Turn 9

The orders for this turn had to be in by September 1994, but the reports weren't sent out until December due to my trip to Barcelona (I had processed the orders before going and so putting them in the post was one of the first things I did on my return).

All the empires (except for the Caffeinians and the Drahmini) have now gained at least one colony.

The new Worati colony at N13 was (unknown to the Worati) going to be the first target of the Caffeinians once they discovered the world.

Turn 8

This was the last turn before the game was interrupted by my trip to Barcelona. It was also the turn when the average Imperial Production exceeded 500 points and the average communications Tech level reached 2.

The game is clearly still in the initial Exploration and Colonisation phase. The Kellesonians and Strata Inc. showing strong growth.

Turn 6

Neil decided that he could no longer continue to play in DOA2. Since his empire was already in contact with the alliance, the best solution was to supernova his homeworld (i.e. remove it). The only other effect was for the single Alkari scout ship to defect to the Picans who it had just contacted.

The alliance immediately benefitted from the opportunity to confer: The Kellesonians and Strata Inc. agreeing to a border and which planets were to be colonised by colony ships already in flight.

The Clangers declared their Undying hatred towards to the alliance little realising quite how close (4 hexes) they were to that alliance. However several more turns were to pass before the two empires actually made contact.

The Caffenians reached their target Weaponary Tech Level of 4 (which provides Fusion Guns which have a 100% chance to hit) on this turn.

Turn 5

The Sagittarians and the Aurons use this turn to expand by colonising the worlds that they had found.

It was a gaming weekend in Uffington that allowed the Kellesonians, the Gobbanaean Principalities, the Picans and Strata Inc. to discover just how close they were to one another and enabled them to make a mutual aid agreement. This laid the ground work for some very beneficial trading to take place in later turns. These empires also agreed to exchange map infomation, thus avoiding the need for all four empires to scan the same space. This alliance was to have interesting effects amongst the other players in later turns.

Turn 4

The Kellesonians capitalised on their effective scouting and colonised the two worlds they had found. Similarly the Kallikanzaroi colonised the world their scouts had found.

Meanwhile most of the other empires had now launched at least one scout ship. The exceptions were the Drahmini (researching deep into Planetary Defences), the Caffeinians (who had a deliberate plan to let the other empires build its colonies) and the Fleet (going for a good spread of technologies before building ships).

Impressively Strata Inc. lost a scout ship due to a lack of fuel. This loss was achieved in the minimum possible game time (built on Turn 1, lost on Turn 4). The wreckage of this ship on the world it had just scanned caused the Kellesonians no end of confusion when they scanned it during the next turn.

Turn 2

The players also had to determine the name of their empire and its favoured technology:

Turn 0

This is the initial map for DOA2. Although the method used used place the planets was designed to bunch the planets in the centre, it is noticeable that the top left quadrant of the map is pretty empty. There are also quite a few clusters of planets that are a mere Jump-1 apart.

The planets were numbered from 1 to 100 starting at the top left (at A3) to the bottom right (P16)