Galactic Overlord - Game Thread

[Jamski]

The original proposal was to just list they types and number of ships they had: eg
3 Fri, 4 Cru, 1 Bat

rather than

2 T-Fri, 1 F-Fri, 4 L-Cru, 1 F-Bat

Still, you are the only one who can make a judgement on the work involved vs the gameplay payoff.

It means more work for you as well, keeping track of how many ships you have. Don't expect you get a nice little newsletter every round to tell you what your current fleet is.

Decide folks, I'm making the table now...

-Jam

[Jamski]

Ok, fleets will stay secret. I hope no one has to ask me what ships they have...

Or we can imagine this is a board game. You can see the ships on the table???

Player Name

Bases

BPs
Total
Ships



Duke
o'York

4

26

5



:)
Smiley

3
(+4)

27

11



Skanky
Burns

5

29

4



Trokair

4

20

6



General
Ludd

4

21

6



Spaced
Cowboy

5

25

3



Ljcvetko

4

21

6



DrSpike

4
(-1)

27

2



Vlad
Antlerkov

5

26

4

You decide. Its the same table, but with most of it hidden at the moment.

Awaiting Round Two Orders

-Jam

[Jamski]

Not knowing the fleets would add some more strategy though. If you don't know if playerX has 1 or 100 ships it would be more interesting when you attack and would make you plan an attack more than just looking for the player with the least ammount of ships and picking them off.

I think it would add more strategy if you could look at the fleets against you. The you can consider who would be the best targets, who to defend against, and who would be a good ally.

And you would always have a nice overview of your own fleet too

-Jam

[Trokair]

Also a good point. Being the "god" of this galaxy it is your decision. Let us try two test games, this being the first. Since ships are showing in this game, leave it that way. Next game try hidden fleets (ala Mafia discusion)

Also Orders Sent

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Jamski

Smiley   Urban
9 Fig   12 Torp  - Urban takes 9 Hits
9 Las    8 Fig   - Urban takes 9 Hits
6 Torp   0 Las   - Urban takes 6 Hits

That's not right. If a player is missing one type, the top of the battle order should come up again. In this case, it would be 6 Torp vs 12 Torp, thus Smiley would take 6 points of damage.

[Jamski]

If you're missing a type you're in trouble
You've fired your torpedoes, you've launched your fighters... and what's left... the lasers... oh, we don't have any lasers.... aaaagh!

Otherwise everyone would build 1-type navies and take that 1-in-3 chance of being blocked for doing massive damage.

I knew you'd complain about the rules if you died

You were a bit unlucky there though. You were outnumbered, so I expected you to lose a ship or two, but beaten in every round was pretty tough. Smiley played a perfect momentum opening though, building no bases to get more ships early on, which has paid off as he now has your bases. Heh, even if you had beaten him off or survived at least, Ludd's fleet had already arrived and was waiting on the result to come and attack you...

-Jam

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by Jamski
you get a nice little newsletter every round to tell you what your current fleet is.

When can I expect my report by PM?

[Ljube]

Originally posted by General Ludd
Does it matter? You don't get points from the bases untill the next turn anyways.

If bases are built before ships, I can construct a base and in the same turn build better class starships. For instance, I have 4 bases and 21 points. If I build a new base next round, can I also build a titan ship?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Jamski
If you're missing a type you're in trouble
You've fired your torpedoes, you've launched your fighters... and what's left... the lasers... oh, we don't have any lasers.... aaaagh!

Otherwise everyone would build 1-type navies and take that 1-in-3 chance of being blocked for doing massive damage.

Not really. If I got 90 ships with torps and the other side got 30 ships each, I am not going to send all 90 of my ships in the first wave. That only makes sense. Likewise, if the enemy sends in 4 frigates, there's no need for me to send in 5 titans.

Originally posted by Jamski
You were a bit unlucky there though. You were outnumbered, so I expected you to lose a ship or two, but beaten in every round was pretty tough.

The problem is a rotation in the order of battle produces exactly the same results, so a complete destruction of fleets seems to be quite a frequent occurance.

[Ljube]

Jamski, why is Doctor's Base 3 damaged?

[DrSpike]

Hehe fun game, but Duke.

I was also wondering about the disabled city. We don't want attacking to be too powerful. Still let's try it and see how it goes. The first game is always a test.

[General Ludd]

I say make the ships available to see. 'cause I don't want to remember what my fleet is.



And Smiley: I wanted those bases!

[Jamski]

When can I expect my report by PM?

Sent

If bases are built before ships, I can construct a base and in the same turn build better class starships. For instance, I have 4 bases and 21 points. If I build a new base next round, can I also build a titan ship?

No. Bases are built at the same time as ships, so you need to start the turn with 5 bases to build Titans.

The problem is a rotation in the order of battle produces exactly the same results, so a complete destruction of fleets seems to be quite a frequent occurance.

I'm not sure what you mean, but yes, fleet destruction is not so unlikely. A different OoB would have helped you...

Smiley   Urban
9 Fig    8 Fig   - Urban takes 1 Hit
9 Las   12 Torp  - Smiley takes 12 Hits
6 Torp   0 Las   - Urban takes 6 Hits

For example.

Jamski, why is Doctor's Base 3 damaged?

Didn't we agree that the base would be damaged in the case of a draw, but ready to go next turn, as a measure to encourage attackers? That's why.

I say make the ships available to see. 'cause I don't want to remember what my fleet is.

I said so too. Anyone else have an opinion? I already had to PM Duke his fleet list

-Jam

[duke o' york]

But I'm a "special" case.

Originally posted by Jamski
No. Bases are built at the same time as ships, so you need to start the turn with 5 bases to build Titans.

Erm, can we start the game again please?
Despite my inability to remember my own fleet, I definitely remember building an extra base last turn (Smew), and then using these four to build a dreadnought, which Spikey got in the knackers. Now I've got a feeling that Dear ole Doc might well protest at this unusual turn of events. Maybe not, maybe he'll be most forgiving and not mind in the least.

[General Ludd]

Speaking of things gone wrong.... I think my fleet should of continued it's planned attack and tried to take the base from smiley, after he conquered it.