[geoschmo]

It will be Gold. Non-stock races will be excepted, or stock ones. I would request that non-stock races be original though. I have nothing against the Federation, or the Colonials of BG, but this is a role play game that is not set in one of those universes.

It's going to be a huge quadrant, and we are going to have someone make the map so that there is some space between empires. We are going to do a mod that "tweaks" some things. Mainly in the reasearch areas. We want to be able to expand normally, but we are working on ways to make research take longer. This will hopefully give the game some depth. We want this game to Last a while, and to have an epic feel to it. If it takes a year to play, so be it. I expect that the stories will ebb and flow over that year and make excellent reading. At least that is the plan.

The main problem with History 1 was there was so little room that conflict became inevitable, and once it happened, it had to be to the death. You couldn't have a war over a single system, and then declare peace cause your homesystems were only 3 systems apart.

Also, we are going to try to do this without AI if possible. That doesn't mean every player has to be a writer. You can be a part of the game and just give the races more "character" for those of us that are writing about it if you prefer.

Geoschmo

[ July 30, 2002, 12:13: Message edited by: geoschmo ]