Re: Galaxy and megadeath

From: jerry@uni-paderborn.de (Gerald Siek)

Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1992 08:23:34 +0000

jduffin@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Joshua Duffin) writes:

>I agree with the megadeath people.  To put in one more word on the realism
>side, though, remember that each player is a totally different race.  Now, if
>they're willing to go out and commit genocide against all the other races,
>it's a fair bet that they're all pretty xenophobic.  So, I really don't think
>you could capture a world, given that you would have to (for a homeworld) be
>subduing 10 _billion_ people who hate your guts.

Hmm .. the should be "realistic" in some way, but I think that realism
is not the most important part of the game.   The main goal is to have
fun, right?

>           Now, the sole purpose for building industry is to make more
>warships so you can kill everyone.  True, Galaxy is a megadeath-oriented game,
>but I liked the economic part as well.

That's the point.   Galaxy becomes most exiting when you have about 5000-8000
production points to spend on variuos tasks.   So IMHO I would really like
it if the economy could be build up a bit faster and/or would not be destroyed
by attacks.   Take a look at a typical game (I take Rob's "Circle" as an
example).   On turn 10, the average industry is about 1200, on turn 15 it's
1500, on turn 20 it's 2000 and so on.   Of course the increase is exponential
but I would really prefer a faster progression (an average industry of 2000
on turn 10, for example).

Jerry
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  Gerald Siek  -  jerry@uni-paderborn.de  -  University of Paderborn, Germany

References

Galaxy and megadeath
jduffin@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Joshua Duffin)
Wed, 15 Jul 1992 04:12:00 +0000

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Galaxy and megadeath
jduffin@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Joshua Duffin)
Wed, 15 Jul 1992 04:12:00 +0000