john@polyof.UUCP ( John Buck ) (06/06/85)
-=[ REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR TELEGRAM ]=- We generally play 2 games of Empire a year. One in the winter, and one in the summer. There are between 12 and 24 people (countries) playing. What I'd like to know is how long an average game of Empire lasts? (Given dt=30 minutes, mmpd=60 minutes x=128 y=128 Number Countries = 20) Send me uucp mail stating how long it takes your facility to complete a game of empire. A game is considered complete when there is one person who is obviously the victor. (Or, if two countries cooperate, when the team has risen to the point where they can not be taken over) I will post the results of this survey to net.games.emp. Please do not send results based on 'blitz' games of empire. (DT=30 seconds, these do not count) John Buck UUCP: philabs!ron1!polyof!john or UUCP: decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!polyof!john
alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (06/08/85)
The ones we used to have on harpo would last an average of 6 to 8 months. We used an ETU of 30 minutes (BTW, Blitz Empire is not ETU = 30 sec, it's ETU = 4 sec). Usually, after a few months, the world would be polarized into two camps (with the weak countries watching) and then, finally, it would end in an all-out conventional exchange. It was great. Those were the days of Empire!
ewa@sdcc3.UUCP (Eric Anderson) (06/17/85)
No No No! Blitz empire is played with an ETU of 1 second. Anyting less is boring and takes far too long.