Re: Galaxy

From: charles@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Charles Jacob Cohen)

Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1993 13:55:02 +0000

In article <1993Mar1.115202.14978@infodev.cam.ac.uk> js138@cus.cam.ac.uk (John Sloan) writes:
>I've come to the conclusion, after many (well a couple) hours o musing, that
>Galaxy suffers from the same feature prevalent in many Starspanning stragey games
>which is this - it is too hard to defend.  Now this gives the advantage to the
>attacker, which may be no bad thing, but means that in general the person who
>attacks first will win, and you are left to simply outguessing your opponents as
>to when that will be, as a war which is too evenly balanced will leave both of
>you crippled.
>
>So my suggestion is this - limit the maximum distance which ships can travel.  If
>the furthest a ship could (safely) travel was 20 light years, then there would
>be strategic planets in large open tracts of space, ownership of which would be
>vital to continue past them.  This would allow people to have a modicum of a
>defensive strategy - defending only the key planets, and leaving the rest of the
>defenses of large tracts of open space.

It already works this way, sort of.  If you were to jump 100 light years
to attack deep into someone's territory, then that person would have
warning. Not only that, you tech level would be lower by the time you
reached that planet in comparison to the defenders (who would have
at least 5 turns to produce).  Yes, with a higher drive tech
you could reach further quicker, but it is the same as having a high
"jump" tech.  - Chuck

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References

Galaxy
js138@cus.cam.ac.uk (John Sloan)
Mon, 01 Mar 1993 11:52:02 +0000

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Galaxy
js138@cus.cam.ac.uk (John Sloan)
Mon, 01 Mar 1993 11:52:02 +0000