Of course Olympia favors long term commitments/relationships. LIFE
favors them. And Olympia is really a diplomacy game, whether players
like it or not. There is a synergistic effect of cooperating between
players. And it is normally not beneficial to end an advantagous
cooperative situation.
It is going to be very hard to design a game where it isn't an advantage
to have longterm agreements!
Steven Goodman