Last call for players - New game starting - Far Horizons - galactic strategic role-playing From: ram@eskimo.com (Rick Morneau) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000 Howdy! The seventh edition of Far Horizons is now ready for playing, and I am seeking several new players. Far Horizons is a strategic role-playing game of galactic exploration, colonization, and conquest designed by me for play-by-email. The game is free. I am retired, and Far Horizons is one of my hobbies. My goal has been to design a realistic simulation that let's a player play the role of a space-faring species as enjoyably and realistically as possible. In playing Far Horizons, you can use any text editor on any computer to read your status reports and prepare your orders - no special software is needed. You will also need a calculator, but the calculations are simple and there are not many of them. We will also have access to a custom-designed list server at eskimo.com that will forward messages to individual species or broadcast messages to all species, anonoymously or non-anonymously. Thus, if you wish, you can keep your real identity and email address secret. You are also free, of course, to communicate with other players directly. While this will officially be a "test" game, I do not expect to make many changes. Most of the bugs were worked out in the previous tests. In the early stages of the game, there will be two turns per week, and your orders will be due at 12:00 noon universal time on Wednesdays and Saturdays. When things start getting busier (perhaps about turn 20 or 25), we will switch to one turn per week, and your orders will be due at 12:00 noon universal time on Saturdays only. (12:00 noon UT = 5 AM US Pacific daylight time = 8 AM US Eastern daylight time.) The game should start in about 2 weeks. The length of the game will be randomly determined and will not be announced until the very end. The minimum length will be 25 turns and the maximum will be 75. Unlike other similar games, there are no victory conditions. Far Horizons is a role- playing game, and you can play any role you like. If you cannot commit yourself for at least one year, then please do not volunteer to play. As your empire grows, your orders will become longer and more complicated, and you can expect to spend 4-5 hours per week preparing orders and communicating with other players. Playing Far Horizons is a serious commitment, and your allies will be depending on you to play as diligently as possible. If you would like to play, please obtain a copy of the rules and READ THEM CAREFULLY before asking to play. Far Horizons is a complex simulation and the rules are long and take time to master. You can obtain a copy of the rules by sending a blank message to ram@eskimo.com with the subject line: Subject: FHRules The body of the message will be ignored. The rules will be sent to you in five pieces which you will have to manually concatenate. After reading the rules, if you decide that you'd like to play, send me an email message at ram@eskimo.com. Do NOT send me a Set-Up form as described in the rules. I'll let you know when I'm ready for it. Again, please read the rules carefully BEFORE volunteering to play. Thank you and happy gaming! Best regards, Rick -- *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= =* Rick Morneau ram@eskimo.com "Whenever you're in a hurry, =* *= Denizen of Idaho, USA slow down!" - me *= =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Up