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darrin · **Subject:** **Posted:** February 15, 2008 09:08 am

I'm not a big fan of this one. Hai Peng with no captain? I'm not sure I like that in a demo fleet... I would think I'd want to teach new players on how to optimize the abilities on Hai peng, and not putting a Captain on it feels... just wrong.

Also, if Hai Peng is the treasure runner, why would you put Parley on the gunship? And I'm not sure I'd want to teach a game to beginners to start with... seems like it would be confusing to new players. I'd want to emphasize the fun things like shooting and bringing home treasure without throwing decisions at them like, "so I can give up gold to avoid being shot?" That's actually a fairly complicated tactical decision, and many new players get confused that shooting things is how you win the game, and can get frustrated when someone else wins because they collected more gold. Parley would probably muddle that up.

ziotoo4 · **Subject:** **Posted:** February 15, 2008 12:35 pm

Hi! I do't think parley makes things difficult. Surely, this fleet isn't for tota newbies.
As for Hai Peng, i didn't add the captain because the blck pearl already had a captain boost (so i avoided being repetitive) and not to make things difficult (seeing a captain a newbie would probably think that you want him to shoot with that ship!
ciao! fede

darrin · **Subject:** **Posted:** February 15, 2008 01:12 pm

quote from ziotoo4:

Hi! I do't think parley makes things difficult. Surely, this fleet isn't for tota newbies.
As for Hai Peng, i didn't add the captain because the blck pearl already had a captain boost (so i avoided being repetitive) and not to make things difficult (seeing a captain a newbie would probably think that you want him to shoot with that ship!
ciao! fede

If I was teaching new players about the game, I'd want to make sure I got across the main theme: bringing home treasure. Like I said, many new players see all the masts and dice and get the idea that it's a combat game. I'd want to make sure they got the idea that gold-running is more important than combat.

Introducing Parley as an ability might create a lot of confusion, and particularly for beginners in introduces a tactical question that requires a lot more thought: is it a good idea to give up gold to avoid being shot at? As an intermediate or advanced player, this adds tactical complexity to the game, because there will be situations where Parley is a good idea and where it isn't. For a beginning player, it would confuse the message of "gold running is more important than combat".

Of course, that's not the only way to play the game. Free-for-alls and Last Captain Standing can be just as fun. That's part of why I like the game so much... it's more like a toolbox full of interesting bits, you can put them together in different ways and design your own scenarios.

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