(Note: The above should be the first line of your email. The SUBJECT of your email can also be the above, but if you want it can be just the game number and the turn number.)
2) Type your orders. Lines are limited to 78 characters. Don't forget to RETURN or ENTER at the end of each line. If you fail to do so because your terminal starts a new line when you type past the right edge of the screen, the EMail system will still consider your turn to be all on one long line.
The formats for various games follow:
For STARWEB:
- Comments, questions, etc.
- The word ORDERS on a line by itself.
- Your orders, separated by one or more spaces or carriage returns. Periods within orders are OK, but not spaces.
- Diplomatic messages (no more than one to each other player). Each
message consists of the following:
- The word MSG on a line by itself (or the word AMSG, if you want the message to be anonymous).
- The code-names of the addressees, separated by spaces, all on one line, or the word EVERYONE to send the message to all of the other players in the game that you have met so far. The message to EVERYONE doesn't count against the one message per player limit, but only one message can be addressed to EVERYONE.
- The text of the message (up to 16 lines per message).
- Change the sign on your ships. Each sign begins with the word SIGN on a line by itself. The following one or two lines are the lines that will appear on your sign when someone sees you. Lines are limited to 78 characters in length. If you're playing in a multi- position game and you don't want the sign to apply to all of your positions; on the line following SIGN, put an equal sign, =, as the first character in the line followed by the code names you want the sign to apply to, separated by spaces. Unless you're playing in a multi-position game, SIGN can be used only once per turn.
- The word END on a line by itself.
SW-SAMPLE T-10 [ARCTURUS] Waldorf W Blunder #1068 ORDERS W123B4F56 W123B7F65 F56U F65U I123T8F234 A=HAULER L=HAULER F145L F145W123 F75L F75W108W123 N=GANYMEDE W12X W14X W19X W24X W32X W44X W58X W67X W98X W102X W117X W131X W147X W149X W151X W158X W171X W188X W218X W220X W231X W244X W245X W248X W253X F117G=HAULER F218AH F224AH F109AF214 I177AF214 W50G=EMPIRE W104B1P Z104 V60F117 V80F117 V90F117 V1W V2W V3W V4W V5W W255B1F98 MSG HAULER My home world is W123. Please load F117 and move it F117W209W123. I'll give you another Fleet next turn. Can you give me any information about GANYMEDE? He fired at one of my Fleets last turn. MSG GANYMEDE Let's cooperate. I'll shoot at you, and you die. AMSG NEPTUNE URANUS PLUTO You outer planets are a bunch of backstabbing thieves. MSG EVERYONE Hello everyone! I'm a standby player for ARCTURUS the Pirate. Does anyone want to trade plunderable worlds for ships and artifacts? SIGN I'm peaceful. Please don't kill me. END Number of orders = 54Comments:
The words ORDERS, MSG, AMSG, SIGN, and END must be on lines by themselves. NO PUNCTUATION ALLOWED. ORDERS and END can only be used one time each; ORDERS before your first order and END after your last diplomatic message or sign. Orders on the same line must be separated by spaces. Maximum length of any line is 78 characters. Maximum length of a diplomatic message is 16 lines (not counting the lines containing MSG or AMSG and the list of addressees). The list of addressees must all be on the line following MSG or AMSG, separated by spaces. You can put periods within your orders to make them easier for you to read. Example: F123W209W4W75 could be entered as F123.W209.W4.W75. This is for your convenience only. Our program ignores periods within orders. Do not use any other type of punctuation within orders. Do not use any punctuation between orders; only spaces are allowed. You can't send more than one message to each player, but the message to EVERYONE doesn't count against this limit. You can't send more than one message to EVERYONE. Blank lines within messages are ignored. Only orders, messages, and signs should appear between ORDERS and END. Comments, questions, and order count should before ORDERS or after END.
Sample SIGN for a multi-position game:
SIGN =VENUS MARS Please get in touch with me at 70809.123@compuserve.com or I will open fire next turn.This would change the sign on your VENUS and MARS positions. Any signs on other positions you control would be unchanged.
For BATTLE PLAN and WORLD WAR:
The format for Battle Plan is similar to the format for StarWeb. Put the word ORDERS on a line by itself, then your orders and space change codes separated by spaces. To send a diplomatic message, put the word MSG (or AMSG for an anonymous message) on a line by itself. On the following line, list the addressees by player number. If you want the message to go to all of your allies, use the letter A as an addressee. Use N if you want it to go to all neutrals and E if you want it to go to all enemies. You cannot use the word EVERYONE as an addressee in Battle Plan. If you want to send a message to all of the other players in the game, use the letters A N E as addressees. Since a player must be an ally, an enemy, or neutral; the message will go to everyone. You can't use a player number or the letters A, E, or N as addressees more than once per turn. A player can receive two messages from you in the same turn if you address one to him by player number and one by using A, E, or N. As in StarWeb, the words ORDERS, END, MSG, and AMSG must be on lines by themselves with no punctuation; and ORDERS and END can be used only once each. The addressees of a message must all be on the same line separated by spaces. No line can be more than 76 characters long. A message cannot be more than 16 lines long.
Sample BP orders:
ORDERS @ RI20 RA40 P20FR P20LY S1GB S1PD @DE AC30GE FA10GE N5NTH @NTH AC12GB FA8GB FA12GE MSG A 1 9 Help! Player 4 is going to wipe me out! Please attack him and send me lots of AirForce and cash. ENDThe diplomatic message in the above example will go to all of your allies plus players 1 and 9.
Sample Heroic Fantasy orders:
Comment Char Orders
Joe 17 ATTACK,10,M REVEAL,0
Willie 26 ATTACK,5,M TAKE,1,P38
:I'll take the prize.
Total orders: 5
For Galactic Conflict, we would like you to enter one order per line.
Example:
A,15,133,45 B,15,F,5 E,17 T,117,ARCTURUS G,14,191
For Mobius, put the word ORDERS on a line by itself before your orders. Do not put more than one order on a line. After your orders, enter your order count as follows: TOTAL=##, where ## is your order count. Then put the words END OF ORDERS on a line by themselves. Example:
ORDERS ORB,587,END EMP,GOV,CHR,433,END ADD,IND,STC,2,END ORB,919,END ATK,FLT,FLT,9,100,END TOTAL=5 END OF ORDERS
Sample Feudal Lords orders:
1> 1 25 2> 22 1000 15 3> 10 400 199 4> 9 45 5> 11 18
For Illuminati, we don't yet have preferred format. Just make up your own. If we have trouble with it we'll let you know. One order per line is an acceptable format. Example:
236 World Bank
1 Guard 236 30 30
10 L Corrupt 236 5 5
18 Martians
1 - Income 18 8 300
2 + Wealth 236 1 9999
20 Destroy 15 800 800
For Lizards, you don't have to duplicate the turn sheet. You can type one order per line. Example:
1> MO 22A NE SE 2> BF 22B 3> SP 25C SW 30,Red 20,Grn 4> CH 25D SW SW Eyes 5> SP 27A NW 1,Red
For Rift Lords, just tell us what you want to do. Give us your orders in the same order as they're listed on your turn sheet. Example:
Position #150, The Hindenburg Sell 200 Hydrogen Sell 5 Shields Buy a Cargo Pod Buy 300 Helium Move to Betelgeuse View prices at Algol Practice SmugglingFor all games, be sure to put the game number, turn number, player number or code name, your account number, and your security code in the heading.
For other games try to make your turn look something like a regular turn sheet.
If you're submitting a turn for a play by U.S.Mail game and you have diplo- matic messages for any game except StarWeb and Battle Plan, enter them as follows:
- Separate the orders from the messages with a line of slashes (at least 41 of them). The line may begin with a space.
- Each message should have a heading that gives the game-number, turn-number, who the message is to, and who it is from.
- The text of the message should be exactly sixteen lines of up to 76 characters per line, followed by a row of minus signs. (This lets us cut them apart into 3-inch slips of paper.)
There is no extra charge if you send us your orders by EMail. If you want copies of your printouts sent to you by EMail, we charge an extra $1.50 per turn for World Wide Battle Plan, $1.00 per turn for StarWeb and Galactic Confict, and 50 cents per turn for Heroic Fantasy, Battle Plan, and Feudal Lords. If you're in an EMail-only game (no printed copies mailed) then there is no extra charge for EMail printouts. If you're in a game with no diplomatic messages (Heroic Fantasy, Feudal Lords, or any anonymous game) and don't need a printed copy mailed then we won't mail a printed copy and we won't charge you anything extra for EMail.
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