How would a play by email Anacreon game work, though? I think I missed the original discussion of that one.
James At 03:36 AM 8/31/2006, you wrote: >As posted last week, I'm looking for players of Anacreon to join us >in a play-by-email game. If you want to try the game out, go to >http://www.neurohack.com/ >and find the Anacreon link. > >Shane Davidson has also posted a copy of a tutorial I wrote for using >Anacreon with a screen reader. We have since discovered that with a >little tweaking of the custom highlight colors, one can have greatly >improved access to the info presented on screen. > >I am looking for up to six other players as I already have one who >has declared his interest. Once I know how many players we have, >we'll select a scenario that seems appropriate and the fun will begin. > >As a teaser, here is a narrative of the last few years of a game I'm >playing solo in a scenario I created, in which the massive but >fragile Galactic Empire faces three upstart empires (player empires). > >**************************************** > >His Imperial Majesty, Claudius VII awoke from his year long sleep and >stretched in the hybernaculum. His devoted assistants helped him >from the coffin-shaped cryo-pod and gave him water and nutritional >supplements. Gradually his head cleared and he saw the somber >expression on the faces of his military commanders. > >"All right, normally we'd wait until I was a bit stronger, but >there's something wrong and I'd best know it." > >"Your Majesty," began Admiral Okata in a stern tone. "The Corelian >Empire has been suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and >ground forces from the Empire of the Chosen. They struck in a >well-coordinated assault that destroyed nearly all our merchant >shipping in the Delta Aquarii V and Zeta Omicron 6 systems, as well >as successfully invading those worlds. Our naval forces in system >were insufficient to save the situation, and, while ship production >on Zeta Omicron 6 was gearing up, we had little in reserve, once the >fleets we dispatched to counter the thrust were in turn defeated. We >lost both worlds, sire. I take full responsibility." > >"No Admiral," the sovereign replied wearily. "You warned me that the >religious fanatics were arming for war, but I had hoped the idea of >the Galactic Empire striking out of the center would keep them >quiescent while we built up our defenses. I am responsible. I take >it our new star ships were less successful than anticipated?" > >"They performed brilliantly, nearly destroying the entire penetrator >force from Eden, but there weren't enough of them." > >"Damn!," Claudius sighed. "There goes a third of our military naval >production and 80% of our raw materials production." > >"We can take the worlds back," interjected General Martelle, the >commandant of Royal Marines. "My sources on planet say that we bled >them white and they can't hold the worlds." > >"Is there any news from Atlantis or any word of the Galactic Empire." > >The Foreign Minister spoke up. "We have received condolences from >Lady Katrina of Atlantis, but she has stated that she has Imperial >problems, having had to muster a major naval force to beat back an >incursion from the center to destroy her trillum production. Our >intelligence service suggests that the Galactic Empire is busy with >suppressing rebellions. Cleon II has his hands full." > >"We did clear the Imperial mine field that stands between us and >Eden, so we have an open avenue for our jump-capable craft to mount a >counterattack against the Chosen,:" the admiral went on. "However, >the last scout mission dispatched to Eden showed that the Grand >Hierarch has enough planetary defenses to hold off anything I could >assemble quickly. Our raw materials situation is already critical; >Corelia, Scheat 6, Eta Rigil, all are short of either metals or chemicals." > >"All right, assemble a task force to retake the two lost worlds >quickly, before they can reinforce. We need Delta Aquarii >badly. And arm our merchant convoys in future." > >"My liege, it will be done." >. . . > >The Grand Hierarch awoke to the news of the stunning double >victory. Immediately he prayed in thanksgiving and prepared for his >own staff meeting. > >"The biggest problem we have, your Holiness," said Admiral Lianades, >"is that we are overextended. In choosing to attack both worlds >simultaneously, we had to dangerously divide our fleet. I'm not sure >we can hold either world against a concerted counterattack. Also, >our commander on the scene at Zeta Omicron 6 reported encountering a >large new class of vessel that he'd never fought before. They played >havoc among our medium forces until the Faithful rallied and martyred >themselves in suicide attacks against them. If the Corelian dogs >have developed this craft in quantity, they could represent a major >advantage for them." > >"My son, you know full well that God orders all things in his own >time. He has given us this victory, even after the disastrous >invasion attempt ten years ago. He will provide." > >"But Your Holiness,. . ." > >"Hush. Now, how goes the relief mission?"" > >Your Holiness. . . Both w8064 and HB216 have been resupplied so that >the famines that swept them in the last two years have been >alleviated. There are still indications of a massive rebellion on >HB216 though." > >"Then we shall reinforce HB216 with our soldier missionaries and >stamp out the heretics who dare flout God's will." > >"And Corelia?" > >"Will crumple under God's Divine Will." > >"And the Galactic Empire?" > >"Doesn't exist anymore. It has disintegrated for its rulers have >gone dreadfully astray.." > >"As you say, Sire." >. . . > >Lady Katrina of Atlantis looked at the dispatches from Corelia and >sighed. "We must play a waiting game," she said. "We're weaker than >either the Chosen or Corelia. We must concentrate on setting up our >internal links so that when the Galactics come out of the core, we're >ready to deal with them. Are you sure about that intel report?" > >"My Lady, our scouts saw a fortress, with a functioning gate and >easily 150,000 ships in its fleet. They have also found worlds >addicted to Ambrosia that are churning out ships by the >thousands. Clearly, Cleon intends to retake the worlds he has >lost. It's only due to political dissension that we've been ignored >for so long." > >"On the brighter side," her minister of trade spoke up, "Trillum >production on Sinai IV has finally reached significant levels, and >our trade fleet will be bringing in a record haul next year, which >should kick-start our economy." > >"And we've kept them well fed?" > >"My reports show a populace with a five year surplus of food, even >though all the agricultural land has been converted to trillum mining." > >"And any news of Imperial fleets?" > >"Presently no, my lady." > >"Then over then next few years, we need to build an outpost at the >minimum, possibly a command base so we have a mobile fleet reserve >and early warning." > >"We could take the Imperial outpost." > >"You know my views on that, it would draw unwelcome attention to >us. We've already weathered one attack from the core, let's keep >under their radar for a bit longer. We still have the smallest ship >production of all the powers." > >"Yes my lady." >. . . > >And so another year began, filled with uncertainty and >conflict. Hundreds of millions would die in the Corelia-Chosen war, >while Atlantis looked on, waiting for the day when the Galactic >emperor would come storming out of the core to retake what had been lost. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] >To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
