Blind Galaxy List of Games

This is intended to be a complete list of games that are running or have run. Various details that I can think to place in here will be when I can find them.

Galaxy was written and maintained by Russell Wallace as a PBeM. Blind Galaxy is maintained by Howard Bampton, with contributions from a number of people.

The GMs concerned (so far) are :-

Glenn = (inactive) Glenn Ellingson
Howard = (inactive) Howard Bampton
Novak = (inactive) Rob Novak
Roger = (inactive) Roger Dingledine
Bernhard = Bernhard Schmidt (bs at myrnek.de) homepage
Bernhard Froehlich
John Baldwin

Games Run

Sorted on starting dates

Game	GM	Players	Finish Turn	When
Asimov	Glenn	14	?	?
Zeus	Howard	20	56	01/1993? to 04/1994
Pluto	Howard	18	84	07/1993 to 11/1994
Neptune	Howard	18	166	07/1993 to 12/1995
Hera	Novak	30	52	?
Ares	Novak	?	N/A	(Never completed)
test	Roger	?	?	?
Herald	Roger	25	126	08/1994 to 04/1998
Mars	Howard	20	121	10/1994 to 08/1996
Apollo	Howard	21	88	10/1994 to 05/1997
Scythe	Roger	18	61	10/1995 to 05/1997
Crimson	Roger	60	104	10/1995 to 12/1998
Hermes	Howard	19	66	11/1996 to 08/1997
Nike	Howard	8	73	11/1996 to 10/1997
Uranus	Howard	22	68	11/1996 to 04/1998
Athena	Howard	35	93	11/1997 to 05/1999
Hercules	Howard	26	76	03/1998 to 09/1999
Pegasus	Bernhard	23	N/A	11/1998 to 04/2000
Andromeda	Bernhard	14	58	11/1998 to 06/1999
Cronus	Howard	21	77	06/1999 to 03/2000
Cepheus	Bernhard	36	143	08/1999 to 07/2001
Prometheus	Howard	25	64	12/1999 to 03/2001
Cassiopeia	Bernhard	27	100	04/2000 to 08/2002
Gemini	Howard	24	N/A	06/2000 to 07/2001
Eris	Howard	16	87	10/2000 to 11/2001
Ash	Bernhard	?	N/A	12/2000 to ?
Auriga	Bernhard	11	61	06/2001 to 09/2002
Lacerta	Bernhard	15	?	06/2001 to 01/2003
Cetus	Bernhard	12	34	12/2001 to 10/2002
Perseus	Bernhard	18	33	01/2002 to 05/2002
Triangulum	Bernhard	14	NA	07/2002 to 04/2003
Libra	Bernhard	24	NA	? to 02/2004
Sagittarius	Bernhard	12	44	10/2003 to 09/2004
Capricorn	Bernhard	28	NA	? to 12/2004
Pallas	Bernhard Froehlich	20	107	11/2004 to 02/2006
Leo	Bernhard	?	52	12/2004 to 12/2005
Scorpio	Bernhard	17	22	04/2005 to 07/2005
Virgo	Bernhard	12	68	?/2005 to 08/2005
Juno	Bernhard Froehlich	18	54	04/2006 to 11/2006
Vesta	Bernhard Froehlich	12	69	01/2008 to 10/2008
Phoenix	John	11	63	12/25/2012 to 4/3/2014
Sombrero	John	7	51	8/9/2013 to 8/15/2014

Game Summaries

Hermes Uranus Athena Andromeda Crimson Hercules Cronus Pegasus Prometheus Eris (incomplete) Pallas Juno Vesta

Game Details

Game          Players  Systems Size CodeVersion(s)
Asimov        14       ?       90   1.x
Zeus          20       ?       ?    2.00-2.30?
Pluto         18       ?       ?    2.38?-2.42
Neptune       18       ?       ?    2.38?-2.43?
Mars          20       550     170
Scythe        18       600     220  2.42? - 2.45
Hermes        19       400     200  (pre-2.45) - 2.46
Nike           8       350     200  (pre-2.45) - 2.46
Herald        25       625     175  2.42? - 2.46
Crimson       60       900     400  2.42? - 2.46
Athena        35       550     220  2.47 - 2.48
Hercules      26       450     180  2.47 - 2.48, longer empire names
Andromeda     14       300     100  2.47
Pegasus        ?       600     180  2.47
Cronus        21       450     115  2.48
Prometheus    25       500     180  2.48 - 2.49
Cassiopeia    27       480     320  2.48
Gemini        24       400     100  2.49b
Eris          16       666     140  2.49b, 2 player team game 
Ash            ?       ?       ?    ?, Quest game
Auriga         ?       350     120  ?
Lacerta       15       300     100  ?, No Hall of Fame Players
Cetus         12       600     130  ?, team game (4 3 player teams)
Perseus       18       ?       ?    ?, 3 homeworlds
Triangulum    14       250     150  ?
Libra         14       250     150  ?
Sagittarius   12       250     ???  ?
Capricorn     28       ???     ???  ?
Leo          ???       150      90  ?
Scorpio       17       200     200  ?
Virgo         12       400     160  ?
Pallas        20      1000    ?900  ?
Juno          18       480     110  ?
Vesta         12       ???     ???  ?
Phoenix       11       300      90  2.48
Sombrero       7       300     100  2.48 (8 empires but one was an NPC from turn 1)

Typical options for Howard's games:

V3 (Pluto, Neptune, not Zeus; Default option after V2.40)
CARRYOVER (All)
VERBOSE (All)
KCMD (All but Zeus?)
PARTTECH (Pluto onwards)
GAMENAME (post Nike?)
PASSWORDS (Mars onwards)
SMARTC (?)
ZCMDOK (Athena onwards)
QCMDOK (Athena onwards)

This section obviously is incomplete!

Charts, number crunching and such

A chart plotting the number of players, galaxy size, number of systems and system density. Thanks to Bernhard Schmidt for the analysis (I've convereted it to PDF format) A newer version in JPG format which adds the galaxy's size and more games to the picture. An even newer version in JPG format which adds the galaxy's size and more games to the picture. (GIF files have patent issues).

Hall of Fame

Please forward any enhancements, name changes, other Galaxy game results etc to Howard Bampton

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