As some of you have picked up on the forums, I am planning on reviving our friendly Master of Orion tournament known as the Imperia later this year. With interest in Civ4 slowly tapering off, we're going to go back to this classic game to help bridge the gap until the next big turn-based strategy game (Civ5?) is released. For some of you, this will be like returning to an old friend again after a long absence. For others, it will be an entirely new gaming experience. I hope that we will have a nice mix of old and new when everything is up and running again. 
First, some links to share with you. Here is the official RBMoo website, which has been lying dormant for the past few years:
http://realmsbeyond.net/orion/
We won't be starting up any events for a little while yet, but you may want to go ahead and familiarize yourself with how things operate by looking at the Intro and Rules sections. On the whole, things should look relatively familiar to RBCiv vets crossing over to this game for the first time.
Secondly, Sirian's website is the authoritative source for how to acquire and run Master of Orion:
http://sirian.warpcore.org/moo1/index.html
You may also want to look at his excellent Tutorial for information on a typical MOO opening.
The Imperia are meant to be a laid-back community effort. After all, Master of Orion is more than ten years old at this point! Games will appear roughly on a monthly basis, with fairly long durations (4-5 weeks) to allow for casual play. In other words, the Imperia are meant to complement the Epics of RBCiv and give players something else to do - not replace our signature events! Of course, we'll have to wait and see what happens. RBMoo could take on a life of its own if it gets enough players involved.
I'm planning on relaunching the Imperia in late spring or early summer of 2008. For those who are interested right now, be patient! You can always run a new MOO succession game at CivFanatics, or play on your own. I have a little bit too much going on right now to handle running two tournaments at once, but things should open up later this year.
Anyway, that's a head's up as far as what's being planned for the future. Thanks for reading, and I appreciate any comments/questions.
First, some links to share with you. Here is the official RBMoo website, which has been lying dormant for the past few years:
http://realmsbeyond.net/orion/
We won't be starting up any events for a little while yet, but you may want to go ahead and familiarize yourself with how things operate by looking at the Intro and Rules sections. On the whole, things should look relatively familiar to RBCiv vets crossing over to this game for the first time.
Secondly, Sirian's website is the authoritative source for how to acquire and run Master of Orion:
http://sirian.warpcore.org/moo1/index.html
You may also want to look at his excellent Tutorial for information on a typical MOO opening.
The Imperia are meant to be a laid-back community effort. After all, Master of Orion is more than ten years old at this point! Games will appear roughly on a monthly basis, with fairly long durations (4-5 weeks) to allow for casual play. In other words, the Imperia are meant to complement the Epics of RBCiv and give players something else to do - not replace our signature events! Of course, we'll have to wait and see what happens. RBMoo could take on a life of its own if it gets enough players involved.
I'm planning on relaunching the Imperia in late spring or early summer of 2008. For those who are interested right now, be patient! You can always run a new MOO succession game at CivFanatics, or play on your own. I have a little bit too much going on right now to handle running two tournaments at once, but things should open up later this year.
Anyway, that's a head's up as far as what's being planned for the future. Thanks for reading, and I appreciate any comments/questions.
