Spiralus PBW discussion thread.

[Dragonlord]

Guys,

Since a lot of my other PBW games are suddenly terminating, I find myself with some extra time. I am considering creating yet another game, and would like to ask around here to see if somebody would be interested in a game like this:

NO AI players at all
Medium Mid-life galaxy
All warp points NOT connected, I but have regenerated maps till I had one where at least all systems are reachable.
No Intel (till the bug gets fixed).
Low tech start, 3 good-value planets, 2000 or 3000 racial points.
Circa 10 players.

What would happen: with 10 players in a galaxy this size you can expand quite a bit before hitting the diplomacy phase. You are likely to have only one or two neighbors initially, and comm channel trades become ever more important to get access to more T&R treaties. (or use cloaked deep space scouts like I like to do, to establish contact with other races).
Stellar manipulation would be important, with one wormhole opener you could cut your travel time to another section of the galaxy by a tenfold.
More players would be more fun, but I don't want the turns to take ages to come in. 24 hour turnaround max is what I had in mind.

What do you think? Any other ideas on game config ?