# Anyone up for a game of VGA Planets? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 5, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534 "2008-10-05T07:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/1 "2008-10-05T07:22:06Z")
There was a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=379982) about starting a game of [VGA planets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vga_planets) awhile back. But there wasn’t enough people interested. So… Now that free posting is back, and all the lurkers who might be interested can post, is anyone interested in starting a game of VGA Planets? I’m interested in version 3, and if we set up a game, I’m willing to be host, and I claim The Lost Colonies of Man (Unless someone REALLY wants it.) ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/2 "2008-10-05T07:27:28Z")
I’ve never played before, but it sounds interesting. Resistance is futile, if you know what I mean. Dibs borg. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/3 "2008-10-05T07:31:39Z")
If I didn’t have to take a turn but maybe 1x a Day, I might be interested in it. I don’t really know anything about the game though, but I enjoy building stuff and playing building games. So you can count me in if it’s not too much work, and I can do it on my own time (like how ConquerClub lets me take my turn over 24 hours and such). ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/4 "2008-10-05T07:48:26Z")
The turn time will be negotiable, I was thinking maybe 3x a week or when all the turns were in, which ever is earlier. But if someone has a problem with that, I would be willing to change it to whatever people wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/5 "2008-10-09T10:03:15Z")
We have possibly three people, we need some more to make a good game. Is anyone else interested in playing? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/6 "2008-10-09T14:52:53Z")
I have not played VGA planets in years. I’ve changed computers multiple times since then, so I’d have to buy a new registered version to play…do they even still sell it? I’d be tentatively interested in playing, if I can get the software. 3 turns a week is good, at least at the start. Once things get going, it may need to slow down to 1-2 turns a week. IIRC, turns can take a couple hours or longer to complete after you build up a sizable fleet/empire. Colonies are my first choice, Borg my second…seeing how both are claimed already, I guess I’d choose the Rebels if this thing is gonna happen…but choice of race isn’t really a deal breaker for me. I’ll learn to fight with whatever I get. Anybody got a link for the software? ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/7 "2008-10-09T19:10:03Z")
You can download it [here](http://www.vgaplanets.com/index.htm). **Oakminster** you might try emailing the author to see if he can get you a copy of your registration. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/8 "2008-10-09T20:14:06Z")
Holy crap. I haven’t thought about VGA Planets in about 10 years. That was the first shareware game that I ever bought. I should look through my old floppies and see if I can find my copy. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/9 "2008-10-09T21:16:47Z")
If we don’t get enough for a full game, how about a variant where each guy takes two races, and runs them as allies? I could maybe go for Rebels/Pirates or Rebels/Federation… ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/10 "2008-10-09T21:26:13Z")
**Oakminster** , thats actually a pretty decent idea. If we can get six people who agree, I think we might do that. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/11 "2008-10-10T17:55:58Z")
Hell. I tried to avoid this post. Sign me up. As if I don’t have enough projects taking up my time. Bastards. Cylons please. Or whatever they’re calling them in the copyright infringement free version. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/12 "2008-10-11T10:37:37Z")
Thrice a week is fine for me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/13 "2008-10-14T13:56:29Z")
So are we going to do this or did I scare everyone off? ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-vga-planets/466534/14 "2008-10-14T17:41:32Z")
Yes, we’ll do this. Sorry I haven’t posted but school has been awful the last couple days. So far we have six people who expressed interest. I’ll put a list together tonight of who wanted each race. Since there is six people we can’t do **Oakminster** ’s plan of everyone using two allied races. **RoOsh** and **Anonymous Coward** , do y’all have a preference on what race y’all want?