[Lighthorse]

B5mod PBW Players

I suggested the following setting for our game.

Set the map to large cluster quadrant. There always more planets and systems in a large cluster maps, thus more room for all of us to expand in before engaging each other.

Set events to either low or medium event severity.

Player setting; High/100,000 points for starting resources. Home planet value - good. Number of starting planets to one. Score display for own score only, prevents player from dropping out to early. Teschnology level for player - low. Racial points for player - low - at 2000 points.

Player setting; Computer players difficultly set to high, with medium to high bonus. Also activated both generate random computer empires and neutral empires.

Victory conditions; When one player has 500% more points than the second place player and victory conditions don't take effect until after 100 game turns (10 years.

Game Setting; Max uniots set to 20,000+ and max ship set to 20000+ too. Player can view they complete technology tree. Allows to following;
1. Gifts & tributes, 2. Tech gifts/tributes/trades. 3. surrenders of computers empires, but NO human player is allow to surrender to everyother player ( AI or human).
Also have ruins on planets.
Last two settings are very important items for game playable. Players can only colonize planets with THEY breathable atmosphere. If you set the game so you colonize any type of planets, the game will become unmanageable by turn 200 and next to impossable for anyone to win. With most player only able to colonizes oxygen type planets, its will be easier to win and play. If you haven't tried this setting, do so. I agrued these settings with my friend Robyn six months ago, he was right, but I had to play it first before I realized it.

Later my spacefaring friends. Remember you can't suck on a vacuum, when your spaceship takes a hit to your control room.

Lighthorse

Most player must start with rock type colony & oxygen atmosphere, excepted for a few special type of races, like Vorlon.