game idea: junkyard wars

[Puke]

maybe its because I like improvisational engineering, or mad-max style makeshift-destruction. maybe its because there is something inside all guys that desires to root around a pile of industrial scrap and find some great treasure. or maybe its just some irrational attraction to girls with english accents, but here is a scenario idea that I thought was cool:

setup a game with Lots of ruins on the map. I mean tons of the buggers, a veritable graveyard (or junkyard, i should say) quadrant. give players medium starting tech, and DISABLE (yes, that means shut-off, as in, you cant use it in the game) Applied Research. so, you cant research ANYTHING. At all. Ever. Period.

I would go on to describe advantages and shortcomings of how I predict the gameplay would be, but I think the concept speaks for its self. I welcome comments, input, and suggestions. I will probably start a game like this on the PBW host, seiv.pbw.cc sometime in the next couple days if people want to swing over and check it out.

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)