Re: Campaign tech levels (research approach) - (was: FTFB: Scenerio + Q?'s)

Oh this sound sooo cool! 8D

The only thing I can think of to improve it:  Require a player to wait a
turn or two before receiving the advancement.  This would slow down
mid-game
instant tech achievements.  (ie: After a player controls a few worlds,
he
can spend more on research, and still stay within the research %
limits...)

Or am I going off the deep end?

Donald Hosford

"Robertson, Brendan" wrote:

> You could use this for a research approach to campaign play.	Players
> simply allocate budget to research any fields they're interested in &
> when it reaches the appropriate level, they get that advance
(cumulative
> points, you don't lose what you've already spent).
> As an option, the next advance is available at double mass for the
same
> benefit (ie. you develop class-1 beams at 1 mass, class-2 beams are
> available at 4 mass +2 mass for 6-arc fire).
>
> The points are based on the home system (at the start) able to produce
> about 100-200 pts/turn surplus (enough to build a frigate or small
> destroyer in one turn.)  If playing a slower advancement game, have
> players start with a set amount of research that they can distribute
> (1000 points is good) & change the ratio of available funds being used
> for research, depending on the resource system you're using.
>
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