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DYNASTIC AND MEDIEVAL VASSALAGE POLITICS: THE GAME

You can be 2 things:

Grand House: one of 5 at start (later can be more). You start with 30 to 40 Power*. You gain 1 Power each Turn; if your Power ever falls under 20, you become a Minor House.
Minor House: infinite number of these. You start with 5 to 15 Power*.

*Starting Power of Grand and Minor Houses are picked via random.org by the GM upon your sheet's approval.

There are also 2 other things that you can become:

Senior: You are Senior of a Vassal. You gain 2 Power per Turn for having a Vassal. You CAN be a Vassal of a Senior, and also be a Senior of a Vassal.
Vassal: You are a Vassal to a Senior. You gain 1 Power per Turn for being a Vassal. Grand House can NEVER be a Vassal, nor a Vassal can have 2 Seniors.

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CHARACTER SHEET!!

All you need is:
House/Dynasty/Whatever Name, of Land Name (User Name)

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WHAT TO DO!?

Each Turn, you can either Increase Power, which gives you 1d6 Power, or you can do the POLITICS:

Arrange Marriage:
Cost: Amount of Marriages you currently have
Effect: You offer a Marriage to other House (the target can decline). Grand Houses can offer Marriages to fellow Grands as well as to Minor Houses. Minor Houses can only offer marriages to other Minor Houses. Houses in Marriage gain 1 Power each Turn.

Vassalization:
Cost: 5 Power per each Vassal you have
Effect: You vassalize a MINOR House with 5 or less Power. Vassals gain 1 Power each Turn, while Seniors gain 2 Power each Turn.

Inherit House:
Cost: 2 Power per each Marriage your House has
Effect: Targeted House you have Marriage with, has less than 30 Power AND has 'Disputed Succession' effect is removed from game. You gain 20+Power of inherited House.

Annex Vassal:
Cost: 5 Power
Effect: Targeted Vassal of yours with 10 or less Power is annexed and removed from game. You gain Vassal's Power.

Send an Insult:
Cost: 2 Power
Effect: Targeted House loses 1d6 Power, or 2d6 Power if it has 'Laughing Stock' modifier.

Revoke Priviledges:
Cost: 5 Power + 5 Power per each Vassal you have
Effect: Targeted Vassal has its Power HALVED.

Rise to Glory:
Cost: None; but you must have at least 30 Power to take this action!
Effect: You become a Grand House. If you were a Vassal up to this point, the vassalage deal is automatically broken.

Arrange a Feast:
Cost: nothing
Effect: You send invitations to X Houses to feast with you! All Houses that accept the invitation gain 2 Power; you gain 2 Power per each House that accepted the invitation.

Politics are resolved on 'first to post gets results first' basis!!

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SUCCESSION WAR:

If two or more Houses decide to 'Inherit House' suffering from 'Disputed Succession', a Succession War occurs. During Succession War, normal actions are suspended for a while.

All Houses who decided to try and Inherit, must wager whatever amount of Power they want (but more than 0!) via Personal Message sent to the GM. GM then reveals the Power wagers.
If a House wagers 10 Power more than the others in one go, they automatically Inherit; otherwise, at this moment, the Houses involved can call Pass (they give up on the conflict) or Fight (they pursue the conflict).

All Houses that chose 'Fight' send another 'wager' to the GM. If at any point of Succession War a House wagers more than 50% of their total Power, they're 'bumped' off the War.
Succession War continues until only one House decides to Fight while other Pass; that one House is declared the Winner.

The participants of Succession War LOSE ALL POWER THEY WAGED DURING THE SUCCESSION WAR. The winner then gains Power according to 'Inherit House' rules, plus another 10 Power for winning the war.

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RANDOM EVENTS OH GAWD!!

Each Turn, one Random Effect will fire for one random House. These Events are:

Scandal: Target House loses 5 Power and gains 'Laughing Stock' modifier for 1 Turn.
Fame&Glory: Target House gains 10 Power.
Heirless: Target House gains 'Disputed Succession' modifier for 1 Turn.
Divorce: Target House loses 1 Marriage with one random House.

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ANYTHING LIKE A VICTORY CONDITION MAYBE!?

Either gather 200 Power, or be the only Grand House in existence, to win DaMVP: The Game!

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1. Nation Name, Leader Name: Space Kheme, Harsiese CXVI (Maximum Spin)
Racial Hat: Digglets
Homeworld*: E1
Color: Turquoise
Credits: 0
Income: +3 from E1 (Lush, Habitats, Mine)
1 Cruiser at D1*, 1 Cruiser at E2
Infrastructure: r2

2. Nation Name, Leader Name: Zelanda, Overseer 001 (Taricus)
Racial Hat: Architects
Homeworld*: E5
Color: Blue
Credits: 0
Income: +2 from E5 (Lush, Habitats, Mine)
1 Cruisers at E5*, 1 Cruiser at D5*
Infrastructure: r3

3. Nation Name, Leader Name: Archaeon, Emperor Gim (GM_3286)
Racial Hat: Gaians
Homeworld*: A1
Color: Green
Credits: 2
Income: +2 from A1 (Lush, Habitats)
2 Cruisers at A1

Nation Name, Leader Name: Go wild but not too wild, pls.
Racial Hat: Pick one from the list below. You cannot pick a Racial Hat already taken by someone else.
Homeworld*: Possible locations are Lush Planets (current map: A1, D1, E1, F2*, C3, A4, G4, C5, E5) >>link to current map here!<<
Color: Bright colors only (except WHITE), or you shall suffer GM's wrath.

*Everyone starts with a Shipyard, Habitats and 2 Cruiser Fleets at the Capital.

Architects: Each time you spend Credits on Infrastructure research, you gain 2 Ranks instead of 1.
Digglets: Each time you Colonize a Planet, a Mine is automatically added to it free of cost.
Gaians: Each time you spend Credits on Terraforming research, you gain 2 Ranks instead of 1.
Proud Warrior Guys: Cruiser Fleets and Dreadnoughts +2 combat bonus.
Space Jews: +3 Credits per Turn.
Swarmers: Cruiser Fleets and Dreadnoughts are cheaper by 1 Credit (to minimum cost of 1).
Ultramarines: +1 Combat dice when Capturing a Planet and vs Capture attempts.

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SHIP TYPES AND MOVEMENT AND COMBAT AND BLOCKADES:

You can move your Units one Planet per Turn.

Cruiser Fleet: Costs 2 Credits to place at a Shipyard. Cruiser Fleets can also Colonize and Capture planets. They have 2 Combat Dices at start.
Dreadnought: Costs 4 Credits to place at a Shipyard. They have 3 Combat Dices at start.

You can create 1 Cruiser Fleet OR 1 Dreadnought at any Planet with Shipyard every Turn.

Combat is simple: Attacker rolls the dice and Defender does the same; if the Attacker rolls more than Defender, the Defender's unit is destroyed.
If Defender rolls equal to or more than the Attacker, the Attacker's unit is destroyed.
Combat continues until all Attacking/Defending units are destroyed.

Blockades: After you destroy enemy units at a Planet, that Planet is blockaded until your units vacate it or capture it.
Blockaded Planet cannot build Ships, and no Credits whatsoever are produced by it for its owner.

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INFRASTRUCTURE:

Each piece of Infrastructure costs 1 Credit to build. You can only build Infrastructure on colonized planets controlled by you.

Habitats: +1 Credit each Turn. +1 Combat Dice vs Capture attempt.
Space Fortress: +1 Combat Dice for units Defending it.
Shipyard: Allows Cruiser Fleets and Dreadnoughts to be created at this Planet.
Mines: +1 Credit each Turn.
Capital: Heart of the nation. +1 Combat Dice for units Defending it. +1 Combat Dice vs Capture attempt.

Moveable Infrastructure:

Currently you can only move your Capital, from one Lush Planet you control to another, for the cost of 10 Credits.

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PLANETS:

There are several types of Planets across the FluidSpace. There's usually 1 per sector, but sometimes there's two (to differentiate the locations, the second planet is demarked with an *).

Types of Planets:

Lush (small green): Provides +1 Credit each Turn. The only suitable Planets for a Capital.
Barren (small gray): No special thing about them!
Gas Giant (big red): You cannot build Habitats or Mines on these.
Asteroids (three gray dots): You can only build Mines on these. Provides +2 to Combat rolls of units Defending it.

The most common are Barren planets, followed by Lush Planets and Gas Giants, and finally Asteroids.

Colonization:

Empty Planets need to be colonized. To colonize, simply move your Cruiser Fleet to an Empty planet, declare your intent to Colonize it and pay 3 Credits. Voila, the planet is yours!

Capture:

Cruiser Fleets can capture planets. Each Cruiser Fleet uses 3 dice on Capture attempt; this is weighed against Infrastructure bonuses of the Planet.
If a Cruiser Fleet wins, the Planet falls into the hands of the Conqueror (albeit 1 piece of Infrastructure gets razed).
If a Cruiser fleet loses, nothing happens, and the fleet can try again next Turn, provided enemy reinforcements don't arrive to blast it to pieces!

Glassing:

At certain point of Dreanought research, Dreadnoughts gain ability to 'Glass' enemy-controlled planets.
This destroys all Infrastructure on the planet and de-colonizes it. As side effect, a glassed Lush planet turns into Barren planet.

Terraforming:

At certain point of Terraforming research, you gain ability to Terraform colonized planets. Terraforming a planet initially costs 25 Credits.
Higher up on research, you gain more options for Terraforming and the cost of Terraforming gets lowered too.

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SPACE FEATURES:

Non-colonizable things that are in space.

Space Lanes (white lines): These connect Planets together. Cruiser Fleets and Dreadnoughts can only move along these lines.
Wormhole (blue dot with purple border): You can move your Cruiser Fleets and Dreadnoughts through these for 1 Credit per each unit you with to move.

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PLAYER ELIMINATION AND VICTORY CONDITIONS:

You eliminate a Player when you Capture or Glass his/her Capital Planet. Remaining planets fall under your control.

Current victory conditions are:

1. Extermination: Eliminate all other Players by capturing/glassing their Capitals.
2. Economy: Accumulate 500 Credits.
3. Empire: Control more than 50% of all Planets.

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TRADING?:

Players can freely trade accumulated Credits with each other.

You can also give away Tech ranks if your rank in said research is higher than the other.
For example, if you have Cruiser tech 10 and your buddy has Cruiser tech 5, you can 'teach' him 3 tech ranks to raise his Cruiser tech rank to 8.

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RESEARCH:

There are 4 Tech Rank Groups; Cruisers, Dreadnoughts, Infrastructure, Terraforming. Most of them are 'empty' ranks; you gain nothing by reaching those ranks except getting closer to the levels that matter.
To advance a rank in certain Tech group, you need to spend 1 Credit. You can do this only once per Turn.

Cruisers:

Rank 1: Starting rank for all Nations
Rank 6: +1 Combat dice.
Rank 12: +1 Combat dice.
Rank 15: +1 Combat dice when Capturing a Planet.
Rank 20: Cruiser Fleets now cost 1 Credit to spawn.
Rank 22: +1 Combat dice.
Rank 24: +1 Combat dice when Capturing a Planet.
Rank 30: +1 Combat dice.

Dreadnoughts:

Rank 1: Starting rank for all Nations
Rank 4: +1 Combat dice.
Rank 7: Dreadnoughts now cost 3 Credits to spawn.
Rank 10: +1 Combat dice.
Rank 12: Dreadnoughts can now 'Glass' a planet.
Rank 17: +1 Combat dice.
Rank 23: +1 Combat dice.
Rank 25: Dreadnoughts now cost 2 Credits to spawn.
Rank 30: +1 Combat dice.

Infrastructure:

Rank 1: Starting rank for all Nations
Rank 5: +1 Credit per Turn.
Rank 8: Space Fortresses now provide +2 Combat dice to ships Defending the Planet.
Rank 11: Habitats now provide +2 Combat Dice vs Capture attempt.
Rank 14: +1 Credit per Turn.
Rank 17: Mines now provides +2 Credits per Turn.
Rank 20: You can now create Space Lanes between your Planets for 25 Credits (Space Lanes CANNOT cross with each other though!!)
Rank 22: Shipyards can now spawn 2 Ships per Turn.
Rank 26: Space Fortresses now provide +3 Combat dice to ships Defending the Planet.
Rank 30: +1 Credit per Turn.

Terraforming:

Rank 1: Starting rank for all Nations
Rank 5: Colonizing empty Planets now costs 2 Credits.
Rank 9: You can now terraform Barren planets into Lush Planets.
Rank 15: Terraforming now costs 20 Credits each.
Rank 16: You can now terraform Asteroids into Barren planets.
Rank 19: Colonizing empty Planets now costs 1 Credit.
Rank 25: You can now terraform Gas Giants into Barren planets.
Rank 30: Terraforming now costs 15 Credits each.

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