Post by Phenster Dragorgn on Jul 30, 2021 11:02:21 GMT -6
Hi all,
I’m curious to know what strategies you folks have figured out for jousting in Chainmail.
In a recent blog article, I outline the strategy I suppose is obvious: Use the best couple aiming points and defensive positions and change it up with middle-ranked options to keep your opponent guessing. I rank each aiming point and defensive position based on a simple point system. Tl;dr: scroll to the tables.
Earlier this week, I played a tourney with a friend who is more of a strategist than I. He’s a tournament chess player and a wargamer from way back. He played D&D in the 70s. He remembers Chainmail and jousting on the Matrix. Sharp as a tack, but after a dozen jousts, he didn’t come up with anything more than the obvious cited above.
A forum search fetches nothing specific about jousting strategy. I found a thread, Problems with Chainmail Jousting, which mentions the above strategy but nothing more in depth.
I should mention that I’m not looking for problems in the game or how to fix anything. I just want to know if I’m missing any other strategies. Thanks for your time and expertise.
I’m curious to know what strategies you folks have figured out for jousting in Chainmail.
In a recent blog article, I outline the strategy I suppose is obvious: Use the best couple aiming points and defensive positions and change it up with middle-ranked options to keep your opponent guessing. I rank each aiming point and defensive position based on a simple point system. Tl;dr: scroll to the tables.
Earlier this week, I played a tourney with a friend who is more of a strategist than I. He’s a tournament chess player and a wargamer from way back. He played D&D in the 70s. He remembers Chainmail and jousting on the Matrix. Sharp as a tack, but after a dozen jousts, he didn’t come up with anything more than the obvious cited above.
A forum search fetches nothing specific about jousting strategy. I found a thread, Problems with Chainmail Jousting, which mentions the above strategy but nothing more in depth.
I should mention that I’m not looking for problems in the game or how to fix anything. I just want to know if I’m missing any other strategies. Thanks for your time and expertise.