-- New Galaxy Games --

From: slothoub@cs.utwente.nl (Frans Slothouber)

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings,

I am happy to annouce that I will be starting 4 new GalaxyNG games
and one Standard Galaxy game.

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.

For the people that don't like the bombing rule I will also
start an old style galaxy game.

You have a choice from the following games:

*** GalaxyNG Games ***

---  Clash   ---

Clash will be a big 60 or more players game.  It will run 3
turns/week the first couple of turn and will then slow down to 2
turn/week. Please note that such a large game requires quite a lot
of time in the end phase of the game.

--- DeathZone ---

DeathZone will be a medium sized game with 30 players and will
run 3 turns/week.

--- Delirium ---

To keep with the tradition of having a ultra fast game, Delirium
will be started, this is a 5 turn/week game, with a maximum of 15
players.

--- MicroZone ---

MicroZone will be a small game of 10 players and will run 3
turns/week.

***  Standard Galaxy Game ***

---  Phoenix  ---

Phoenix will be a standard galaxy game with 25 players.  Standard
Galaxy means that the GalaxyNG bombing rule will be disabled.  Planets
will thus be bombed fully and be uninhabited after bombing.  You will
start the game with only one homeplanet.

***  HOW TO JOIN ***

To join one of these games send a mail with one of the following
subjects:

Join Phoenix
  Join DeathZone
  Join Clash
  Join Delirium
  Join MircoZone

to this address:

slothoub@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 ***

All games will run with the new version of GalaxyNG that just
has been finished and tested in a test game.  This new 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 sofar, has been removed since
     it it unfair.

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

Have Fun,
Frans.