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Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders

Sun, 09 July 2006 21:36

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Strannik wrote on Mon, 10 July 2006 11:21

that's definately correct. i just somewhat dislike situations where conquering 1 planet will give u command of the whole empire. matter of taste, i guess. Wink

Yup, I find the idea suits my tastes, having a point you can't afford to lose gives a little more focus to the conflict.

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also, backstabbing.... Sad

get an ally who is about same strength u r. make him set u to friend. gate enough stuff to his HW to take it/bomb it in reasonable time - u have just doubled ur empire. (unless rules require u to bring pop to his HW) Wink

OTOH, exactly this can make it more interesting and force people to choose allies carefully, or just go on their on. can also put more weight onto "one man victory" condition,

Personally in such a situation I wouldn't put a gate at my HW, and I would surround my HW with a dense network of minefields, so should any 'friend' close to within 100-200ly I can switch them on to slow him down while I put up a gate and move in a gateable defense. Alternatively I simply wouldn't ever set someone to friend... All you lose by that is gates and refueling, a fair price to pay for peace of mind.

EDIT: oh, and yes, I was indeed assuming you'd have to actually occupy the HW to take control, not just annihilate it. So that gatable fleet could knock down the world in preparation for the high-speed colony fleet (that was conveniently passing by) to arrive to finish the job. Or you could go IT...

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		Game Idea: Empire Builders By: vonKreedon on Wed, 05 July 2006 16:26
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Micha on Wed, 05 July 2006 17:12
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: vonKreedon on Wed, 05 July 2006 17:30
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Kelzar on Wed, 05 July 2006 19:57
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Strannik on Wed, 05 July 2006 21:11
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: multilis on Wed, 05 July 2006 22:56
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Dogthinkers on Wed, 05 July 2006 23:38
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Marduk on Thu, 06 July 2006 02:39
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: iztok on Thu, 06 July 2006 03:11
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Dogthinkers on Thu, 06 July 2006 03:38
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: m.a@stars on Thu, 06 July 2006 04:58
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: iztok on Thu, 06 July 2006 17:45
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: m.a@stars on Thu, 06 July 2006 18:15
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Strannik on Thu, 06 July 2006 23:24
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Dogthinkers on Fri, 07 July 2006 00:53
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: joseph on Fri, 07 July 2006 04:22
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Micha on Fri, 07 July 2006 04:31
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Dogthinkers on Fri, 07 July 2006 05:29
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: m.a@stars on Fri, 07 July 2006 06:43
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Kelzar on Fri, 07 July 2006 10:18
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Strannik on Sun, 09 July 2006 21:21
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Dogthinkers on Sun, 09 July 2006 21:36
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: joseph on Mon, 10 July 2006 17:22
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: vonKreedon on Tue, 11 July 2006 17:24
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: vonKreedon on Thu, 06 July 2006 11:51
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Micha on Fri, 07 July 2006 04:29
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: vonKreedon on Tue, 11 July 2006 17:35
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 11 July 2006 22:05
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: m.a@stars on Wed, 12 July 2006 08:52
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: vonKreedon on Wed, 12 July 2006 10:51
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: joseph on Wed, 12 July 2006 17:57
		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: vonKreedon on Wed, 12 July 2006 18:15
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		Re: Game Idea: Empire Builders By: multilis on Wed, 12 July 2006 22:10
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