Dan Cicero - 04:28pm Sep 26, 2000 PST (#2511 of 2511) 

Re: "If a driver is knocked off a chariot, where do you put his piece?" 

It goes in the same space with the chariot, just as you did it. 

Re: "Who moves first, teams/driverless chariots, or runners?" 

Since team, driverless chariots and runners are all considered,
"corpses," they move, collectively, before all manned chariots. Within
the group of corpses, they move normally, front to rear, inside to
outside in the case of ties. 

Re: "When moving, it's clear from the rules that the chariot is in the
same space as the team. Does this mean for ramming you do it from the
hex the team is currently moving in (in corners), or from the hex behind
the team?" 

First, I'm assuming by "same space" you mean the rectangular spaces,
which is a correct interpretation. In the turns, the chariot and teams
are in adjacent hexes. 

Ramming, as per Rule 6a, the ramming chariot "execute[s] a swerve into
the target at the moment [it] is adjacent to it (however momentarily)."
So the ram actually occurs from the hex behind the team. (I'm assuming
here that you're moving just the team, leaving the chariot in the
starting space, which helps count the number of spaces moved.) 

Re: "Is it correct that no driver injury points are placed on a driver
who is knocked off his chariot?" 

Well, that depends. If he's knocked off his chariot as the result of a
"net attack," he sustains no injuries, if he's knocked off as a result
of a "whip attack," he sustains one injury. These results are from the
Weapons Table and the Whip Attack Table. 

Glad you're enjoying the game! 

Dan 

Dan Cicero - 08:30pm Sep 30, 2000 PST (#2518 of 2518) 

Re: "When 'Appeal to the Gods' is in play what is the reference to three
try total in the rules? 2." 

I don't have the rules with me, but if I remember right, you get three
re-rolls when you have "Appeal to the Gods." (Seemed to me it was six
re-rolls, but I could be remembering that wrong.) 

Re: "When riding a Team can you turn the Team or does it follow the
outside wall?" 

You can turn the team using normal control mechanisms. Just remember to
take your "falling off" roll. Let a 1 come up and you're dead. 

Speaking of CIRCUS MINIMUS, my final game at Syc-HomerCon this morning
was CIRCUS MINIMUS. It was the bloodiest game I've ever played. By the
end of the first turn, three of the four chariots were flipped, their
drivers running for their lives. Paul Worthington was the only one still
riding along in his War Chariot with a ton of damage. I jumped up on the
median and then on to a passing team. I managed to ride the team through
almost a lap before falling to my death. Matt Fehlman did the same
thing. 

As with every game, this one was a lot of fun. Even those who wondered
about the game were talking about picking it up after playing it. Cool
little game. 

After the game ended, we drove to beautiful, downtown Sycamore and took
a photo in front of the Civil War monument in front of the courthouse.
Maybe there's enough material in what we did this weekend to put a
write-up in OPERATIONS... 

Dan