New Galaxy Game Kvik Starting From: Davis Kulis <sd30030@cs.fmf.lu.lv> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000 Hi, I'm starting a new Galaxy game and I'm therefore looking for players. Galaxy is a free play-by-email galactic war game. It requires strategic as well as diplomatic skills, and is highly addictive. Depending on how you play, the game takes about 1 to 2 hours a turn. There are a number of tools, such as a turn viewer, that make playing the game even more easy. Warning!!! ------------ This is my 1st game I'm hosting! Be prepared for various problems! Number of Turns ----------------- Turns will be run 3 times a week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 6:00 GMT (planned). Maybe later we will switch to 2 turns a week - in case you'll ask me to! The game will run automatically, and an orders checker will be available. Number of players ------------------- Approximately 10 players can join. If not the game will start with a fewer number of players. I'm limiting number of players because if something goes wrong, less people will want to kill me :) ! New type of Galaxy -------------------- The game will be somewhat different from the traditional galaxy games in that it will use different algorithm to create the initial layout of the galaxy. Each player will start with 2 fully developed home planets instead of 1, both of size 1000. Each player will have the same number of planets within a given radius from it's home planet. The sizes of these planets will differ, but the sum of the sizes will be equal for all players, ensuring that each player has an equal chance to success. In addition, the home worlds of the different player are widely spaced from each other, ensuring that a player isn't kicked out in the first few turns. To improve the tactical possibilities a number of 'stuff planets' will be scattered across the galaxy. These are small useless planets that provide players with different routes to attack their enemies. This algorithm was developed by Frans Slothouber and Rogerio Fung. Rules Changes --------------- There are also a few changes to the rules. 1) If you bomb an enemy planet, you become the owner of the planet. Though both population and industry will be reduced to 25% of their original value. 2) You can change production when ever you like, production points are not lost. 3) Much of the restrictions concerning the uploading and downloading of cargo over enemy planets are removed. It is allowed to unload or upload colonist and other goods from the planets of other players. This allows different types of cooperation between players. But also creating the possibility of piracy! The goal of the changes is to make the game more dynamic, and place a little more emphasis on the battle part of the game and less emphasis on the economic part of the game. Alliances ----------- It is allowed for an alliance to win the game, and the runner-ups will be also awarded point, making it a little more easy to enter the hall of fame. The new hall-of-fame that is. Again, this idea belong to Frans Slothouber and Jacco van Weert. These victory points are calculated as follows: Points = (Total_number_of_players / Position_of_the_player) Only the upper half of the players get points. How To Join ------------- If you are interested in joining this game send an email with as subject: kvik to: davis@iric.gov.lv You should send them in as quick as possible, and before 6 October, 1996. When there will be enough players, the game will start! Remember: number of participants is limited! First came, first served! Join today! More Info ----------- The Galactic Traveler Page - info on Galaxy http://www.jacobean.demon.co.uk/gtrav.html Frans Slothoub's Pages - info on this type of Galaxy http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/~slothoub/Galaxy/ You can also try my galaxy homepage http://www.iric.gov.lv/~davis/galaxy/ but I'm afraid it's invisible from Internet Or send mail to me sd30030@cs.fmf.lu.lv Davis Kulis sd30030@cs.fmf.lu.lv http://www.iric.gov.lv/~davis/ Up