Tactical minelaying Q and a possible exploit

[Suicide Junkie]

If you were to block off all the other squares with ships, perhaps.

And quite possibly.
However, it should be noted that the game really should be played in simultaneous mode. The AI's all play as if it were, and for most multiplayer action, it is the only practical choice.

[bearclaw]

IIRC, I seem to remember a game where I got into a massive battle with a carrier fleet of mine against standard warships of my enemy's. It ended up a draw but my carriers had taken significant damage that ended up with nearly 200 fighters being left in the sector.

I though: Cool! more than 100 units in a sector!

The following turn, I looked for my fighters and found that there were only 100 left. The other 80-90 has disappeared. I haven't tested this to see if this is normal (I belive this was a pre-gold game).