Re: VGA Planets: New game openings / new slow game

From: krumm@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Jens-Michael Krumm)

Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 09:58:30 +0000

>In article <Jason_Burrell.0xqs@fcircus.sat.tx.us> Jason_Burrell@fcircus.sat.tx.us (Jason Burrell) writes:
>>
>>Intresting. Ok 1) What is Planets? 2) What does it cost if anything (I
>>noticed that word unregistered.. shareware?)
>>3) Where can I get IBM versions of UUENCODE and UUDECODE? I have some
>>strange amiga version that doesn't like my computer.. Its either Amiga
>>or UNIX/VAX. Either way it doesn't work.. heh I can't get DECODE because
>>I don't have DECODE.. My only way to access the net is via UseNet mail
>>system down here in San Antonio,TX...
>>Thanks
>
>Please post a reply as I am interested also !
>
>Andrew Sleight			sleight@dgaust.oz.dg.com

I'm a new player in this VGA-game but I'll try my best. VGA-planets is a small
PBEM game for up to 11 players. Each player rules another race. Each race starts
on a planet and there are many many others to colonize/conquere... There are 4
different minerals and on each planet you can mine a different volume of them.
You need them for building different spaceships consisting out of a hull,
stardrives, beam-weapons, torpedo-tubes and fighters. Each hull represents a
different shiptyp and needs a certain number of startdrives, weapons can't be
build into every starship (but most of them allow a certain number of them). For
the 4 ship-parts there is a tech-level and you can research higher levels for
money. The higher your level is the better are the parts (bigger ships, deadlier
weapons, stardrives that don't need so much fuel [one of the minerals]). You can
set a tax-level for your population and this will influence the amount of money
you get and how happy they'll be (set it to 100% and they'll start a riot killing
each other...). On a planet you can build mines, fabrics and defense posts. Each
planet can have one starbase which can build 1 starship / turn and which helps
you in defending your planet. On the newly explored planets there could be a
large native civilization which will pay you high taxes (best thing except high
amount of minerals that can happpen to you).
For playing you need a version of the program (shareware, free copy for tech
levels up to 6, $10 for the full tech-10 version). This program is for showing
you your turn on you PC and for hosting the game. There's a very good version of
uu_code availbale for PCs. You get your turn per mail, decode it, unpack it, make
your turn, pack it, encode it and sent it to the GM. Normally there is no charge
for playing in this game and every day there is a turn processed.
There is still a position free in our game (I think) so if you're interested mail
to Forrest (IRHANV00@ukcc.uky.edu). If there is enough interest in starting a new
game with 2(to 3) day turnaround and mainly for beginners (but I can't say if
someone is a beginner or not) I'll host one.

JENS  (krumm@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE)