Hints

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

## 8.1: Hints

Here are some starting hints for new players.

(1) | Don't try to be self-sufficient. Contact your fellow players and work with them. There is a huge advantage to playing as part of a "team".
(2) | NPs are the most important resource in the game. Use them wisely. Most nobles can be contract loyalty. At the very least, wait until your initial contract loyalty wears off before you "oath" a noble. By then you might have lots of gold!
(3) | Don't spend too much of your starting gold before you establish some new sources of income. Here are the common ways to earn money in TAG:
| Taxes/Tariffs: high income, but difficult to establish.
| Fishing: steady income, needs a port city.
| Inns: low income, ties up a noble.
| Pots/Baskets: low income, lots of competition, easy.
| Treasure Hunting: potentially high rewards, dangerous.
| Trade: high income, difficult to establish.

(4) The Age of Gods is not vanilla Olympia! Check the rules before you assume something works the same in both games. In particular, The Age of Gods is based on Olympia G1, not Olympia G2 or later.