Rounding up players for a clash of classic
4X style gaming in the name of VGA Planets. Host is rcworld.de (@quakenet #rcworld) and the game cluster discovery 80 (see active games list); at three turns a week the game will last anywhere from 5 months till the victors are decided. We have a few Planetarion players gunning for it so far (me + racer). Having a few more regulars from here to battle outside the Planetarion realm in a true strategy game should be a fun experience.
While the shareware version is out, playing without the registered version will get you killed due being limited to tech level 6/10. It's a $20 fee for the Windows version.
It's an old game with a few quirks, but the gameplay/experience is all there. Requires Windows or DOS.
If you're interested reply here / irc.
Wikipedia entry on VGA Planets:
The game became well known in 1994 with version 3, although the prior version 2.2 was already played worldwide. Version 3 allows up to 11 players to join, each of them leading one of the 11 possible races.
The predefined races are modeled after Star Trek, Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. Each predefined race has some special powers and specific fields of expertise (for example: Cyborgs can assimilate other races, turning colonists into Cyborgs; Robots are expert minelayers; Birdmen excel at spy tactics and cloaking).
VGA Planets follows the 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit & eXterminate) model: The players start with a homeworld, and have to build spaceships, explore the galaxy, colonize planets, mine minerals, build up their industry, etc. The game has no built-in victory condition: the players have to agree on one before starting a game.
Helpful links:
http://rcworld.de
http://planets4.com
http://www.xs4all.nl/~donovan/
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