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Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds

Fri, 31 March 2006 19:04

Madman

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GreyMatter wrote on Sat, 01 April 2006 11:35

I totally agree with Kotk above:

It is not the big number of planets that makes this game fun - larger/denser universes only add more MM.

For example we just played NoImpact in Small/Dense with 10 players - it was more than enough for a fun rollercoaster type game !

That is quite a different sort of game.

I quite like a game where there is a strong economic component before war begins (I'm more an econ player than a war fighter), so I like a bit of space at the start, but I also find that more than about 80 planets get's over-burdened with management, and I tend to do well so have more than my share of planets. As a result of this, I won't play in games with more than 40 planets/player.

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More interesting options that change game dynamics and require for a non-typical race designs are :(IMHO)
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Other things that (IMO) make the game more interesting:

* No Acc-BBS start. This is not a huge difference, but Acc-BBS favours HG, factoryless and quickstart at the expense of HP and AR (or any race that has to get something set up quickly, like mineless, if anyone is mad enough to try that). At the cost of an extra 7-8 turns at the start, race options are widened a bit.

* Require things like BET, no IFE, or weapons expensive. A few years ago I played in a duel that had several restrictions - slow tech, expensive weapons, BET, no IFE, and possibly one or two other rules I can't remember - it was a lot of fun.

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		New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Mark on Tue, 28 March 2006 20:19
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		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Mark on Tue, 28 March 2006 21:38
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: wizard on Wed, 29 March 2006 06:23
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Mark on Wed, 29 March 2006 09:01
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: wizard on Wed, 29 March 2006 10:14
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: crr65536 on Wed, 29 March 2006 18:31
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: miklem on Thu, 30 March 2006 15:39
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Mark on Thu, 30 March 2006 18:56
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: mchudy on Fri, 31 March 2006 02:12
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Mark on Fri, 31 March 2006 09:14
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Kotk on Fri, 31 March 2006 11:44
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: c64k on Fri, 31 March 2006 12:26
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Mark on Fri, 31 March 2006 13:35
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Kotk on Fri, 31 March 2006 15:26
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: NingunOtro on Fri, 31 March 2006 12:09
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: fisk on Fri, 31 March 2006 11:28
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: miklem on Fri, 31 March 2006 14:55
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: fisk on Fri, 31 March 2006 16:13
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: GreyMatter on Fri, 31 March 2006 18:35
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Madman on Fri, 31 March 2006 19:04
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: mchudy on Sat, 01 April 2006 02:36
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: eneasa on Sat, 01 April 2006 03:47
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Envoy on Sat, 01 April 2006 10:47
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: crr65536 on Sun, 02 April 2006 15:42
		Re: New Basic Game: War of the Worlds By: Mark on Sun, 02 April 2006 18:47
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