Post date: Nov 4, 2017 9:58:41 PM
To the Files section of the main website I have added a new version of proposed rules that I wish to use going forward. Please read over this and let me know if you have any problems and concerns in the 'Discussion about the rules' thread of the rpol site, it has a large number of changes over what you might be expecting. Unless some critical fault is discovered this is likely the version that we will be using for the new turn, regardless of the tweaks that might be needed to sections not currently being used .
There is one change to the rules which I deeply want to make: incorporating rules for environmental damage (GDP+Population+Oil verses Biology tech?) as it is clearly important in the GDW 2300 canon universe. Right now such things are nothing more than 'whim of the GM if he gets around to it', I want to put this on a firmer, consistent, automatically calculated, foundation. However I have yet to figure out a way to do it in time without causing significant complication; so this is going to have to wait until another turn. I really want to get this done because it is the last significant area that I feel is missing from the game, that all other changes expected are just game balancing tweaks to make things run smoother.
I have also added a link to a Google Drive folder which contains files needed for us to have a shared universe using the Heaven & Earth software. Please test this to see if it works for you. What is in these files is NOT the final, official configuration of those star systems, expect them to change. They are just a test to see if we can get a shared map together; so follow my instructions in section 11.4 (of the latest version) of the rules. It is very important that you let me know if anything is unclear or does not work, and exactly what problems you are having with it.