Aurora 4x
Astra Imperia => General News => Topic started by: Sematary on April 15, 2014, 02:18:19 PM
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With the start of Pancoption's game and the new battle mat I have, I was thinking about starting an Astra Imperia game on here.
I would suggest that we do a single system start, but if people interested would prefer a multi system start (ie each faction in a different system) that can be done.
So right now I would like to see how many people would be interested in playing. If you do not have the rule book please talk to Erik Luken on here as it is his game. Right now he is interested in playing it and I would like a few others to join before working out more. There probably won't be a multi player faction set up but if we get a lot of people we might do that.
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count me in
Matt
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Awesome. So that is two people, I would like to double that before we start.
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Apparently only two people are joining because most people on the forum feel that a lack of familiarity with Astra Imperia would bode poorly for them in a game. I will leave this up until Tuesday evening and then I will start preparing the game for however many people are joining.
For anyone who is on the fence I would be willing to help anyone who feels they need it and the rulebook is really complete.
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And I am certainly available to interpret rules :)
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And I am certainly available to interpret rules :)
Oh of course you are, but you know the whole being a competitor thing, you know. :)
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Oh of course you are, but you know the whole being a competitor thing, you know. :)
What? Not all rule interpretations would favor me... :p
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I'd play assuming it doesn't require a huge time investment, I have no idea of the rules, but that can be picked up, I just can't spend hours a week on it. If that isn't required then count me in.
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I'd play assuming it doesn't require a huge time investment, I have no idea of the rules, but that can be picked up, I just can't spend hours a week on it. If that isn't required then count me in.
Depending on how much freedom is granted in the initial setup, that can take a healthy chunk of time. If there is little freedom, then the player setup will be fairly light. The SM setup will be much more substantial. And vice versa. More freedom = more player investment at the start.
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The start up will take awhile but after that only battles and refits to ships should take very long. I will be creating all the systems but I would like the players to create their ship types. I can do the battles by myself or the players can send me orders for that, I will leave it up to the players to decide.
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Arright, i'll give it a shot then, where can I find some rules?
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Arright, i'll give it a shot then, where can I find some rules?
My guess would be your inbox ;)
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While I will continue to accept new players through tomorrow (Tuesday night) I would like to get the following information from the people who have currently signed up.
Firstly I would like a list of the top three places you would like to claim as your homeworld, the choices will be in a list in the following post.
Secondly I would like a top three list of nations you wish your new nation is from, choices will again be the following post. This is to give both a flavor to names and to give me an idea of how to set up the history which will deviate from canon in the late 2100s or early 2200s.
Thirdly I would like you to look at Chapters 30, 31 and 33 of the rule book, they are the chapters on Campaigns, Race Generation, and Research. In chapter 31 I would like you to look over page 70, I will do the rest of the race generation. Page 70 deals with creating government and tells you how many Research Points you start off with. If you do not claim Earth I would like you to set up a government and pick your starting 5,000 Research points.
For the new players I recommend putting 3,150 of your points into the following techs; Physics I, Construction I, Construction II, Electronics I, Fission I, FTL I, Engine Tech I, Metallurgy, Troop Tech I, and Sensor I. With those you will be set up decently although you will not have combat capable ships.
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I didn't make it clear but I would like those answers PMed to me.
Here is the list of planets that can be claimed, disclaimer: some of these are better than others either for size of population they can hold and/or how minerally rich they are and I am not ordering them in any way to give those answers away.
Earth
Mars
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Himalia
Elara
Ananke
Tethys
Dione
Titan
Iapetus
Calypso
Prometheus
Titania
Oberon
Larissa
Charybdis
Charon
And the list of nations you can pick from are as follows
North American Federation
Commonwealth of Greater Europe
The Middle Kingdom
Russia
Saharan Commonwealth
Republic of Africa
Republica de Bolivar
Pacific Federation
Terran Confederation (for anyone who claims Earth)
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Just FYI. Page 90 (book page, not PDF page), Troop tech II is not required for Armor units. That is a leftover from a previous edit. All troop types are available at Troop Tech I. Troop Tech II provides +1 Defense.
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I could join although i know nothing of it :)
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Sure. When Erik gets on he will make sure you have a copy of the rulebook and then you can get started.
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ok i will let the others to choose their planet and nation first as they were first to join
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I am going to keep sign ups open for another three hours, until 6 pm PST. We currently have four players and we should be ready to start tomorrow.
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For everyone who knows where they are starting and their personalities and technologies, can you send me your starting ship class designs and Defense Installation designs? I will get starting installations, starting treasury, and starting ship fund to everyone as soon as I get ship designs.
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Ok here is where we stand at the moment
We have four people signed up. All four have their starting technology. Three of them have their personalities, government types, and racial characteristics while the fourth is being worked on. One of them has given me their starting ship classes. Once the other three get their ship classes in I will write up the background and we can get started soon after. If anyone needs any help with any stage please let me know I will be more than happy to help. Right now we are on track for starting sometime on Wednesday.
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Today's update:
Everyone has at least started their ship classes. One faction still needs personalities and I will get those later today.
Due to my fiance's birthday this weekend and the plans we have for it starting tomorrow we will probably not be starting before Monday.
The factions are as follows
Erik has Mars and his people were a part of the North American Federation.
Boggo has Prometheus (a moon of Saturn) and his people are from the Pacific Federation
Panoption has settled Cheron for Mother Russia.
Ektoras has taken Europa for the Middle Kingdom
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I have almost everything I need from everyone and I don't see a reason why we can't start tomorrow so that is the plan.
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