20070627

Galaxy Felixcaster Started.

Galaxy Felixcaster started. This is a custom game requested by two brothers. It is a fairly big galaxy with some giant planets hidden inside. The games uses the final orders principle which means that a turn runs as soon as both players indicate they are done with their orders. This means the game can move fast, after one day it is already at turn 3.

First and Second turn of Galaxy Malad

Galaxy Malad started with some difficulties. Of the three players only two players sent in orders. This partly ruined the design of the game. The idea was that with all home planets scattered randomly over the galaxy it would be impossible for a player to determine which planet belonged to which of the other two players. With one player gone, this become immediately visible. The other two players have been good sports and continued playing.

20070621

First turn of Bandra and MostlyHarmless

Turn 1 of Bandra and MostlyHarmless ran successfully. Only one player in Bandra did not sent in orders in time and had his race die an early dead. One player out of twenty-three is a good result. And that one case seems to have been a mistake as that same player plays in both games.

20070618

Galaxy Andheri Started

Galaxy Andheri has started and the turn 0 reports have been send to the players. Planets in Andheri are widely spaced so it will be a while before the first battles occur. Andheri runs twice a week on Monday and Friday. Andheri has its own web page.

20070615

The games must continue

Servers do sometimes crash and burn. In which case all the games at SIFAR would die an early dead. To ensure the games can resume after such an event all game data is automatically mailed to a gmail account after each run of a turn. Currently a gmail account gives you 3 Gigs of diskspace so there is room for plenty of turn data.

20070614

MostlyHarmless and MostlyHarmless_II started

The two newbie games MostlyHarmless and MostlyHarmless_II started. Turn 0 reports have been mailed. These are two similar galaxies with both eight races. They are two turn per week games that run on Wed/Sun and Thu/Mon. Turn 1 of MostlyHarmless runs on Jun 20th 2007, turn 1 of MostlyHarmless_II on Jun 21st 2007.

20070612

Galaxy Malad started

Galaxy Malad has started and the turn 0 reports have been send to the three players. Malad is a surpise game. Players start with a large number planets all over the galaxy and are faced with the choice attack or defend. Malad has its own web page.

20070611

Galaxy MostlyHarmless about to start.

The newbie game MostlyHarmless will start this week. Fifteen Players enrolled, which is more than the required ten. Two games will therefore be started: MostlyHarmless and MostlyHarmlessII. The idea to have a team-game was rejected.

20070610

Andheri ready to start

Galaxy Andheri now has the required 10 players and will start 17 Jun 2007.

20070609

Galaxy Bandra started

Galaxy Bandra has been created and the turn 0 report have been mailed to the players. Bandra has its own webpage. Turn 1 runs on the 20th of June.

20070606

Bandra and Malad ready to start.

Both Bandra and Malad now have the minimum required number of players and are therefore ready to start after the closing date (17-June-2007).

Andheri requires 5 more players before it can start.

20070605

Welcome

This blog is about the GalaxyNG games that run at the SIFAR game server.
It will have information about forming games, active games, and the games that complete.