Galaxy (variant) game starting

From: batch@www.dtai.com (Richard Batch)

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000

A new "galaxy" game will be starting soon.  It will be the first public
offering of GALAXY Explorer, a variant of the standard galaxy game.
All players interested in joining should first check out the Explorer
home page at http://www.dtai.com/galaxy/ and then sign up by sending
a message to batch@www.dtai.com.  This game, like all galaxy games,
is a free PBeM game.

The basis for Explorer is Galaxy, but with changes.  Your knowledge of
the galaxy is limited to what you actually observe yourself.  You begin
with a single home world and your map extends as far as a probe can
travel in a single turn.  As you occupy new worlds, your knowledge of
the galaxy will increase (improving your DRIVE multiplier will also
expand your view of the galaxy).  The map wraps so you start in the
center of the universe and are free to expand in all directions.
You will have no knowledge of the other races in the galaxy until
you actually encounter them and even then your knowledge of them
will be limited to what you observe.

There is a double blind mailer that allows you to send personal
communiques to races you have encountered or broadcast messages
to the galaxy at large.

Combat is different than standard Galaxy.  In Explorer, every ship
fires.  Then the results of the firing is resolved.  Then the
surviving ships on both sides will be allowed to fire again and
resolution will occur.  Combat tends to be bloodier in this variant
and there have been battles with no survivors.

You will have more control over you diplomatic status.  You can set
a default stance to adopt when meeting new races.  You can also set
a relationship with known races on a race by race basis.  And you
can set overrides to these on a planet by planet basis.

These are just some of the features of GALAXY Explorer.  For more
details, check out the web page.  We are planning to run three turns
a week starting Monday, August 5.  If there are players interested
in playing a more frequent game, let me know.

Richard
(batch@www.dtai.com)
http://www.dtai.com/galaxy/

References

(Galaxy) -variant- Players Wanted
rko@ind70.industry.net (Anime Dept. Hobby Warehouse)
Mon, 29 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000