Redwich - a dramatic game (in progress)

[Bananadine]

Originally Posted by Squirrelloid

Yes, I believe it impossible for Eriu to win at this point. I mean, I'll play it out, but I don't think anything I do matters all that much (aside from the capability of being annoying). Its rather hard to 'play to win' if there's no feasible 'means of winning'.

Although it may be wise, rational, or otherwise potentially good to believe at some time or another that your somewhat powerful nation can't possibly win, it would never have occurred to me (due to my own personality and quirks) to believe such a thing. So, as I say, the Squirrelloid/Redwich example is educational for me!

Originally Posted by Squirrelloid

I think the number of required VPs is set far too high - the game will have been long since over in any real sense by the time someone achieves that goal.

But what if everybody is still having fun right up to the end? They are free to do that, even if they aren't winning, and I think that is a pretty "real" sense in which the game could still be said to be progressing!

But of course people are just as free not to be having fun then--we'll see what happens.

Originally Posted by Squirrelloid

I also have a vested interest in seeing *you* (bananadine/vanheim) lose because you stabbed me just when i started to recover. But that's really my only remaining motivation - nothing else appearing to be achievable.

Yes, I'd noticed that the barbarians were starting to receive better treatment from Eriu than the people of Vanheim were. Those barbarians seem pretty comfortable!