Asri-unix.1388 net.games.emp utzoo!decvax!cca!mclure@sri-unix Mon May 3 16:19:22 1982 ideas for empire worlds 1) A world designed like Farmer's Riverworld: one continuous river, bounded by tall, impenatrable mountains on either side. The river itself would vary in width from 1 to 8, and the river banks would perhaps vary from 2 to 6. The mountains separating one part of the river from the other would be 3 or 4 deep. Naturally there would be a lot of twisting and winding. Unlike the real Riverworld, the river banks would be rich in natural resources. I think such a world would be quite interesting for an empire game, encouraging a maritime economy and navy. 2) A world composed of moderate islands 200 to 300 sectors apiece, separated by large stretches of ocean. Two modes of player placement could be used. Put everyone on the same island (or few islands), thus encouraging them to build up and go exploring to other islands as quickly as possible, or put each on a separate island. When, some months later, the super- powers meet, watch out! Also, I have a question for someone familiar with nuclear bombs. We drew a map, based on the information given in the Detonate chapter of the manual, which showed the targed sector as being a nuclear wasteland and the 6 surrounding sectors as 100% destroyed for a 1 megaton bomb. How does the devastation increase according to the size of the bomb. What would the wasteland/100% destruction look like for a 2 megaton bomb, 10 megaton, 100 megaton? For large foes it would seem that many 1 megaton bombs are probably more effective than only a few larger bombs. What do nuclear people out there think? Stuart Cracraft mclure@sri-unix ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!mclure ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.