Spawned by a discussion on game balance theory, where Rock-Paper-Scissors was used as an example for both "no ultimate weapons" and "completely pointless", this mod goes to show that you can have your cake and eat it too.
With only three possible ship designs, and each one corresponding to Rock Paper or scissors, the mod is perfectly balanced in a "by definition" way.
The outcome of the game is also non-trivial and non-random, since you are allowed to have more than one ship at a time, and can manouever them around the map, setting up ambushes and decoys while building specifically to counter the ships you know your enemy has built.
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=008609
The Rock-Paper-Scissors mod (complete)
RPS mod files.zip
Blue and Yellow Bonus RPS shipsets.zip
[ August 15, 2003, 10:13: Message edited by: Mephisto ]