Game Idea - Civil War

[geoschmo]

Kicking around a game idea based on stuff that has been discussed before in threads, and other stuff.

All the races are splinters of a once mighty galactic empire. The empire has broken up and retracted into the core systems, ala Foundations, or something like it. You are in the leader of a small empire on the edge of the galaxy. You must survive and expand your empire aginst the other splinter empires, and the remnants of the mighty Galactic Empire that still exsists in the center systems.

You and the other splinters would all start out with low tech. You might run into a couple of your fellow splinters fairly early on, but the galaxy would be large enough that you should not run into the Empire for a while. And that's a good thing because they would be more advanced technologically than any of you.

Setup shouldn't be too difficult. I would have all the players give me empires that were based on the same race, probably human, because there are so many of those out there. It's actually fairly easy to design a shipset that uses stock pics and just substitute a race pic even. I would place these around the edge of the galaxy and then play the Galactic Empire for a 100 turns or so to let them build up econmically and tech wise. Leaving the splinter empires to sit idle. Then turn the GE over to the AI and let the players start playing.

Interested? Suggestions?

Geoschmo