New: Hexem II (free, closed-ended, www, computer, modern, wargame, abstract)

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

Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:13:00 +0000

Name:		Hexem II
Costs:		Free
Frequency:		One per week
Email:		timrobinson zat paradise.net.nz
URL:		http://www.scabport.com/mr/
Type:		Very simple wargame
Last-Update:		2005Mar27
Keywords: free, closed-ended, www, computer, modern, wargame, abstract

Description:

THIS GAME IS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER.   OTHER
BROWSERS ARE *NOT* SUPPORTED.

Hexem was a simple game, but Hexem II is even simpler.

The winner is the first player to have a continuous path of hexes across
the board from East to West.   The game ends when this happens, or when I
become convinced that it will never happen.

Players are encouraged to coordinate their activities by email.   Public
proclamations like insults, challenges and manifestoes are very much a
part of the game.

The board consists of hexes and gaps arranged in a honeycomb pattern.
There is no wrapping round in either direction, so edge hexes have fewer
neighbours than middle hexes.	Each hex is coloured according to the
player that owns it, and labelled with the number of combat units it
contains.

There is only one command: "muster".   So you only have to specify the
hexes to muster and the computer does the rest.   Moreover, there is no
tedious typing: you just click on the hexes you want.	There is no limit
to the number of hexes you may muster in one turn.   (But you may not
muster the same hex twice in one turn.)   However, the more musters you
make, the later they will be executed.	 This makes it more likely that
your opponent's forces will already have moved, with unfortunate results.

When a muster is executed, every neighbouring hex you own will send half
its units to the specified hex.   If that hex is yours at the moment of
muster, that's all that happens.   However, if the hex contains units
belonging to another player, your mustered units must fight the defending
units there.

If there are at least three attacking units for every defending unit, all
defending units are destroyed and the attacker moves in.   If not, all
attacking units are destroyed.

A unit may be mustered many times and may fight many battles in a single
turn.	Clever mustering can build up a large army and use it in the same
turn.

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