SV: [FT] Fleet design (Was Re: Alarishi Home Page)
From: "Oerjan Ohlson" <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 06:49:10 +0100
Subject: SV: [FT] Fleet design (Was Re: Alarishi Home Page)
John Crimmins wrote:
> For some reaon, I keep reading that name as "Foul Ol' Ron", from
> Pratchett's "Discworld" series. Is there a connection, or is it just
a
> coincidence?
You're not the only one :-)
> Come to think of it, though, Ankh-Morpork would make one
> hell of a minor power....
'Twould make for rather boring battles, though - Ankh-Mopork wins its
wars in two ways:
1) By buying the enemy army, or
2) By surrendering on terms guaranteeing a civil war or revolution
within
the enemy power...
Neither seems very attractive from a wargamer's point of view :-/
Later,
Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com