#pbd20524-launched [FULL] - EU HOMEBREW FACTION PLAYTEST 4 - THE SPACE BETWEEN SUNS

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hardy oxide
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THE SPACE BETWEEN SUNS is my homebrew project, currently including 8 factions, along with a third faction technology for each official faction

i'm looking for 6 players to play a standard thunder's edge game to a point's total of player's choice, using any 4 of my SBS factions and any 2 officials. any draft method and game setup option that players decide on is fine!

once the game has been created i'll need someone to add me as an observer so that i can hang around and answer any rules questions and misconceptions!

couple of mild disclaimers:
since i won't be a player, i have not directed this at a specific game speed, instead it's left as a choice for the players- if you see players who have different active hours and turn timers than you, this may not be the game for you! but don't worry, this won't be the only playtest i run :)

furthermore, my homebrew factions are still in only a barebones state- meaning no automation or actual bot components. this means everything will have to be done manually with commands and standin components- so would love players who are fairly adept at both ti and also the bot and its commands :)

if this game seems like something you'd be interested in, before clicking the join game button please let me know which 1 faction you'd like to play (for both homebrew and official testing!) so that i can make sure no crossed wires happen between people showing interest and prospective players.

the factions and third faction techs are linked at the end of this post! please don't hesitate to ask any questions, and i look forward to seeing you in the game! :)

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homebrew factions folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Xz0A6QrpwXcToqcUabCfy4uSNp0oFAcG

third faction techs project document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dTrutbxllGdT5pVToVXgqx_hMK9xoxmjzgHipVluxEA/edit?usp=drivesdk

Google Docs
RESTRATEGISING - TSBS

THE SPACE BETWEEN SUNS a twilight imperium: fourth edition homebrew project by zackkyew Restrategising - a collection of third faction technologies for every official faction THE ARBOREC Technology: MYCOHARMONIES [YY] At the end of the strategy phase, choose 1 system that contains 1 or more of...

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hardy oxide
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sinful carbon
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Give me Sardakk

hardy oxide
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you got it king

vast geode
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Im interested. Good with bot commands. Don't have time currently to have a read. Will try to have a quick skim over it in about 20 mins when im free

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Also, as a fellow homebrewer, this is great. Really appreciate this 🙂

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vast geode
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vast geode
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They look right up my street

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polar hedge
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Id be up for this, ill look at factions later today id you'll have me

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vast geode
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Hold on. Might change faction
Having another read of them

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They're all so interesting

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Why you have to make it hard???

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polar hedge
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I'm still up for playing nekro, might have some specific suggestions before we start though

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vast geode
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Id be up to play sulis. Completely different to my usual play style but look super fun

tacit mist
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@topaz marsh

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@hardy oxide I just want to figure out how did you come up with third sardaks tech? It requires one skip and it is unbeliveably strong

hardy oxide
# tacit mist <@924475295002677338> I just want to figure out how did you come up with third s...

i mean, it's not that strong lol
it only really applies the extra dice to damaged dreadnoughts (which is the point of testing, to see if that matters or is strong)
and the +1 fighter and +1 infantry for green tech? i think it works fine for its placement, you have low stocks of production capacity at home and when are you going green earlier than exo iis as sardakk, even with this tech?

that's all, obviously i take all feedback into account so i don't mean to shoot your thoughts down, but i think it's a fine addition. any other of my techs or factions you have concerns over?

tacit mist
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Commander: Stellarphage - Metabolism
[Have 12 fighters on the game board.]
When you spend influence:
You may remove any number of your fighters from the game board. For each fighter removed, discount the spent influence by 1.

In my opinion this is broken too but I like it!

hardy oxide
hardy oxide
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are you wanting to playtest starsickness? @tacit mist

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players & factions

1 @vast geode (sulis ascendancy - homebrew)
2 @lean ridge (starsickness - homebrew)
3 @pale lava (nation of catollon - homebrew)
4 @karmic isle (anura diaspora - homebrew)
5 @sinful carbon (sardakk n'orr - official)
6 @polar hedge (nekro virus - official)

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# hardy oxide what sort of suggestions? feel free to ask anything, this is a playtest after al...

Anura flagship: When this unit would roll combat dice during space combat, it may instead roll ANTI-FIGHTER BARRAGE 5x2.

Catollon: Both their flagship and one of their tech needlessly specify that it must be fighters that use bombardment; It wouldn't be much different if you just made it ships instead on the tech, then gave the flagship an ability to resolve BOMBARDMENT AxB at the start of any ground combat.

Kom'rk: The flagship doesn't need to specify that it acts as a destroyer, just that it can participate in invasions. For the tech, honstly it's a bit boring that their destroyer is just a worse version of strike wing alpha. I would give their ability, flagship, and destroyers a second pass to find another way to get the same effects.

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I will also say that parking your flagship in your home system and having a permanent influence on every single ground combat can be very frustrating for the rest of the table, so be sure you want that.

hardy oxide
# polar hedge Anura flagship: When this unit would roll combat dice during space combat, it ma...

anura change is good i like it- just to check rulings, they still get the +1 die from their red tech with that?

catollon i need to reword the PN's timing window slightly but basically the catollon fighters' bombardment can only be used if someone plays the PN, not all the time, since catollon can only use their fighters' bombardment usually during their tactical actions
the PN and flag need to be worked so that the flag fighters can be adjacent for both the attacker and defender use cases of the PN

also in the nekro - catollon interaction case, nekro's fighters don't use bombardment adjacent, unfortunately i think nekro just ends up with a dead BT against them, same with xxcha and saar and obsidian, and a dead tech, same with L1, it causes too much trouble imo to fix without being a level of strength im unhappy with

and with kom'rk, the flagship can be used to invade if nekro gets the komrk pn, which i'm happy with from a nekro balance perspective. so no wording change is necessary there

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soft jolt
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@hardy oxide if you end up running any NA playtests, just let me know and I'll be happy to text whatever

hardy oxide
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lean ridge
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I’d love to be envolved ^^

hardy oxide
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@lean ridge would love to have you, please read the intro message before clicking join tysm!

lean ridge
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Do Mirage fighters placed on planets partecipate in ground combat?

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lean ridge
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Okk tysm for both!

hardy oxide
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nws!

lean ridge
# hardy oxide nws!

For the faction
The suns of Kom’rk
Does their faction tech mean that players that dont have any readied planets cannot gain control of your planets?

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lean ridge
lean ridge
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I’d like to be the Starsickness

hardy oxide
hardy oxide
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<@&1211178111182315590> looking for 2 eu players to play some homebrew factions! please check the original message for more information!

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or maybe only looking 1 player, @tacit mist are you still interested?

polar hedge
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@karmic isle you know you want to

pale lava
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I guess I can again

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why not

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pale lava
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there's a lot of messages I cannot really tell what's already been taken.

hardy oxide
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pale lava
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I'm such a dingus haha

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sorry

hardy oxide
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you're all good!

karmic isle
pale lava
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I'll take nation of catallon

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let's see what happens with sardak plus nekro and these guys haha

hardy oxide
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would love to have you if possible!

karmic isle
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Okay 🙂

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hardy oxide
# karmic isle Okay 🙂

if you would pick one of my homebrew factions that have not already been picked, then we can get started!

karmic isle
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Ah okay, I'll look over them.

karmic isle
hardy oxide
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as soon as the game has launched, would someone please run the add an observer command?

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zackkyew - no1 red ghosts fan pressed the [Create Game] button

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Raven Mor pressed the [Create Game] button

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Message for posterity:

Game Fun Name: the-space-between-suns-4

Players:

  1. @sinful carbon
  • 18 games completed.
  • 00h:39m:41s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767225600:t>-<t:1767229200:t>, <t:1767265200:t>-<t:1767312000:t>.
  1. @vast geode
  • 29 games completed.
  • 03h:08m:53s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767250800:t>-<t:1767258000:t>, <t:1767265200:t>-<t:1767304800:t>.
  1. @polar hedge
  • 16 games completed.
  • 01h:33m:27s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767254400:t>-<t:1767308400:t>.
  1. @lean ridge
  • 6 games completed.
  • 01h:22m:05s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767258000:t>-<t:1767312000:t>.
  1. @pale lava
  • 45 games completed.
  • 03h:08m:52s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767232800:t>-<t:1767236400:t>, <t:1767254400:t>-<t:1767258000:t>, <t:1767265200:t>-<t:1767294000:t>, <t:1767297600:t>-<t:1767304800:t>.
  1. @karmic isle
  • 59 games completed.
  • 00h:22m:02s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767254400:t>-<t:1767312000:t>.
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Sorry for the inconvenience!

Due to Discord's limits on Role/Channel/Thread count, we need to create this game on another server.
Please use the invite below to join our AsyncTI4 (Stroaty McStroatface) server.
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The following players need to join the server:

@sinful carbon
@vast geode
@polar hedge
@pale lava
You will be automatically added to the game channels when you join the server.

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pbd20524-launched [FULL] - EU HOMEBREW FACTION PLAYTEST 4 - THE SPACE BETWEEN SUNS

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Message for posterity:

Game Fun Name: the-space-between-suns-4

Players:

  1. @sinful carbon
  • 18 games completed.
  • 00h:39m:41s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767225600:t>-<t:1767229200:t>, <t:1767265200:t>-<t:1767312000:t>.
  1. @vast geode
  • 29 games completed.
  • 03h:08m:53s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767250800:t>-<t:1767258000:t>, <t:1767265200:t>-<t:1767304800:t>.
  1. @polar hedge
  • 16 games completed.
  • 01h:33m:27s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767254400:t>-<t:1767308400:t>.
  1. @lean ridge
  • 6 games completed.
  • 01h:22m:05s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767258000:t>-<t:1767312000:t>.
  1. @pale lava
  • 45 games completed.
  • 03h:08m:52s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767232800:t>-<t:1767236400:t>, <t:1767254400:t>-<t:1767258000:t>, <t:1767265200:t>-<t:1767294000:t>, <t:1767297600:t>-<t:1767304800:t>.
  1. @karmic isle
  • 59 games completed.
  • 00h:22m:02s average turn time.
  • Active Hours: <t:1767254400:t>-<t:1767312000:t>.
hardy oxide
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@pale lava just waiting on you to join the server