New Galaxy Explorer Game starting.

From: Michael Hodgson <mkh100@york.ac.uk>

Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Okay so maybe I didn't provide enough information in my first post :)
I sometimes forget that not everyone knows what Galaxy Explorer is...

As you may have guessed it's a varient of Galaxy, written by Richard
Batch.

Galaxy Explorer is a variant of Galaxy that adds many features to the
standard game. Limited visiblilty of the galaxy and a wrap around map
mean that you must go exploring, and there is no hiding in the corners.
New combat rules in which all guns fire simultainously, make combat a much
faster and bloodier affair.  You must be careful about who you attack for
fear that it will weaken you too much. The ability to develop ships at
alternate tech levels allows the deception to be taken to a new level, and
I think uniquely each player has their own list of planet names, so there
is no information disclosed by renaming worlds.

The Explorer homepage is currently located at:
http://home.san.rr.com/explorer/

and contains all the documentation needed to play.

I also highly recomend Aaron Judds GalaxyChart tool:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8110/galaxy/GalaxyChart.html

It is written in java and so should run on most architectures, and is
specially written for Explorer.  It's many useful features revolutionised
the way that many people play Explorer, and enabled much better
coordination of forces. The GalaxyChart package also contains a very
useful summary of the commands and format of a turn in Explorer.

If all this sounds like good fun then sign up for Gabrielle NOW.

Send a message with the subject:
SUBSCRIBE Gabrielle

to mkh100@york.ac.uk

The first turn will be send out on Friday 2nd October.  After a weekend to
mull over your stratagy, the next 10 turns will be fast and furious,
running on all weekdays, M,T,W,Th,F before slowing down to 3 turns a week,
M,W,F.

PLEASE ONLY SIGN UP IF YOU CAN PLAY AS DROPPING OUT OF THE GAME DISTURBS
THE BALANCE OF POWER.

I will not be playing in the game, but will pick up dormant positions and
defend them in a predefined way... ie.  it will not be biased by anything
I know of the rest of the galaxy...

-Michael

>
> Many thanks to Richard and Aaron for helping me find explorer again...
>
> I have now got the think compiled and all appears to be running as it
> should.
>
> Bearing in mind that I have never run a pbem game of any description
> before, much less a computer moderated one, this could all be lining up
> for a disaster, but hey  you'll all say that when the Nephilim war machine
> rolls over your worlds too... :)
>
> With this in mind I'd like to offer a small and reasonably quick game of
> explorer as a shake-down game.  I will not play myself, but will pick up
> dormant positions and defend them to the best of my ability.  Forgiving
> players only please :)
> ONLY SIGN UP IF YOU INTEND TO PLAY THE WHOLE GAME...
>
> If you would like to play then mail:
> mkh100@york.ac.uk
>
> with the subject:
> SUBSCRIBE Gabrielle
>
> The game will start on the first Friday in October, with as many players
> as have signed up by then (unless this is less than 10, in which case I
> will wait for more).
> The first 10 turns will be run on:
> Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (ie. two weeks worth)
>
> The game will then slow down to 3 turns/week:
> Monday, Wednesday, Friday
>
>
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References

Galaxy Explorer
Michael Hodgson <mkh100@york.ac.uk>
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000