Ambrosia Software Web Board: A thought on an Ares "board game" - Ambrosia Software Web Board

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in something like this:

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So it would basically be a sim of the post-Ares universe. Got the idea from Greybeard over at MaG who pointed me to a site which did basically the same thing for MechWarrior.

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Interesting, sort of a hybird text/in-game RPG.

Sound fun, yet my line is too slow to run the multiplayer.

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Sure, but we're a little short on staff, here.

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Interesting. Sounds like capt skyblades RPG in the ev boards. (Did any of you see that?) The difference was that obviously, he basically made up the battles.

Well, post this in the officer's bar too. There are more RPG'ers there and that's where we go...

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sounds cool, and i need somthing to get me back on to the bordes.

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interesting. i will be in that without a doubt.

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Always the one to whine about time and connection speed. That would be me. Sounds really cool, and you could make one killer plug-in in the end, great for multi or single player. I'd do it, but again, not enough time.

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I'm also interested in this "board game."
I'll try to make a "Fleet Warz" plug for this "board game", if possible.

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Yeah, if the battles could actually be simulated, it would avoid a lot of arguements and disagreements. That was really the only problem I had with my EV RPG... it's next to impossible to get everyone to agree to a final statement, even if it's the moderator / admin who gives it. Another cause of arguements was new technology... we finally stopped allowing new tech as it too caused much difficulty.


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The sensible thing is to have the admin/mod lay down the law right at the outset (Only "canon" Ares tech, pre-approved fleets, etc) and maintain it throughout. An impartial admin/mod, naturally.

And then it's just a matter of enforcing it- "The Judge's decision is final", I believe the phrase is.

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It sounds neat, but might turn out to be really complex. Then again, maybe I'm just making it more complicated than it actually is.

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That's what we said in the EV RPG... only threats seemed to enforce that rule.


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Yes, well, that's what enforcement is all about, really. Threats, and the ability to carry through with them. This would be running from its own website, I assume?

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Sundered Angel,
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I'll be admin, if you wish to have a fair/impartial trial with someone who does not shirk from responsibility.

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Heh...

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I've thought about this sort of thing on my own for a while now. I've come up with a way to create a scenario on the fly, so it might be even simpler to implement the Ares half of it. I might be able to demonstrate that some time soon…

A tech tree (similar to Civilization) might be useful as well. There would be somewhere between 10 and 20 starting techs, and each faction would start off with a few of them. If you acquired 2 techs, and no player had started with both, you'd be able to build something new.

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i could help there im good at tek trees, ive been makeing bord and table top games for 5 years straight now, (thay all end up like WH40K in the end though).

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How about techs are acquired only through conquest? So there might be certain techs scattered throughout the game (every faction has there unique techs, and with, i.e., concussion missiles it's shared.) If you conquer a faction's [something] then depending on the value of it, you get a technology. Just a suggestion.

Oh, and for the record, Civ 3 sucked.

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That's what I was thinking (although I guess I didn't actually say it). Each race has pushed its technology to the limits, and needs technology from other races in order to advance. The other thing to mention is that the tech tree would be secret - you have to acquire a technology before you know that you can advance with it.

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Carrying them out is the important part. I had to throw a player out of one webstory because he refused to cooperate with the final decisions made by the mod, fair though they were.

Yeah, a dedicated website is a good idea... the EV forum got somewhat cluttered at times to numerous topics regarding a single webstory.


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Naturally. It's play nice, or don't play.

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That's not actually so much of a problem on the Ares boards, since we don't have that many active topics. In fact, the Officer's Club has always tended that way. But still, a nice, clean website would do nicely, if it had sufficient features. Any volunteers who know enough to run that kind of thing?


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I could probably talk the mag guys into letting us borrow a meg or two on their new server but my coding knowledge is limited to <br> <p> <hr> and <a href>

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"Welcome to our Pirate outpost. Please enjoy your stay, and realize that any irregular actions can and will be used against you in the afterlife."

I considered making a chess Ares game from my chessboard earlier today, but I don't know where it is and I really don't know whether I should be bothered.

Basically, what I plan is for pawns to be cruisers, knights to be gunships, the queen is the hvd (duh!) and the carrier is the rook.

All ships can destroy other ships similar to chess. All ships have 2 types of movement, normal (1 space any direction) and FTL, with is 2 to 8 space in any adjacent direction. All ships can attack normally, only some ships can attack FTL.

Cruisers attack as a react. There has to be 1 enemy ship in an adjacent square, to attack.

Gunships can attack via FTL. If there is 1 friendly cruiser within 1 range of a gunship when it is attacked, then the attack can be 'intercepted' and the cruiser is destroyed. The destroyed ship is at the attackee's discretion, and the attacker's ship moves into that square.

Carriers. If there is a friendly piece within 1 squares of a carrier, then the attack can be intercepted and that piece will be destroyed (of any type). The attacking ship will move into that piece's position. Carriers can attack normally, but not FTL.

HVD's are different, they can attack any other ship except other HVD's without being intercepted. They can also attack via FTL as well as normal. Cruisers can intercept if the HVD is attacked.

The person positions their fleet how they want, within the first 2 squares.

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please email me on the full rules and stuff of that chess game. i might like making that and playing it.

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