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Spaced Cowboy

Emperor

Dallas TX
Nov 2001
time: 23:36

30-08-2004 19:59

FG: Galactic Overlord 4: No Cowboys Allowed.

Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

Galactic Overlord
A New Forum Game from
Jamski Productions

Overview

Galactic Overlord is a game of space strategy and warfare for any number of players. It is turn based and builds on the success of the well-known Paper-Stone-Scissors^tm system. Each player is the ruler of a faction determined to bring the whole galaxy under their domination using every means at their disposal until they are the sole survivor and the almighty Galactic Overlord!

Setting up the Game

Each player starts the game with three Bases. A Base is a planet, hollowed out asteroid, huge space station or any other large structure capable of supporting life and industry. Each player also starts the game with 20 Build Points, or BPs. As long as the player has at least one base still in operation he receives an additional 5 BPs each turn per home base, and 2 BPs each turn per captured base. The player's initial BPs can be used before the game starts to build the starting Ships or more Bases according to the following table:

Spending BPs

Self-built bases 1 through 6 cost 16BP each.
Self-built bases 7 through 12 cost 24BP each.
Self-built bases 13 through 18 cost 32BP each and so on.

code:Frigate......1 BP     
Cruiser......2 BPs
Battleship...3 BPs
Dreadnaught..4 BPs
Titan........5 BPs

The more expensive the Ship, the more Bases are required to build one:

code:Frigate......1 home Base     
Cruiser......2 home Bases
Battleship...3 home Bases
Dreadnaught..4 home Bases
Titan........5 home Bases

***NOTE - Only self-built bases count towards maximum hull sizes***

Each Ship built can be armed as you wish with Lasers, Fighters or Torpedoes with each weapon taking up one unit of space from the Ship's total. A ship may only carry one kind of weapon.

code:Frigate......1 unit of space/2 hit point     
Cruiser......2 units of space/4 hit points
Battleship...3 units of space/6 hit points
Dreadnaught..4 units of space/8 hit points
Titan........5 units of space/10 hit points

EXAMPLE : A Battleship might have 3xLasers (Laserbattleship), a Cruiser 2xTorpedoes(Torpedocruiser) and a Frigate 1xFighters (Carrierfrigate).

BP's may be stockpiled for use later during the game.

Playing the Game - Orders

This part of the game is similar to Nuclear War^tm. Each player sends his orders to the GM who processes them all together once they are received.

Normal Orders (you may make both these orders in conjunction with the orders in the next section)

Build Ships/Bases : You may spend your BPs or stockpile them for later. Ships built that turn may be used for attack and defence, Bases built may be destroyed that turn. Damaged Ships may be fully repaired for a cost of 1 BP (Now you see why big ships are good)
***NOTE - You need to already have bases built for them to count for hull size allowance.***
Use Spy : If you have a Spy you may stop one of your opponents orders that turn being executed. The Spy is lost. Spy affects Attack!, Rebuild Generator and Train Spy. You cannot build a spy and use a spy in the same turn.

Special Orders (you must choose only one of these per turn)

Attack! : This starts a fight between your fleet and that of an opponent. You must choose which ships to send, and which to leave at home in case you yourself are attacked that turn. See Combat for more.
Raise Shields! : This protects your Bases and Ships from all attacks that turn, and also stops any spies. Any opposing fleet that attacks you will take twelve Hits (distributed as per combat damage) while you remain snug and secure. The generator is exhausted by this use and must be rebuilt.
Build Generator : Rebuilds a shield generator. Up to three shields can be stockpiled for later use.
Train Spy : Trains and inserts a new Spy for your cause. Up to three spies can be stockpiled for later use. You cannot train a spy and use a spy in the same turn.

Alliances

You may want to organise joint attacks on an opponent with an ally. In this case you must agree on an Order of Battle between the allies. If two different opponents attack at the same time without informing the GM of their alliance, then the defender must fight them consecutively, fighting first against the one who posted their orders last.

It is possible that when a player is attacked by two non-allied fleets at the same time that he loses both battles. In this case both attackers gain a base. Allied fleets that attack together must decide who is to get the captured base.

The GM applies hits to allied fleets in the same way as to a normal fleet. This means that if one ally has smaller ships than his partner, he will take the bulk of the casualties. War is hell.

If not otherwise specified, multiple bases captured by an alliance will be divided up evenly between the fleets that actually arrived. Players may choose to redistribute them afterwards if they wish.

Transferring Ships & Bases:

In some situations, players may wish to transfer ships or bases among themselves. Trading ships in not allowed. Trading bases is allowed.

Shields:

It is possible for a player to send out a fleet and have it run into a shield, while his home bases are simultaneously captured. In this situation, the fleet remains independent, but will lose all stockpiled shields, spies, and BPs, and will lose 10% of it’s original numbers every turn due to lack of supply. Thus, such a fleet would be advised to capture or negotiate for a base ASAP.

The GM

The GM will report each turn on the activities of each player. He will keep their orders secret, but will reveal their bases, the size and breakdown of their navy and their current BPs.

Winning the Game

You win the game by destroying all the bases and fleets of your opponents to become the Galactic Overlord^tm!!!

Note: Co-operative victories are not permitted.

Playing the Game - Combat
Combat Version 1.3

Combat is a simple, and yet complex, Paper-Stone-Scissors^tm system :

code:Lasers    - beat - Fighters
Fighters  - beat - Torpedoes
Torpedoes - beat - Lasers

If your weapon beats the other fleet's weapon, your raw attack strength against them is doubled, cumulative with all other modifiers.

Every player must also specify an "Order of Battle" every turn, whether attacking, or expecting to be attacked. Failure to do so results in the loss of your whole fleet in confusion and panic. This is simple to do though. The OOB is divided into two groups of three weapons each. You must have 2 of each type in any order.

EXAMPLE 1: Lasers-Fighters-Torpedoes-Laser-Torpedoes-Fighters (LFTLTF)
EXAMPLE 2: Lasers-Torpedoes-Laser-Torpedoes-Fighters-Fighters (LTLTFF)

These can be further refined by different tactics.
Tactics 1 - Range:
You may instruct your captains to try to engage at different ranges.

Close In - Lasers from both fleets count an extra x2. If both fleets Close In then this stacks to a x4. This negates Back Off.
Back Off - Lasers from both fleets count an extra x0.5 penalty. This is negated by Close In. If both players Back Off this stacks to x0.25.

Default is no special orders.

Tactics 2 - Formation:
You may instruct your captains to engage using different formations.

Bunch Together - Your ships huddle together to protect each other from Fighters, but are more vulnerable to the large explosions of Torpedoes. Attacks with Fighters against Bunched Together fleets are at x0.5, while Torpedoes get x2.
Spread Out - Your ships spread out, making the fleet hard to target with Torpedoes, while leaving individual ships vulnerable to Fighters. Attacks with Fighters against Spread Out fleets are at x2, while Torpedoes get x0.5

Default is no special orders. These orders can be used even when sending out a single ship.

Tactics 3 – Miscellaneous:

[*]The attacking player may decide to attack to the death. In that case, proceed as normal, but repeat the combat until one side or the other is completely destroyed.
[*]You may set different OOBs for different enemies, if you wish, but always send a default OOB in, to cover any situation not specially mentioned.

Example of full OOBs:

code:Attack: TFFTLT back off, bunch
Defence: LFTFTL close in, default

Add hitpoints for fleets involved in the battle (2xBP cost of fleets)
Add total Fighters/Lasers/Torps in each fleet.
Sort fleets according to their empire's Order of Battle. Fleets with no OoB are destroyed.
Adjust raw fighter/laser/torp numbers.
The fleet with the "winning" tactic in a given round has their raw total attack strength doubled.
Spreading or bunching your fleet affect the opposition's raw total attack strength. Double or halve this accordingly.
The higher adjusted total wins. Apply Hits equal to the difference between the totals.
Every three rounds, tally up the hits taken by both sides, and apply them as losses, then continue on to the next three rounds, if applicable.
Remove destroyed ships, smallest first, in the same order as the OoB.
Combat continues until one fleet receives more hits than it has hitpoints, or 6 rounds of combat have taken place unless the attack ordered a fight to the death, in which case combat ends with the destruction of one fleet.
A destroyed fleet loses.
If both fleets survive, the fleet that takes the most Hits is the loser.
If the attacker won, he captures one base.
If the attacker destroyed the entire enemy fleet, he captures all his opponents bases.

code:
Galactic Overlord



 Player Name
 Bases
 BPs
 TotalShips
 Frigates(1)
 Cruisers(2)
 Battleships(3)
 Dreadnaughts(4)
 Titans(5)
 


 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 


 Smiley
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 20
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 Sandman 
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 GeneralTacticus
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 DrSpike
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 Geomodder
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 Jamski
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 joncha
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 Kassiopeia
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 Kuciwalker
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 Ljube-Ljcvetko
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 Skanky Burns
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 Whoha
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Last edited by Spaced Cowboy on 30-08-2004 at 20:45

:) Smiley

Emperor

USCA, Berkeley
Feb 2001
time: 21:36

30-08-2004 20:05

Support Apolyton

just do a "reply with quote" of last game's chart.

Oh yeah, what happened to our prebuilds?

GeoModder

Emperor

The most erratic Overlord!
Jan 2004
time: 06:36

30-08-2004 20:08

Suffering from ads?

Willing or not, I seem to be in this game...
'kay, orders sent then...

Spaced Cowboy

Emperor

Dallas TX
Nov 2001
time: 23:36

30-08-2004 20:24

Inflate your Upload Space

Prebuild are coming.

Kuciwalker

Emperor

of Schmooism
Feb 2001
time: 00:36

30-08-2004 20:28

Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

Wow, I completely missed the signup

Spaced Cowboy

Emperor

Dallas TX
Nov 2001
time: 23:36

30-08-2004 20:39

Suffering from ads?

Kuci, get your prebuild in by noon and I'll let you start.

Last edited by Spaced Cowboy on 30-08-2004 at 20:59

Spaced Cowboy

Emperor

Dallas TX
Nov 2001
time: 23:36

30-08-2004 21:28

Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

Prebuilds are in: You did not get to issue orders like train spy or build a shield, only build of bases and ships is allowed. So I ignored everything but that.

Go ahead and send in your orders. If Kuci does not respond within 30 minutes, I drop him. I'll probably process the orders for tomorrow by about 10AM CST.

code:
Galactic Overlord



 Player Name
 Bases
 BPs
 TotalShips
 Frigates(1)
 Cruisers(2)
 Battleships(3)
 Dreadnaughts(4)
 Titans(5)
 


 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 Las
 Fig
 Torp
 


 Smiley
 4
 20
 2
 1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 


 Sandman 
  3
 15
 10
 -
 -
 -
 -
 5
 5
 -
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 GeneralTacticus
4
 24
 0
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 DrSpike
  4
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 Geomodder
  4
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 Jamski
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 joncha
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 Kassiopeia
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 Ljube-Ljcvetko
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 Skanky Burns
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 Whoha
3
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Last edited by Spaced Cowboy on 30-08-2004 at 22:12

GeoModder

Emperor

The most erratic Overlord!
Jan 2004
time: 06:36

30-08-2004 21:34

Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

He can always take my place if he's late.

Btw, everyone still has 20 BP's regardless of the pré-builds?

Orders resent then!

What time is it now (CST)?

GeoModder

Emperor

The most erratic Overlord!
Jan 2004
time: 06:36

30-08-2004 22:05

Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Orders for round 1 in.

Whoha

King

The TOC is supposed to be classified guys...
Dec 2001
time: 23:36

30-08-2004 22:13

#10

Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

Sent.

Spaced Cowboy

Emperor

Dallas TX
Nov 2001
time: 23:36

30-08-2004 22:14

#11

Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Prebuilds are closed. Orders are due. Kuci is out!

Geo, by my avatar it shows the current time in CST.

GeoModder

Emperor

The most erratic Overlord!
Jan 2004
time: 06:36

30-08-2004 22:37

#12

Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

How comes Whoha and Sandman have only 15 BP's each?

Edit: never mind, I get it now...

Sandman

Prince

Sinister Penguin
Aug 2001
time: 05:36

30-08-2004 23:17

#13

Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Orders sentecuted.

Kassiopeia

Emperor

Jyväskylä, Finland
Jul 2001
time: 07:36

30-08-2004 23:23

#14

Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

Sent them.

Jamski

Deity

lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
May 2002
time: 05:36

30-08-2004 23:42

#15

Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

Oddres Schent

-Jam

Tuberski

Emperor

ACK!!! PTHBBPPPTTT!!!!
Feb 2002
time: 23:36

30-08-2004 23:43

#16

Remove this text

I think I'll try the next game......

ACK!

Kuciwalker

Emperor

of Schmooism
Feb 2001
time: 00:36

31-08-2004 00:28

#17

Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

It's OK if you drop me. I'm not going to have time for this game, probably.

Thanks, though

Ljube

Emperor

Belgrade
May 2003
time: 06:36

31-08-2004 02:30

#18

Support Apolyton

Jamski, I offer a non-aggression pact.

Kuciwalker

Emperor

of Schmooism
Feb 2001
time: 00:36

31-08-2004 02:42

#19

Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

DrSpike

Deity

Enthusiastic member of Apolyton
Sep 2001
time: 05:36

31-08-2004 03:11

#20

Tired of ads?

Spaced Cowboy

Emperor

Dallas TX
Nov 2001
time: 23:36

31-08-2004 03:15

#21

Got spare money?

DrSpike

Deity

Enthusiastic member of Apolyton
Sep 2001
time: 05:36

31-08-2004 03:25

#22

Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Sent.

:) Smiley

Emperor

USCA, Berkeley
Feb 2001
time: 21:36

31-08-2004 03:30

#23

Enter the AD-FREE zone

Sent.

GeoModder

Emperor

The most erratic Overlord!
Jan 2004
time: 06:36

31-08-2004 05:59

#24

Full PM-box? Change here!

Just joining the club...

Skanky Burns

Deity

Skanky Bastard Quartermaster
Aug 2001
time: 14:36

31-08-2004 07:01

#25

Get a bigger avatar today!

Sending now. Hopefully to the GM rather than another player this time.

GeneralTacticus

Emperor

of Melbourne, Australia
Dec 2001
time: 15:36

31-08-2004 12:37

#26

Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Orders sent, btw.

joncha

Emperor

North of FOPOG
Jan 2003
time: 21:36

31-08-2004 12:41

#27

Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

orders sent

Spaced Cowboy

Emperor

Dallas TX
Nov 2001
time: 23:36

31-08-2004 18:14

#28

Inflate your Upload Space

Doc your orders are not valid, clean out your pm box!

Spaced Cowboy

Emperor

Dallas TX
Nov 2001
time: 23:36

31-08-2004 18:20

#29

Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

In case everyone was skimski-ing, no shields or spys were built (or allowed to be built) during turn 0. Plan freaking accordingly people. BTW I have everyone's orders, just need a clarification from doc and he has 105 minutes to reply. Hmmm... it apprears that somebody wants to start this one off by attacking...anyone one to guess who that is, and the target?

duke o' york

Emperor

Oct 2001
time: 05:36

31-08-2004 18:26

#30

Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

I wouldn't put my house on LL being on one end of this attack, but I'm pretty confident he'll be in the mix this turn.

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