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[SHAD0Wdump]

I've had this idea knocking around in my head for a while. Read on...

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

The Maptools Conduit Game involves a number of players who's objective is to out maneuver/build/smart their opponents to gain complete control of the map by elimination.
 Each player starts with what is known as a Conduit Core, they begin taking over the map mainly by spreading Conduits across the surface of the board. A player is eliminated when their Conduit Core is successfully Surged.

Conduits are the means of spreading your influence across the board, Bits move across them, and Surges are emitted from them. Conduits come in several shapes, which determine their connections to other squares. They can be shaped as straight lines, corners, and three and four way connections.
 Every turn you have a hand of 5 Conduit Tiles, which determine what shapes your Conduits are when you Expand. At the end of each turn you draw additional tiles up to your limit of 5.


Each turn players simultaniously perform each of the following. Turns are sent in by PM.

-Expand: Select a square to place a Conduit Tile. You may choose the orientation of the tile(tiles have small pointers along the top edge to help with this)
 Placed tiles MUST have a connection to your Conduit network. Once placed, the tile cannot be removed except by being surged by an opponent, place your tiles wisely.
 At the beginning of the game, players take a special turn using all 5 Tiles to start with some conduits, and influence their following moves.

-Move your Bit: Each player has a small glowing orb called a 'Bit', when the Bit is moved into an opponent's Conduit Core the Bit returns to your Conduit Core and you gain an 'Action Point'. The Action Point may be used on any turn to give yourself an extra action, a powerful asset. Moving the Bit into your opponent's Conduit Core also neutralizes all actions by that player for the turn.
 The Bit can only move across connected Conduits, it may move up to 3 squares in a turn. If two Bits cross each other's paths in the span of a turn, they are both neutralized and will respawn at their respective Conduit Cores.

-Action: You get one action unless you spend an Action Point. An action can be any one of the following...
--Expand: You may use this to place a Conduit Tile again this turn.
--Surge: Choose one of your Conduits to Surge, Surging destroys all opponent Conduits adjacent to the chosen Conduit(Not including diagonals). This is also the method of winning the game by Surging an opponent's Conduit Core. You may not Surge from a freshly made Conduit.
--Protect: Choose one of your Conduits to Protect, Protecting prevents destruction of the Conduit from Surges.
--Firewall: Choose one of your Conduits to Firewall, Firewalls cause any Bits moving across them to halt within the Firewall, the Bit then must spend an entire turn motionless in the Firewall before the Firewall dissipates and it may move again the following turn. You may only have up to two Firewalls at a given time.

 Surging, Protecting, and Firewalling may not be performed on your Conduit Core.


Conflicts:
 In any situation where two or more player actions conflict, a die will be rolled with equal chances for all involved, the winner of the die roll will have their action succeed. All other conflicting actions will not take place.

Disconnections:
 If a Conduit loses connection to the player's Conduit network, it will go offline, and if adjacent to another Conduit, will join that Conduit's color. For all intents and purposes these offline Conduits are neutral until claimed. Surges, Protects, and Firewalls cannot be created on them.

Board size: 13 x 13 tiles, Conduit Cores start in the corners, 3 spaces away from the edges. Intended for four players.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Sprite Presentation (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Errata (click to show/hide)

Maybe you should put the answers to the questions I asked in the first post?
- A firewall, protect, and surge can be used on the same tile at the same time.
- Firewall blocks all bits and lasts until it blocks a bit.
- A bit can be moved along a conduit the same turn the conduit is placed.

-If you lose a conflicting expand action, you will still be charged your tile.
-Turn phases are processed in order, I.E. Expands are performed first, Bit Moves second, and all other action types last. This explains the ability for Bits to move over freshly placed Conduits and is a reason that you cannot expand into a square occupied by an opponent's Conduit on the same turn as Surging it.

Players:
-Red: Sinpwn
-Blue: chaoticag
-Green: Angle
-Yellow: FuzzyZergling

Waitlist:
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[SHAD0Wdump]

>_>

Already shoved into the second page, really? Give it a chance B12!

[Sinpwn]

I'll be red.

[FuzzyZergling]

I'd like to take yellow.
PM starting turn now, or wait till a blue shows up?

[SHAD0Wdump]

I'll go ahead and send the starting 5 tiles to everyone already in so you can send in your beginning turn, remember, the first turn you will be placing all 5 of your tiles.

[SHAD0Wdump]

Just one more person and we can do this.

[Armok]

Sure, I'm in

[Angle]

I'll take green, then.

[SHAD0Wdump]

Sure, I'm in

Ok, you get Blue. Tiles sent.

I'll take green, then.

Sorry, already taken by Aqizzar, I'll put you on a waitlist.

[SHAD0Wdump]

A note for future turns, Fuzzy Zergling used the following format for expand actions, although not neccessary, it is a very formal and detailed method and I would appreciate seeing it used.

Turn:
Action -> Expand:
[Censored]-tile to space H#/V# (Horizontal #/Vertical #), Orientation [Censored] (Arrow points to the according direction North,South,East,West)
[Censored]-tile to space H#/V#, Orientation [Censored]
[Censored]-tile to space H#/V#, Orientation [Censored]
[Censored]-tile to space H#/V#, Orientation [Censored]
[Censored]-tile to space H#/V#, Orientation [Censored]

[SHAD0Wdump]

Aqizzar has opted out of the game on account of thinking I was hosting a connect-to game.

Angle is now green.

[Loud Whispers]

PTW

[Angle]

Let's do this.

So do we post our 5 tiles at once, or take turns picking one until they're all placed, or what?

[FuzzyZergling]

Let's do this.

So do we post our 5 tiles at once, or take turns picking one until they're all placed, or what?

First turn is all at once.
Other turns, if I understand correctly, are one tile a turn without using AP.

[Angle]

so I guess I'll do my five like

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