Re: Advanced Civ

From: ac829@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrew Hopkinson)

Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 16:31:28 +0000

In a previous article, rschuler@iastate.edu (Rodney Schuler) says:

>In article <CI3AHL.8Hy@freenet.carleton.ca> ac829@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrew Hopkinson) writes:
>> [thinking about advanced civilization by email]
>> [Asks for suggestions for trading]]
>
>How I would do it:
>
>Have a central database (CDB) that knows what cards everybody has.  Publish
>contacts for all players (email, phone, etc).  Let the players arrange
>trades by whatever means they can (email, IRC, etc).  When tow players have
>finished a deal, both send email to to the (CDB).  When the CDB gets the
>message from both players the cards are transferred, and revised card lists
>are sent to both players.

For the CDB are you talking about all kinds of software or just a guy
doing it manually? One of the problems of trading over a long period is
that you can get a ton of points in one turn, as opposed to real-time
version where there's a time limit. You would probably have to say that
you can't re-trade cards you were just traded, just to put a limit on it.

>
>> [Asks for suggestions for movement]
>
>Have one player move per day.  The player sends move to the CDB and the
>results are sent out to everybody.  Calamities happen just like turns.
>After the last players turn a calamity is announced & all players have a
>day to submit their response to the calamity, when the results of the first
>calamity are published the second is announced etc.  Allow card trading
>continuously, except during the calamity period.

Movement would be tricky. Even if you had 1 move per day, you would have
to send the results to all the players for each move. Your looking at a
fairly long time lag. You could just have simultaneous movement, except
for those with military, but that would eliminate a critical part of the
game. It WOULD allow for greater expansion, however, since what inevitably
happens in the realtime version is that you attack someone, get big, move
first, get crushed, move last, attack back etc.

As for calamities I think they should be done randomly. I never really
understood why players got to choose what other players lost during a
calamity, except as an alternative way to attack. If you did
it randomly you wouldn't need to contact anyone, just dish it out.

--
Andrew Hopkinson            | "Life is like a pool full of jello. You want
ac829@freenet.carleton.ca   |  to jump in and flail around but it's too damn
                            |  sticky."

References

Re: Advanced Civ
rschuler@iastate.edu (Rodney Schuler)
Wed, 15 Dec 1993 21:38:26 +0000
Advanced Civ
ac829@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrew Hopkinson)
Wed, 15 Dec 1993 18:39:21 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Advanced Civ
rschuler@iastate.edu (Rodney Schuler)
Wed, 15 Dec 1993 21:38:26 +0000
Advanced Civ
ac829@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrew Hopkinson)
Wed, 15 Dec 1993 18:39:21 +0000