New: Supernova: Rise of the Empire (commercial, open-ended, email, snail, computer, space, gui, wargame, economic)

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 19:14:13 +0000

Name:		Supernova: Rise of the Empire
Costs:		$6/turn email, $8/turn postal
URL:		http://www.rollingthunder.com
Frequency:		once every two weeks
Email:		supernova@rollingthunder.com
Type:		Epic strategic-scale space power game
Last-Update:		2002Sep05
Keywords: commercial, open-ended, email, snail, computer, space, gui,
wargame, economic

Description:

SUPERNOVA is a massive game of space exploration, colonization, trade,
diplomacy and galactic conquest. Players from all over the world compete
in a single galaxy packed with incredible detail.

As Emperor of your fledgling species just reaching out to touch the
stars, you will construct mighty warfleets, colonize entire worlds,
and explore the galaxy in search of the unknown.  Encounter rock-
throwing primitives...and Elder races.  We provide a playing environment
of awesome depth, diversity and flexibility, with a complete space
fantasy environment featuring detailed planets, diverse lifeforms
and numerous unknown elements that wait to be discovered.  You'll
find worlds covered in bubbling pits of molten lava, frigid ice fields,
barren rocks or steamy swamps.

A very small sampling of what you can expect includes:
Supernovae - Black Holes - Cepheid Variables - X-Ray Binaries - Pulsars
Orbital Bombardment - Gauss Guns - Plasma Torpedoes - Siege Lasers
Spinal Rail Guns - Needlers - fantastically detailed ship design
Ion Storms - Temporal Rifts - Plasma Clouds - Solar Flares - Unstable
Space - Iron - Timber - Petrochemicals - Gaseous Elements - Gemstones
Design your lifeform as if you had controlled its evolution,
Standing Orders - Hydrogen Clouds - Dark Nebulae - Dust Storms
Weak Space - Living Wave Assault - NBC Strike - Recon in Force
Aerial Bombardment - Warp Point Assaults - Legendary Characters
Command unlimited #�s of ships and fleets - Nuclear Release, Ready
Reserve - Counterattack - Delaying Action - Fortify - Close Combat
Artillery - subterranean fighting - Heavy Armor - Imperial Tradition
Mass Destruction Devices - thousands of high technology items to
research - cool program to enter your orders - Crystal Forests
Glaciers - Tundra - Deserts - Forested Swamps - Salt Flats - Jungles
Diplomacy - Exploration - Industrialization - Colonization - Trade
Minelayers - Tugs - Drone Cruisers - Carriers - Tankers - Privateers
Battleships - Field Stabilizers - Meson Webs - Tachyon Grids
Thermal Regulators - hammer other players back to the stone age

Rules and turn entry front-end program are FREE to download.  Turns
are $6.00 each by email, or $8.00 by regular post.

Rolling Thunder Games, Inc.
  web site:   www.rollingthunder.com
     email:     supernova@rollingthunder.com

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