New: Sol Domitus (free, open-ended, www, human, space, wargame) From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter) Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 07:13:04 +0000 Name: Sol Domitus Costs: nope URL: http://www.avidgamers.com/colonise Frequency: once per week Email: josquius@veryfast.biz Type: space based strategy Last-Update: 2003Jul01 Keywords: free, open-ended, www, human, space, wargame Description: The year is 2033. For the past 20 years the T.O.G Corporation using its monopoly on advanced technology has been pushing back the frontiers of life in the solar system. While the nations of Earth have been locked in conflict T.O.G has had the solar system virtually to itself. However T.O.G�s monopoly is coming to an end. The nations of Earth are finally speaking out against its anti-competitive workings and this coupled with internal problems has brought an end to T.O.G�s sole control over the �TOG drive�. The �TOG drive� is what has allowed T.O.G to expand as far away as Jupiter in such a short space of time, using the TOG drive the journey to Mars takes no more then a month while with conventional rockets it would take at least six. T.O.G�s sole control over space is at an end, the nations of Earth having gotten through �the second cold war� are looking to expand into space. Other corporations seeing how rich T.O.G has became in space are also looking to use this newly available technology to gain wealth and power for themselves. Sol Domitus is a strategy game with players taking on the role of either corporations or the space agencies of nations (and eventually the nation itself when the military aspect comes into play) as they look to expand into space. [ This is a new entry for the PBM List. You can find the list itself, and instructions for adding games or comments, at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/ -- greg ] Up