Tactical Spaceship Combat? From: dkass@cco.caltech.edu (David Michael Kass) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000 I'm looking for an email game of tactical level starship combat, preferably free. I'm specifically interested in a game where you command one (or possibly a few) spaceships in a single battle with a significant amount of detail. I recently started playing such a game, based on the starfire system, but it ended when several players apparently started insulting the moderator (it was a free game). I'm especially interested in games where the types of ships are fixed (too many design systems have exploitable flaws). I looked on the PBM list and found three possibilities. The first is Next Empire, but that seems to be more of a grand tactical game where you design and build ships (gathering resources and such) to fight with. The second is SFB. I play SFB ftf and really like it, but not being designed for PBEM, it tends to not work real well (I've played several games with different systems, and while they worked, they didn't work well). The final, and possibly most promising, was Starship Command. Unfortunately, the blurb on the list isn't enough to really get a feel for the game (and there weren't any links to web pages). I'm especially interested in thoughts of people who have played in the mentioned games (or others that fit the type). Thanks, -- David Kass Caltech Grad Student E-Mail: dkass@cco.caltech.edu Planetary Science Research: dkass@venus1.gps.caltech.edu Referenced By Up