(written by Bondservant)
Improved Desert Habitation – Make It Your First Nu Campaign Advantage Purchase
Improved Desert Habitation: “Crystalline colonists grow even faster on hot worlds (2.5X faster on 100 degree planets), but slower on cool worlds.”
So you have decided to take command of the Crystal Confederation in a Nu Planets Campaign game. And you can enter the galaxy using a total of 500 points. Should you Continue reading
The Old Scrolls Series from Donovan’s Super Site:
Please note that some data may refer to earlier game versions or different host settings. Although game and strategies have advanced since the writing of this guide, the provided information is more than useful for an inspired gameplay and a good base to start from. Enjoy!
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Written by: Emperor Bondservant in the Early 1990s
VGA-Planets comes the closest I know to simulating what it would be like to be a commander in a full-scale war — especially considering the impact of having ten other Continue reading
The Old Scrolls Series from Donovan’s Super Site:
Please note that some data may refer to earlier game versions or different host settings. Although game and strategies have advanced since the writing of this guide, the provided information is more than useful for an inspired gameplay and a good base to start from. Enjoy!
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Written by: Bondservant
Crystalline — A Winning Race For the Patient Commander
So what is the big deal? The Crystals do not have the big ships. They can’t build fighters. They can’t ground assault. And they can’t clone. In fact, they can’t do a lot of Continue reading
(Composed and with appendices by Anaconda; proofreading by Thin and Gnerphk)
1.1 INTRODUCTION
To save time for those who are not interested in meta, the introduction can be found in the end at the appendix.
1.2 HOW TO APPLY THIS GUIDE
This guide is meant for vanilla Planets NU, but can – possibly – also apply to TimHOST or other host programs. Planets NU campaign features, however, Continue reading
The Old Scrolls Series from Donovan’s Super Site:
Please note that some data may refer to earlier game versions or different host settings. Although game and strategies have advanced since the writing of this guide, the provided information is more than useful for an inspired gameplay and a good base to start from. Enjoy!
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Written by: Mark Wilmot
Part I: Introduction
So you wanna be a Privateer, eh? Wanna streak across the galaxy – yet like a shadow dancing from star to star? Wanna strike fear into the hearts of your enemies – siphoning Continue reading
The Old Scrolls Series from Donovan’s Super Site:
Please note that some data may refer to earlier game versions or different host settings. Although game and strategies have advanced since the writing of this guide, the provided information is more than useful for an inspired gameplay and a good base to start from. Enjoy!
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Written by: Jan ‘Sirius’ Klingele in 1997
Attacking with the Privateers
It is well known, that our beloved Orion Space Traders (or Pirates as some people call them falsely … see “The Origin of the Privateers” by Jan Klingele) are a race who has a difficult time if they have to confront an enemy in an open large scale battle. Unless Continue reading
The Old Scrolls Series from Donovan’s Super Site:
Please note that some data may refer to earlier game versions or different host settings. Although game and strategies have advanced since the writing of this guide, the provided information is more than useful for an inspired gameplay and a good base to start from. Enjoy!
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Written by: Benson Wong
The Golden Rule for the Privateers “If something can go wrong, it will go wrong.”
The Old Scrolls Series from Donovan’s Super Site:
Please note that some data may refer to earlier game versions or different host settings. Although game and strategies have advanced since the writing of this guide, the provided information is more than useful for an inspired gameplay and a good base to start from. Enjoy!
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Collected and edited by: Mark Wilmot in 1997
The Privateer Treasury
Intro:
As a long time Privateer fan I’ve made a habit of saving interesting Privateer related posts in my wandering thru cyberspace. I am presently working on a Privateer’s Logbook which will incorporate many of these ideas as well as my own experiences Continue reading
The Old Scrolls Series from Donovan’s Super Site:
Please note that some data may refer to earlier game versions or different host settings. Although game and strategies have advanced since the writing of this guide, the provided information is more than useful for an inspired gameplay and a good base to start from. Enjoy!
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Written by: Michael Lemieux (Steel Rat)
The Privateer can be one of the most fun races to play in VGA Planets. If you examine their unique abilities, you’ll begin to appreciate why. No other race is quite so capable of making off with an opponents resources & ships as the Privateer.
Continue readingThe Old Scrolls Series from Donovan’s Super Site:
Please note that some data may refer to earlier game versions or different host settings. Although game and strategies have advanced since the writing of this guide, the provided information is more than useful for an inspired gameplay and a good base to start from. Enjoy!
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Written by: Timo Kreike
The Fascists’ Fork Continue reading
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