New _fast_ Galaxy Game Starting From: slothoub@cs.utwente.nl (Frans Slothouber) Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000 =========== New Galaxy MadZone ============ Heya, Keeping in tradition with having an utra-fast galaxy game once a year (the last one was Anomaly) a small and fast galaxy game in the near future. The game will consist ofh 10 players and 100 planets, and be called MadZone. It will run at a speed of 5 turns aweek, with turns on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Turn time will be 9:00 GMT. The game will be fast, so you should have some experience with galaxy. It's bound to be a violent game so prepare to do some serious damage :) == How To Join == If you are interested in joining this game send an email with as subject: MadZone to: slothoub@cs.utwente.nl == New type of Galaxy == The game will be somewhat different from the traditional galaxy games in that it uses a different algorithm to create the initial layout of the galaxy. Each player starts with 3 fully developed home planets instead of 1. 1 of size 1000 and 2 of size 500. This to quick-start the game, and skip the initial development phase. == 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. It has proven to do so in the game Xzone, that ended after 42 very violent turns. I expect MadZone to end in even fewer turns. == 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, where both the winner and runner-ups are awarded points. These victory points are calculated as follows: Points = (Total_number_of_players / Position_of_the_player) Only the first 5 players get points. See also http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/~slothoub/Galaxy/hall.html == More Info == The Galactic Traveler Page http://www.jacobean.demon.co.uk/gtrav.html My Galaxy Home Page http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/~slothoub/Galaxy Or send mail to slothoub@xs4all.nl Have Fun, Frans -- ( Frans Slothouber, Centre for Telematics and Information Technology ) ( www.xs4all.nl/~slothoub slothoub@cs.utwente.nl ) Up