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From: [e-mail] (Bruno Wolff III)
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Subject: sorcerer (was Re: good three-player games)
Date: 30 Dec 1992 20:57:26 GMT
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From article <[e-mail]>, by [e-mail] (Greg Noren):
]
] Speaking of out of print games ... two other friends and I used to
] have many enjoyable sessions of the old SPI _Sorcerer_ game.  I
] seem to remember enjoying the provided scenarios as well as our
] own.  Also, two of us could play the second solitare ("The Magic
] Tide" ???) scenario and have a lot of fun.  This was an "us against
] the board" kind of scenario which lets you play and not compete with
] the other player - refreshing when you are learning the game.  It was
] quick to learn and generally played rapidly.  SPI's classic combat
] differential (+1, 0, -1, etc) was used but with a twist.  The column
] in the table was affected by the color of the battling units and the
] color of the hex in which the battle took place.  I recommend it if
] you can find it.
]
Sorcerer was a classic example of SPI's work; there was a good game there
somewhere, but the rules needed a lot of work.
I would recommend starting scenarios with some units built. I remember that
in at least one case the first player had an execellent chance to kill the
other player's prime sorcerer before he got to do anything.