RE: [GZG][FT] Wormhole Campaign Rules

I have mixed terminology in a few places.

Ships can only enter 1 wormhole per FTL drive per turn.  So if you want
fast
reaction forces, you can buy multiple FTL drives for a better strategic
speed, but lower tactical value.

Beam damage = number of new wormholes to explore.

With the exhausted wormholes, if multiple players dead-end their
exploration, then it makes for a very boring game when one player owns
half
the map and the other players haven't made contact with anyone.  This is
a
game balancing mechanism.

One thing I didn't mention is that I would recommend putting the map on
a
pinup board, using map pins to mark wormholes and thread to connect
them.
Otherwise it could get confusing very quickly.

Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies

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> From: gzg-l-bounces@lists.csua.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:gzg-l-bounces@lists.csua.berkeley.edu]On Behalf Of 
> Fred Kiesche
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 6:18 AM
> To: gzg-l@lists.csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [GZG] Re: Gzg-l Digest, Vol 7, Issue 23
> 
> 
> Greetings:
> 
> Some good stuff here, but a few questions:
> 
> "Ships can be moved via wormholes.  If using an
> unexplored wormhole, roll two die for an x/y
> co-ordinate on the galaxy map.  If the co-ordinate is
> unknown, roll on the System Value Table.  If the
> co-ordinate is known, then add another wormhole to
> that system (this is a *closed* wormhole that wasn't
> discovered in survey).  New systems cannot be explored
> for wormholes until the following turn."
> 
> Wouldn't "unexplored", "undiscovered", etc. be better
> than "closed"? Closed sounds like a wormhole that has
> collapsed or is no longer accessible as opposed to one
> that has yet to be found.
> 
> "When exploring for new wormholes, roll 2 beam die. 
> This is the number of new exits from that system
> available for further exploration.  The home system
> will have at least one exit regardless of the damage
> rolled."
> 
> Damage = result of die roll?
> 
> "Exhausted wormholes: If a player has not made contact
> with other players and has explored all available
> wormholes, they may re-survey a single system each
> turn until they find a new chain."
> 
> Why "exhausted"? Sounds like not finding somebody is a
> bad thing. How about using the unpopulated chain as a
> place to start new colonies, expand out your empire,
> build new ships using new (untapped) resources, etc.?
> 
> Sounds a lot like WarpWar in many respects, which is
> one of my favorite games. This is a keeper for
> whenever I do an actual campaign. Thanks for writing
> it up!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Fred Kiesche (FPK3)
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