Re: Stellar Diplomacy

I have Stellar Conquest, but I have never seen Diplomacy...
Has anyone here have/played both games?

I can comment on SC.

It is an "explore the universe/colonize/build ships/research tech" game.

Aside from that the players are free to make/break deals...:-)
The map is a hexagonal map (32 x 20) with 54 stars.  There are 8
gas/dust clouds.
The map scale is 1/8th of a light-year.
The stars are divided into 5 different colors (spectrum based).  There
are 78 star cards.  (when a star is explored, you draw a card from the
proper color pile)

The ship counters number 520.

Over all, the game is worth the cost.  Play it as intended, or use the
components for any other strategic game.

Donald Hosford

Laserlight wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Imre A. Szabo <ias@sprintmail.com>
> To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 10:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Stellar Diplomacy
>
> > Or you could just pay Stellar Conquest with an population
> efficiancy
> > ratio.  For every 20 pop., reduce the per the total economic
> prodction
> > of the planet 1 i.p. per pop.
>
> Yup, I could, if I owned Stellar Conquest or indeed had ever seen
> it.  Does it have Diplomacy-style interaction among the players?
> That's what I'm looking forward to--the bargaining as the FSE
> provides FTL tech to the IF _and_ the PAU, for example.