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<p>Gents,<br /></p>
<p>I will be taking some time off so I am not playing in the 3rd run.<br /></p>
<p>Thanks Matt for doing such a great job in running these campaigns !<br /></p>
<p>I know the 3rd run will be just as successful as the first 2 were !<br /></p>
<p>Good Luck to all !<br /></p>
<p>Cheers<br /></p>
<p>Frank<br /></p>
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<p>---------- Original Message ----------<br />From: Matthew via SFBdrama <sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org><br />Date: October 12, 2017 at 8:40 PM<br /><br /><br />Thank you all, who have enjoyed the last campaign(s) and said so. I <br />appreciate your comments.<br /><br /><br />I have not yet officially closed down the last campaign: you can still <br />log in and see things there. But I will be closing it down anytime in <br />the next week or two.<br /><br /><br />I have some administrative things to do before I'm ready for the next <br />campaign to begin. Mostly it's adding tog-pods to the database and <br />editing the scenarios in the planned ways I've mentioned earlier.<br /><br /><br />That being said, I think I'm willing to begin building the list of <br />empire picks and build a consensus on the era to play in. Some players <br />have already done so, but I have thusfar taken it informally. The first <br />thing I need, which may impact empire choices, is what era we are <br />playing in. Again, those eras are:<br /><br />General War (GW) era: this starts in Y169 +/- 3 years.<br />Late-War era starts at the introduction of PFs: Y180 +/- 2 years.<br />Early Year era (EY): This starts at Y130 +/- 10 years.<br />Dawn of Warp era: This starts at Y60 +/- 10 years.<br /><br />I can vary how many turns are played per technological year and limit <br />the maximum size-class allowed. Generally there isn't much call to limit <br />the game to (say) destroyers, so I hadn't on planned on changing it from <br />where it was last game. The era we decide on will affect the number of <br />turns per year, as some eras are very slow technologically and others <br />are much faster.<br /><br />Frank had voted for the EY era, but bowed out because of family issues. <br />I will cast a vote in his favor, thinking he may be ready to come back <br />by the time we are ready to physically start the campaign.<br /><br /><br />--Matt<br /><br />____________________________________________________<br />Dramatic SFB campaign chatter list<br />http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org<br />SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org<br />http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org<br /></p>
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