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Turn 0

Welcome to the single player version of Domain of the Ancients 3. This is a variation of the play by mail game described at Domain of the Ancients 2.

Choose one of the following options:

with as the favoured technology. The favoured technology of the computer players should be . For map generation empire capitals being generated as immediate neighbours.: This will abandon any game still in progress, generate a new cluster, and start a new game
: This will resume your game from the data stored locally in your browser (no data from this game is ever sent outside of your browser).
Note that this saved game cannot be loaded as it is from an incompatible version (3.169.86) of this game.

Note that this saved game cannot be loaded as it has ended.
or: These will end your latest game and either show a replay of your latest game or a table of all the ship designs (including those of the computer players) which you can then review
Note that your latest game is from an incompatible version (3.169.86) of this game)
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You can review the version of the rules for players here. Note that this game is intended, on the whole, to reflect the look and feel of a play-by-mail game (so, for example, you don't get to control the combats and instead just get reports on the outcome of the fights).

If you wish to get back to this initial view just reload the page

Domain Of The Ancients Version 3.244.0

3.244.0 - 23 February 2023

Use the browser's small viewport

3.242.0 - 06 February 2023

Expand height of the game to the full screen if available (removing the text resize in the process)

You can see a listing of all the previous versions here.

To-Dos

Note that the current implementation is limited - with the following on my list of features that I want to implement and haven't yet done so!

Saving of ship designs between games (and allowing deletion of same - though this will probably have to be of all the saved designs???)
Allowing cloning of a design (and then editing of the clone)
Having the other players make intelligent actions rather than random ones (this is the biggie!)
Diplomacy (another biggie 🙂 )

Total	575 PPs
B/F	175 PPs
Prod.	400 PPs
Spent	0 PPs
C/F	400 PPs

Area	Points	Tech Level	Benefits
Power Plant (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Chemical Power Plant Atomic Power Plant available Fusion Power Plant available Large Fusion Power Plant available Anti-Matter Power Plant available Large Anti-Matter Power Plant available Ultimate Power Plant available
Jump Drive (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Jump-A block Jump-B block Jump-C block Jump-D block Jump-E block Jump-F block Jump-G block Jump-H block
Maneuver Drive (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Maneuver-A block Maneuver-B block Maneuver-C block Maneuver-D block Maneuver-E block Maneuver-F block Maneuver-G block Maneuver-H block
Communications (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Communication Range of 1 hex Communication Range of 2 hexes Communication Range of 3 hexes Communication Range of 4 hexes Communication Range of 5 hexes Communication Range of 6 hexes Communication Range of 7 hexes Map-wide communication Range
Ship Size (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Ships up to size 10 can be built Ships up to size 20 can be built Ships up to size 30 can be built Ships up to size 40 can be built Ships up to size 60 can be built Ships up to size 80 can be built Ships up to size 100 can be built Ships up to size 150 can be built Ships of any size can be built
Planetary Defences (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Marine companies can be purchased Marine companies armed with hand lasers Marine companies armed with hand phasers. Space Bases may be constructed at any of your colonies. Space Bases must have a maneuver and jump speed of zero but their computer system has its technology level increased by one. Marine companies armed with hand plasma guns. Star Bases extend the owning empire's communications grid. The computer system of a star base has its technology level increased by one and then doubled. Marine companies armed with hand fusion guns Marine companies armed with hand particle accelerators Marine companies armed with hand meson guns Marine companies armed with hand anti-matter weapons. Suicide Planet Buster available. If a defender is about to lose their last marine company at a colony, the defender destroys the planet instead (removing it and any ships around it from the game)
Weaponary (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Shipborne Lasers Available Shipborne phasers available Shipborne Plasma Guns available Shipborne Fusion Guns available Spinal Mounted Particle Acccelerators available (Spinal Mounts occupy eight blocks and will operate until completely destroyed) Single Block Particle Accelerator avaialble Spinal Mounted Meson Guns available Single Block Meson Gun available Spinal Mounted Antimatter Guns available Single Block Antimatter Gun available Planet Busters available
Computers (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Level 1 Computers Level 2 Computers Level 3 Computers Level 4 Computers Level 5 Computers Level 6 Computers Level 7 Computers Level 8 Computers Level 9 Computers
Ship Defences (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Armour available Damage control centres available Shield Block available Fighter Bays Available. Each Bay occupies two blocks and can launch a single fighter at the start of combat. The fighter acts independently of its launching ship and has the equivalent of a single block of the best maneuver drive, computer system and ship weapon fitted to it. Improved Shields available Regenerating Shields available Reflecting Shield available Invulnerability Shield available. A ship fitted with an invulnerability shield takes no damage for one complete turn of space combat (after which it is destroyed).
Archaeology (Favoured Tech)	Currently 0 points Research next turn:	Currently 1 (250 more for level 2) (No more research available)	Capital-to-capital communications available Neural Net Block available Jump Space Dredger available Tractor Beam available Stasis Beam available High tech size 10 ship excavated and available for use. If its design is duplicated (i.e. the empire has all the relevant technologies) the first example built will not have its cost doubled

Location	Report	Marine Companies	Class	Production
Actions
Homeworld		0	20	400
	Add marines:

Build a Ship at

Build a new class Ship
Ship Name:

Build a space base at

Build a new class space base
Base Name:

Build a star base at

Build a new class star base
Star Base Name:

Ships may be built at any of your colonies that are Class 20 or higher. Use the 'Build a ship here...' button for the colony where you wish to build a ship.

Ship Name	At	Report	Current Orders	New Orders
Placeholder	Nothing to report

Space Bases may be constructed at any of your colonies. Use the 'Build a space base here...' button for the colony where you wish to build a space base

Space Base Name	At	Report	Current Orders	New Orders
Placeholder	Nothing to report

Star Bases may be built at any hex within communications range of any of your colonies or another of your star bases. The hex must be empty of enemy ships when the star base is constructed. Once built a star base becomes part of and extends the communications grid

Star Base Name	At	Report	Current Orders	New Orders
Placeholder	Nothing to report

Orders for Name

To:: Captain of the Name
Location:: X99

Movement

Since you are retreating to Z77, you are ordered to complete that jump

During the next turn you are to jump to Y99

Action

At the end of the next turn, and after completing the jump, you should support the deconstruction crew as they scrap your vessel.

Standing Orders

If enemy forces that are capable of combat are encountered, you are to .

If you are unable to act offensively and you cannot retreat while the enemy is still capable of attack you are attacked then Command will honour your brave sacrifice and mourn your passing.

Signed:: Star Fleet Command

Purchase	Cost	Cancel?
No expenditure currently planned
Power Plant Research	0
Jump Drive Research	0
Maneuver Drive Plant Research	0
Communications Research	0
Ship Size Research	0
Planetary Defences Research	0
Weaponary Research	0
Computers Research	0
Ship Defences Research	0
Archaeology Research	0

Class Name:

Block Number(s)	Quantity	Description	Basic Cost	Energy (Normal)	Energy (Jump)	Action

This design can jump hexes and This design has a combat speed of .

This design will, if undamaged (and including its fighters), score an average of 1 hit per round of combat.

This design should survive between 1 and 1 hit (averaging 1 hit).

This design costs PPs for the next vessel of this class and PPs for subsequent vessels of this class.

Add

to the ship

Domain of the Ancients

Turn 0

You Won!

You Lost!

Everybody Lost!

Domain Of The Ancients Version 3.244.0

3.244.0 - 23 February 2023

3.242.0 - 06 February 2023

To-Dos

Build a Ship at

Build a space base at

Build a star base at

Orders for Name

Movement

Action

Standing Orders

Class Name:

Warnings

Awaiting Orders

Messages

Game History

Ship Designs

Turn 0

You Won!

You Lost!

Everybody Lost!

Domain Of The Ancients Version 3.244.0

3.244.0 - 23 February 2023

3.242.0 - 06 February 2023

To-Dos

Research

Colonies

Build a Ship at

Build a space base at

Build a star base at

Ships

Space Bases

Star Bases

Orders for Name

Movement

Action

Standing Orders

Expenditure

Class Name:

Warnings

Awaiting Orders

Messages

Game History

Ship Designs