[split] Splitting Galac-Tac discussion into new thread

[Davin]

By the way, some of the most popular features in my old magazines were "diaries": a series of articles by players in a game about what it was like to play the game, turn by turn. Why not organize a free game of Galac-Tac, for play-by-mail.net players only, on condition that they submit short narratives to you each turn, which you can then assemble into a diary and post installments here (not in the PDF fanzine, but here in the forum, where they might be noticed). Any other moderator who visits this forum looking for players might consider doing likewise. It could give a lot of us reason to visit more regularly.

That's a wonderful idea!!

I think maybe I'd rather have the players speak for themselves directly rather than playing editor myself, and the forum allows us to do that easily enough.

Let me then make this offer to all the playbymail.net forum denizens...

I'll set up a private game of Galac-Tac just for our use.  Any of you can sign up to play in it for free as long as you agree to make short regular posts (most turns) here about the game you're in.  Mostly I think everyone would like to see notes about what your position is doing and how you're faring, but I'll understand if some of that commentary may be secret for a few turns while you're setting up a surprise attack (but please let us know how it worked out).  If you would also like to contribute any thoughts on what you like or dislike about the game, want to make suggestions, or just want to taunt your fellow players in public, that would be great, too.

How about we set it up this way...  If you want to participate, drop by my web site at www.talisman-games.com and sign up to be a player.  You may just close the "send payment" screen after you've signed up.  Then leave a note here with your TG login name that you'd like to play.  I'll give you three years of free play time, during which time you can play in the group game and any number of other Galac-Tac games you'd like to participate in, including "solo" games where you can practice with computer players before trying things out on human opponents.  I'll PM you the password for the game and you can enroll yourself in the game from the web site.  When we get a reasonable number of players signed up, we'll start the game.  If more players (or the same players) want to give it a go after the first game has started, I'll spin up more to run in parallel.

How does everyone feel about a one-week turnaround for each turn?  I think that should give most everyone enough time to check their turns, compose their strategy, and enter their actions.  But if several of you feel like you need more time, we can arrange for that.

Any questions or suggestions?