Alright, I'm calling everyone's bluff. If there's a refereed game, please
can I join? If not, I challenge anyone here to a PBEM game of Fifth Frontier
War. I shall play against the person who replies first. If several replies
arrive here at the same time, I shall accept the one whose header shows it to
have been sent earliest.
Without a referee, each player is going to have to trust the other completely.
Fog of war will not be possible, as both players will need to know where the
other side's forces are in order to set up the map correctly, and to keep
accurate track of movements. The game will be strictly by the book, unless
we agree on modifications to the rules.
I shall work out full details of how we shall run the game if or when I get
an opponent, but basically each turn, we send each other a list of all
movements. That includes all fleet movements and assignments, all pickup
and dropping of troops, and the change in status of any Ine Givar guerillas.
Once we have exchanged moves, we exchange a list of all places where we
think combat occurs. I have yet to work out full details of how combat will
be resolved, because it will depend on how quickly we want the game to
progress vs. how closely we want to adhere to the rules.
The gauntlet is thrown. Any takers?
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"Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott
Adrian Hurt | JANET: [email removed]
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