New GalaxyNG starting !

From: dvveen@cs.utwente.nl (Dora van Veen)

Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Hello Everyone,

!!!!!PLAYERS WANTED!!!!!

I will start a new GalaxyNG game called Myst. It will be a small game
with 13 players which runs two times a week (Monday and Thursday).

----HOW TO JOIN----

To join the game send a mail with the following subject:

Join Myst

to this address:

dvveen@cs.utwente.nl

Your request will be processed by an automated server, and you will
receive a reply to tell you if you were accepted or not.  If you are
not accepted you will be placed on a replacement players list.

Please use the correct subject and address as I will ignore any
incorrect emails!  Also note that your mail will be processed
by a non-intelligent program, so there is no point in putting
any information or questions in the body of your mail.

*** Background Information ***

GalaxyNG is a variant of Galaxy.  The main difference is that when you
bomb a planet of an enemy you become the owner of that planet, and you
get to keep 25% of the population and industry.  The distribution of
the planets is such that everybody has a fair chance on winning the
game, and the GalaxyNG code fixes a number of bugs that were present
in the old Galaxy Code.

GalaxyNG is compatible with GalaxyTV.

The game will run with the new version of GalaxyNG. This version has
some extra features over the older version:

(1)  There is a forecaster function with the orders checker.
     With each reply to a set of orders you send in you
     can get an forecast on the status of your groups
     and planets in the next turn.  (This can be switched
     on and off)

(2)  You can play anonymously. That is your email address will
     remain hidden from other players, until you decide to
     make it known.

(3)  The report contains extra information that will be used
     in future versions of GalaxyTV to provide you with more
     information about your groups.

(4)  The rule that allowed you to change production while still
     keeping all industry points so far has been removed since
     it it unfair.

For more information have a look at
http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/~slothoub/Galaxy

Greetings from Dora