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“Restraint? Why are you so concerned with saving their lives? The whole idea is to kill the bastards. At the end of the war, if there are two Americans and one Russian left alive, we win.” ~Gen. Thomas Power, U.S. Strategic Air Command 1957-1964 MELTWATER (working title) is a two-player board game of tactical starvation and mutually assured destruction at the end of the earth, currently under development by Erin Escobedo, aka me, Gutter Owl! The game is currently in open beta for Rules Version 0.64. This thread pits Sailor Viy (US) against Fat Turkey (USSR). But we're still looking for additional testers for additional threads! Please sign up in this thread if you're interested in playing! Players are expected to have read and understood the rules as currently posted. I'd like this to be as blind a run as possible, so I'll try to refrain from commenting, other than updating the map and piece counts. But if you have a rules question, feel free to post in the thread, or PM me if you want to keep your super secret strategic advantage or the like. And while I'd like to keep the rules version consistent for this playtest, I reserve the right to drop in a hot fix if something is clearly Broke In Half. REFERENCES RULES * BLANK MAP AND CARDSHEETS Turn Sequence posted:STARVATION PHASE Radiation and Support posted:Dead: 0 pieces, no matter what Action Reference posted:MOVE (1A) Important Reminders posted:
Other Active Games [MELTWATER Playtest] As you know, the Premier loves surprises Previous threads: [MELTWATER Playtest] Sinewave vs Tricky (Note: Uses outdated rules.) [MELTWATER Playtest] Tricky vs Sinewave 2: Communism Harder [MELTWATER Playtest] We must not allow a mineshaft gap! [MELTWATER Playtest] Toe to toe with the Rooskies gutterdaughter fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Oct 5, 2016 |
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For this playtest, we're upgrading to the shiny new Version 0.64! 0.64 has one significant rule change: The initial Active and Next cards will be visible during the setup phase. (Also, a bunch of ongoing formatting revision that shouldn't impact the actual rules, but will probably make searching for a particular rule harder and more annoying for a little bit! Hooray!)
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Aug 23, 2016 02:26
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Let's get started...on setup! Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 5 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 6 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot  Fat Turkey, you have the first placement!
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Aug 23, 2016 02:42
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Civ F2 per favore
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Aug 23, 2016 14:52
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 Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 5 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 5 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot Viy, you're up.
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Aug 24, 2016 00:34
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Civ F3.
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Aug 24, 2016 12:14
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 ctive: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 4 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 5 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot Turkey's placement.
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Aug 24, 2016 15:00
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Civ G2
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Aug 25, 2016 08:55
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 Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 4 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 4 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot Viy's placement.
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Aug 25, 2016 11:48
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Civ H6.
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Aug 27, 2016 10:55
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 Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 3 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 4 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot Turkey's placement.
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Aug 27, 2016 22:47
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civ H5
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Aug 28, 2016 11:10
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 Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 3 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 3 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot Viy.
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Aug 28, 2016 22:17
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Civ G4.
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Aug 30, 2016 02:43
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 Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 2 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 3 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot Turkey. (Just to make sure y'all know, you don't need to wait for me to update before posting your placements, if you can visualize what your opponent just did. No need to stand on ceremony.)
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Aug 30, 2016 05:52
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Soldier, H5 Gutter Owl, what country are you based in, I can't work it out from your posting times! You seem to post around the clock!
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Aug 30, 2016 10:38
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Fat Turkey posted:Soldier, H5 I'm from the southwest US. But I'm between jobs right now, and my sleep schedule has gone entirely sideways. So I post whenever I'm awake enough to click all the buttons in (mostly) the right order. Sorry if that's an inconvenience for y'all.  Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 2 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 3 civ, 1 soldier, 2 depot Viy!
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Aug 31, 2016 00:03
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It's not inconvenient in the slightest! I was just trying to work it out from your time postings, they were all over the place, but whatever works for you is fine of course 
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Aug 31, 2016 00:06
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Civ H7. I'm gonna be honest, Gutter Owl, on my second playthrough this phase is pretty boring. There doesn't seem to be a lot of strategy to my placement decisions (although maybe if I was better then there would be). I imagine this phase would only take a few minutes in a live game, but over PbP it drags.
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Aug 31, 2016 08:20
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Sailor Viy posted:Civ H7. Fair. I need to push forward on the preset start variant.  Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 1 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 3 civ, 1 soldier, 2 depot Turkey.
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Aug 31, 2016 10:15
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Civ J5 I don't think it's a reflection in the game that this starting placement phase is tedious; this game feels built for playing across a table where this phase would be very quick. Any turn by turn game is going to have this issue. Offering a starting position would be a good idea though, especially as it feels like you need to have played the game a few times before you know how best to align pieces. Then when people are comfortable with play, they can explore different starting positions.
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Aug 31, 2016 10:53
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 Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 1 civ, 2 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 2 civ, 1 soldier, 2 depot
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Sep 1, 2016 23:17
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Soldier H6.
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Sep 2, 2016 11:04
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Depot J4
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Sep 2, 2016 16:10
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 Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 1 civ, 1 soldier, 2 depot USSR: 2 civ, 1 soldier, 1 depot
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Sep 3, 2016 07:26
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Depot E4.
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Sep 3, 2016 11:22
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Soldier G2
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Sep 4, 2016 00:20
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 Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 1 civ, 1 soldier, 1 depot USSR: 2 civ, 1 depot
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Sep 4, 2016 00:58
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Civ E4.
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Sep 8, 2016 00:04
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Sorry about the slowdown. Been a bit under the weather. We're almost to the juicy bit. Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 1 soldier, 1 depot USSR: 2 civ, 1 depot
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Sep 10, 2016 01:05
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Depot G2
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Sep 10, 2016 15:08
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Soldier E1.
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Sep 12, 2016 09:51
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Civ G4
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Sep 12, 2016 16:25
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you can't put a civ there mate!!
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Sep 13, 2016 05:39
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Sailor Viy posted:you can't put a civ there mate!! What they said. Update as of Viy's last placement.  Active: J1 & L4, refugee K7 Next: F7 & H1 US: 1 depot USSR: 2 civ
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Sep 13, 2016 05:59
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Oops, I meant J4! Was probably thinking of all the trouble you're causing me along that column and put G down!
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Sep 13, 2016 12:56
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Depot G6.Fat Turkey posted:Oops, I meant J4! Was probably thinking of all the trouble you're causing me along that column and put G down! I'm glad I'm causing you trouble, apparently... it's still pretty opaque to me what's going to happen in the first few turns.
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Sep 14, 2016 09:20
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Civ H3
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Sep 14, 2016 22:53
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Let's start the fireworks!  US STARVATION Skipped this turn. US ACTION Viy, fire the opening salvo!
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Sep 15, 2016 03:21
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Pressgang neutral at E1, move him to E2. Pressgang neutral at E2, move him to E3. Move stack at E1 to E2. Move 1 soldier and 1 civ from E2 to F3.
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