UltraCorps

[Zurvan]

Has anybody played this? It used to be on MSN Zone years ago, and has been picked up by Steve Jackson Games. They're currently in Beta working towards a release, so it's still free.

It's a game of empire building in space. It has elements of Diplomacy, space combat, and a cool economy feature.

UltraCorps Home Page

You can create a private game, with up to 6 players. Anybody interested in playing a game?

If there's interest, I'll create a game.

[Stephen H]

I'm learning to plya now.

In.

[Zurvan]

You know what POG needs? More war in space.

Sign up, suckas

This is turnbased strategy. Not a big time commitment, about 15-20 minutes / turn, two days per turn, if everybody finishes their turn early, it runs automatically.

[Jack Bando]

Yes, more war in space.

[flsc]

In!

I used to play VGA-Planets ten years ago - of course I'm in, if you don't mind playing with a noob/lurker...

[amplify]

Dudes,

This organization is a front for Scientology, so watch your ass or you'll end up worshiping Xenu and paying some loser $100 an hour to audit your Operating Thetan MindStream.

Don't say I didn't warn you...

[Stephen H]

My first thought was "Gee, I bet I end up wishing this was VGA planets", so yea, you're in.

The combat system is...interesting. I'm not sure what I think of it yet. # of units is quite possibly the overwhelming factor eventually.

[Zurvan]

At high levels, units get up to 60 attacks per round. So overwhelming numbers of units aren't the only thing that matters. But, lots of fodder is good.

Currently in:

Me
Stephen
Jack Bando
flsc

We can start with 4, I'd like 5 or 6. You 3 PM me your screen names (or post them here), and I'll invite you when I start the game.

There's also a good tutorial in there that you can follow through to get started.

[Jack Bando]

It's JackBando

[fnord_too]

Played a solo game, all I did was build megabots and send fleets of them off. I was horribly inefficient, took 21 turns to win, but there was absolutely no counter strikes.