecting a 2-300 sector landmass.  latest stats:
    #:  30  ):   6  *:   3  +: 249  -:   1  =:  37  ^: 177  a: 684
    c:   4  d:   5  f: 117  g:  24  h:  33  i:   5  j:  25  k:  23
    m:  22  n:   4  o:  75  r:  14  t:  10  u:  14  w:  11
    total: 1573
the above doesn't count the many wasteland sectors i got from a
neighbor who fought a nuclear war.  i've been playing a very pacifist
game here, and the other players have pretty much left me alone, or
even helped.  that means most of my BTUs have been spent adjusting
deliveries, etc.  i couldn't have managed so much land nearly as well
if i had to spend a significant amount of time in combat.  i propose
that BTU accumulation should be at least partially a function of the
number of sectors one owns; perhaps one should be allowed a BTU-producing
capital for every 2-300 sectors, on the assumption that a large country
would delegate administrative functions to provincial capitals.
btw, i finished my round-the-world road, tho i haven't had much use
for it (yet?).
	wayne ({decvax,ucbvax}!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!)hamilton