DARKSTAR CAMPAIGN UPDATE: DUCHESS ANNABEL’S WAR IS OVER
Online Maps for long-distance Darkstar Play
Good afternoon, all ~
After the challenge was put out last week on XLBS, and more talk is starting to circulate regarding online play for Darkstar, I thought I would dust off the electronic maps and start getting this ready for potential use.
Two two factions pictured here are the US Navy and the “Black Dragons” of the Khitan-Tunguska Free State. Also available are the Royal Navy for the UK, the Holy Russian Empire, Japan, Imperial Prussia, and the Panasian Union (basically, China and her allies / vassal states).
There are also more factions, the Arab League, the New Roman Alliance (France, Italy, Spain, and other predominantly Catholic countries), the Corporate Consortium (loose collection of high-tech private “navies” to include “security consultants,” privateers, and outright pirates. These are technically available, but would take just a little work to bring them out of 1st Edition and update to the new 2nd Edition model.
In this “e-gaming model,” players share access to a file in a shared web space, switching keyboard and mouse controls as they both view the same desktop / gameboard in a video teleconferencing format.
Love the planet pictures, can’t wait to give it a go!
Yeah, @davehawes – that’s my “planet and moon warehouse.” 😀 When we start a new game I just copy the file, then delete most of the objects, allowing me to create a new map very quickly.
I wonder how dastardly a vertical column would be to hide their numbers.
with the game presented on a 2d surface, how is altitude and the like handled?
I’m sold, where can I find the DarkStar rules and content. BTW, great demo video.
Have you found them?
No I haven’t. I’m new to this site so maybe I’m missing something. If you could point me in the right direction.
Im looking for them as well, a guy on youtube said theyd be here but Im either too stupid to find them or blind
Good afternoon and welcome to Beasts of War / OTT @jnoll and @CheshireCat I am Oriskany – “the guy on YouTube” 😀 and game designer for DarkStar The charts and turn sequence, such as they exist in written form at the moment – are available in a little better / more consolidated form in this project thread, accessible here. https://www.beastsofwar.com/project-entry/1303087/ No it it’s not complete. These rules are way too big, way too complex, to crunch them all down into a SERIES of books at the moment. We are experimenting with on-line play though. And these charts and especially the… Read more »
Thanks, I’ll take a look.
Well, keep doing what youre doing. I hope the final rules, whenever/whether theyll exist, wont be too simplified
Thanks again @jnoll and @cheshirecat – PLease rest assured they will not be simplified any further. What we saw in the Lets Play WAS the simplified v2 of the rules. 😀 I might just take the month of December and finally start write them down. I’ve always been averse to doing this as it is a metric f*** ton of work for no actual reward, and I had no idea it would generate THIS much interest. Also, the rules were still changing as we pushed through design playtesting for 2nd Edition. Also, I’m just going to have to pick a… Read more »