2 PBW game ideas, interested?

[Ruatha]

HI again.
I won't be ready to start any game until january 3. So if you go ahead before that don't count on me, After that, count me IN!!

[geoschmo]

Skulky, sounds fascinating. How will you increase the importance of trade? Raising the maximum in settings.txt, or something else?

Geoschmo

[Thei R'vek]

I really like the Free Enterprise idea. Read and loved the Foundation series but no real time for two games so had to pick one or the other. I'd like to play in the Free Enterprise Game but want some more info about the neutrals before I decide on what I'd be roleplaying. Are the neutrals confined to one system or are they allowed to expand? How about bonuses yes or no? I'd be willing to help out with the MOD work for the Free Enterprise game as well.

[geoschmo]

I might be interested in RPing one of the Kingdoms. It's been a while since I read the books. I can't remember all their names.

Geoschmo

[Wanderer]

"Violence is the Last refuge of the competent"

Could be hard to get this to work inside the SE4 framework - should be great fun!

Pity I won't have the time to take part unless I get fired...

Geo:
Anacreon
Smyrno
Konom(?)
Daribow(?)

[Skulky]

Alright, to answer several questions:

Geoschmo

will you increase the importance of trade? Raising the maximum in settings.txt, or something else?

I will increase it via settings.txt and also by making it more advantageous through the scoring system (which will really make the importance of peace obvious). If you don't have good trade either Last turn before "judgement day" or overall because you've always been at war you will not do well in this area, it may even hurt the rest of your score. Can you change happiness types and how they react to certain things?

Thei R'vek

Are the neutrals confined to one system or are they allowed to expand? How about bonuses yes or no? I'd be willing to help out with the MOD work for the Free Enterprise game as well.

No, the neutrals are simply not in the running for winning the money side of things, i guess we could rank on how well they accumulated wealth/power against each other. They can become large empires and such, however the idea is that they will do the fighting for the big empires, like the Spanish Civil War, with Germany behind one side and Western Europe behind the other. And the neutrals will be able to have bonuses as well. They just won't look to become gigantic, just like 3-10ish systems maybe more maybe less.

Geoschmo

I can't remember all their names.

Wanderer

Anacreon Smyrno Konom(?)Daribow(?)

They are, according to my research, exactly as Wanderer stated them, and in order of relative power, Anacreon, Smyrno, Konom and Daribow(Last 2 are tied for Last place).

• Askone is a rebel republic that doesn't want "religion" of nucleics
  (askone and korell may be combined/are same)
• Siwenna is a viceroy that is a practically independant viceroy on the border between empire and true periphery.
  

Finally, in addition to these kingdoms and peripherys, there may/will be a few more not in the books.
and one Last note..... we will need someone for the mule . He's coming *sinister grin*
EDIT: Minor corrections

[ December 28, 2002, 00:39: Message edited by: Skulky ]