New: RipSpace (commercial, open-ended, email, computer, space, gui, wargame)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:13:01 +0000

Name:		RipSpace
Costs:		Free, or 10GB pounds for 120 days
Frequency:		As often as orders are sent in
Email:		gibbons_jonathan zat hotmail.com
URL:		http://www.faraway.co.uk/ripspace/
Type:		Space wargame
Last-Update:		2006Aug25
Keywords: commercial, open-ended, email, computer, space, gui, wargame

Description:

RipSpace - a game of small fleet battles.

Your species finally boosts your ships onto the galactic tide.	They fund
your initial fleet, and you design your ships from the ground up.  Once
you have your ships you must establish and defend colonies.

Colonies give your fleet more income, and some small benefits.	They are
very simply created, and there is no economic management.  This is a game
of war.

Your fleet will be challenged in every system, around every star, their
DarkLight hearts pulsing with the flare of attack drones, the pulse of EMP
or the GravStar detonations.   Careful fleet construction will see you
obliterate your enemies, win new planets and hold them.

But the game is not about territory, the game is about combat, vessels and
eventually epic battles where ancients of the deep fight duels to the
death.	It is about the fame of your captains and your abilities as a
commander.

Through power you will prosper.  And your enemies will flee before you.

Each solar system is a separate battle, and the turns will run when all
players have sent in their orders.  This means some battles will run
quickly while others will run slower.  It is down to the combatants.   You
can even fight private battles, lock down drones excluding reinforcements
until victory is won, or your ships are forced to jump back to the deep
dark.

Beta 2 opens in early September 2006, be the first to explore the universe
and destroy your enemies.

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