RSW

Grats to willypete on this game. I see some epic battles on W189, W40, and W68.
I think this was the first no communication core game. What did the other folks think?
I rather liked this format. Simple, but enough strategic depth to keep it challenging.

Will it make sure there are no black holes within 3 worlds of your homeworld? I'd hate to start 1 hop or 2 hops away from a black hole.

3. How difficult is it to just play via the web interface assuming I just draw my own map by hand? I wouldn't recommend it. Some old-timers do this, but I know some old-timer radio operators who insist on communicating in Morse code, too. Once you play it graphically, you never want to do that all ...

Just an idea, it will cost X industry to send a message. Where X is some number like 5 or 1. Of course that gets defeated if you send your email address in the first message, but hey it's an idea.

Here's another idea. If nine artifacts of the special noun will give you 1000 points, and one of them is missing from the galaxy, then collecting all 8 will give you (1000 * 8/9) = 888 points. In a small galaxy, you have no way of knowing if you've collected all of your special noun, unless you get ...

Some ideas for the artifact collector with these new rules. 1. He knows at the start which artifacts are missing 2. Or inform him as he discovers related artifacts. Let's say the radiant pyramid is missing, he picks up the ancient pyramid. On the news section of his turn report he figures out that t...

What's the definition for an average sized galaxy? Is it 15 (players) * 17 (player/planet) for 255 planets?

I like these 2: * Send a "hey, you're holding everyone up" email to the last player in a given turn to submit orders. * On the game page, report the number of players who have yet to enter orders. My suggestion is anything that affects points be a game option. Just in case the players want...

Can we add descriptive comments to fleets.
e.g.
F11 (My attack fleet)
F23 (Hauler to W99)