Re: [piecepack] Re: Chariots

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

Matt Worden wrote:
> --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Mark A. Biggar" <mark@b...> wrote:
> MW>> 5- Damage track ... when moving your piece, you can somehow mark 
> the 
> MW>> space you are moving from (perhaps with the coin you spend to do 
> the 
> MW>> action) ... this space in the track is now off-limits
>
> MAB> Doesn't really fit the theme.  Chariot tracks were packed dirt 
> and thus
> MAB> hard to damage enough to impede horses or large wheeled chariots.
>
> Fair enough ... ;-)
>
> What about causing some type of obstacle on the track?  I was trying 
> to find a way to pinch other riders by lessening their choice of 
> legal moves -- and maybe even removing the last one they had, causing 
> them to crash.  It would probably have to be removed from the track 
> at the end of the current lap.

I've been trying to come up with a theme related way to have such
obstacles and haven't yet thought of one.  There's just not enough
stuff on a chariot to leave behind for an obstacle without disabling
the chariot.  This needs a lot more thought.


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