Babylon 5 - Revision history

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Regions

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Gerald Todd's notes

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The Starting Units

Sgttodd: New page: == RealWorld file == Babylon5 == The Starting Units == Each power starts the game in Spring 2260 with the following units: Earth Alliances Earth (Fleet) Mars (Army) Titan (Fleet) Ba...

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New page: == RealWorld file == Babylon5 == The Starting Units == Each power starts the game in Spring 2260 with the following units: Earth Alliances Earth (Fleet) Mars (Army) Titan (Fleet) Ba...

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== RealWorld file ==
[[Babylon5]]

== The Starting Units ==

Each power starts the game in Spring 2260 with the following units:

Earth Alliances
Earth (Fleet)
Mars (Army)
Titan (Fleet)
Babylon 5 (Army)

Minbari Federation
Minbari (Fleet)
Chudomo (Army)
Norsai (Fleet)

Centauri Republic
Centauri Prime (Fleet)
Brakesh 9 (Army)
Davo (Fleet)

Narn Regime
Narn (Fleet)
D Grn (Army)
Dross (Fleet)

Shadow Realm
Z Ha Dum (Fleet)
Outer Rim (Army)
Kepti (Fleet)

[b]Drazi Freehold[/b]
Drazi (Fleet)
Draxis (Army)
Zagro 7 (Fleet)

Vorlon Empire Vorlon Home World (Fleet), Berdina (Army), Virana (Fleet)

The listed worlds are the respective locations where new units are built in the build phase.

== The Rules ==
The standard rules of Diplomacy® apply except any power that is in control of Babylon 5 may use it for builds.

Note: All games years and seasons are in accordance with Earth Standard Time.

== The Map ==

The total number of supply worlds is 74.

Some worlds permit armies to move between them without the need of a fleet convoy. These worlds are adjacent on the map.

There is only one no-go zones where units are not permitted to move. This area is called the Galactic Bulge.

== Victory Conditions ==
To win, a single power must control 38 supply worlds one of which must be Babylon 5.
Any declared draws must include the power that controls Babylon 5, even if that's the only center he holds.

== Regions ==

Below is an alphabetical list of all the regions on the map and their respective three lettered name.
Abbai 4 Abb
Akdor Akd
Antares Sector Ant
Aris Colony ACo
Arisia Colony Ari
Babylon 5 Bab
Berdina Ber
Beta Durani Bet
Brakesh 9 Bra
Brakiri Bri
Caliban Sector Cal
Centauri Prime Cen
Centauri Triangle CTR
Ceti 4 Cet
Chudomo Chu
Coriana 6 Cor
Daltron 7 Dal
Davo Dav
Deneb 4 Den
D Grn Grn
Dilgar Dil
Drakh Dkh
Draxis Drx
Drazi Home World Dra
Dross Dro
D Tira Tir
Dura 7 Dur
Earth Ear
Enfili Enf
Gaim Gai
Gorash 7 Gor
Grid Epsilon GEp
Hilak 7 Hil
Ikarra 7 Ika
Inner Centauri Space ICS
Inner Drazu IDz
Inner Sol ISo
Ipsha Ips
Janos 7 Jan
Kazami III Kaz
Kepti Kep
Latig 4 Lat
L Gidor Gid
L Gn Daort Dao
Lorka 7 Lor
Lukantha Luk
Malax Mal
Markab Mab
Mars Mar
Minbar Inner Realm MIR
Minbar Min
Minbar Outer Realm MOR
Mirata 7 Mit
Narn Home World Nar
Narn Inner Space NIS
Narn Outer Space NOS
Nether Rim Net
Norsai Nor
Omega 7 Omg
Orion Ori
Outer Centauri Space OCS
Outer Drazu ODz
Outer Rim OuR
Outer Sol OSo
Pakmara Pak
Praxis 9 Pra
Proxima 3 Pro
Quadrant 13 Q13
Quadrant 14 Q14
Quadrant 20 Q20
Quadrant 31 Q31
Quadrant 32 Q32
Quadrant 45 Q45
Quadrant 46 Q46
Quadrant 48 Q48
Quadrant 54 Q54
Quadrant 55 Q55
Quadrant 68 Q68
Quadrant 72 Q72
Quadrant 73 Q73
Quadrant 90 Q90
Quadrant 91 Q91
Ragesh 3 Rag
Ralga Ral
Regula 4 Reg
Rim Space Rim
Sector 1 S1
Sector 2 S2
Sector 3 S3
Sector 4 S4
Sector 8 S8
Sector 9 S9
Sector 11 S11
Sector 14 S14
Sector 17 S17
Sector 18 S18
Sector 20 S20
Sector 21 S21
Sector 27 S27
Sector 35 S35
Sector 38 S38
Sector 51 S51
Sector 58 S58
Sector 59 S59
Sector 67 S67
Sector 70 S70
Sector 71 S71
Sector 81 S81
Sector 84 S84
Sector 86 S86
Sector 88 S88
Sector 92 S92
Shi Shi
Sigma 957 Sig
Thalitene Tha
Theta 49 The
Tikar Tik
Titan Tit
Tizino Prime TPr
Tokati Tok
Tripani 7 Tri
Vega Veg
Ventari 3 Ven
Virana Vir
Volron Outer Space VOS
Vorlon Vor
Vorlon Inner Space VIS
Vree Vre
Yolu Yol
Zafran 7 Zaf
Zagro 7 Zag
Zander Prime Zan
Z Ha Dum ZhD

== Theo Kermanidis' Design Notes ==
In a word, this variant was designed to capture the rich tapestry of the Babylon 5 series. Yes I am a fan of the TV show that had spanned for 5 series each with around 22 well crafted episodes.
In an attempt to capture the spirit of the Babylon 5 universe, I designed this variant to include the myriad of worlds and general place names mentioned in the series. It is anyone's guess as to what the intended Babylon 5 universe was ment to look like, but knowing the series and something about the sequence of events I placed my best foot forward in designing the map.
For example, it is known that the Shadow Realm did use Narn as a base for their expansion so that I could only conclude that the Narn Home World is strategically located close to Z'Ha Dum and the domain of the Shadows. The Vorlons and the Minbari once worked together to stop Shadow aggression, and it was concluded that they were co-located on the map. The Drazi Freehold and other members of the League of Non-Aligned worlds were once cannon fodder for the Centauri Republic hence most of those worlds would share a corner of the map. And so on.
It was tough going to get a map that looks playable with a general balance. It remains to be seen how successful those decisions were.
There will always be an argument against the use of armies in a fleet dominated game, so why do the powers begin with one useless army? A good question. The answer is that there are an abundance of connected worlds where armies may roam between without the use of fleets. It adds a dimension to the tactical question that requires consideration for the would be Napoleons amongst you. How can you use that army unit to a great effect? Naturally the winners would have an answer to that question.
There are many worlds, and probably there will be many a stalemate line. In time those will be discovered and an assessment will be made to the general playability of the variant. Hopefully it will not require too many revisions to get the overall balance right between offensive and defensive play.
Time is infinite, but we are finite. So get playing!

== Gerald Todd's notes ==
While researching a Star Trek Diplomacy variant, everywhere I went I also found Babylon 5 and Star Wars. The Variant Bank had a Babylon 5 variant, which looked pretty good, so I basically just ported it into RealWorld.
My changes, besides the text files RealWorld requires, were basically asthetic; icons, moving the planet images and the space names so the icons wouldn't cover them, and adding a key on the left side of the map were pretty much it.
6/14/2008

[http://variantbank.org/articles/babylon5-strategy.htm Players Guide to Babylon5 Diplomacy]

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 == RealWorld file ==
-[[Babylon_5]]
 == The Starting Units ==

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 == Theo Kermanidis' Design Notes ==

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 == Gerald Todd's notes ==
-While researching a Star Trek Diplomacy variant, everywhere I went I also found Babylon 5 and Star Wars.  The Variant Bank had a Babylon 5 variant, which looked pretty good, so I basically just ported it into RealWorld.
+Everywhere I went while researching my Star Trek Diplomacy variant, I also found Babylon 5 and Star Wars, and a little Battlestar Galactica.  Well, The Variant Bank had a Babylon 5 variant, which looked pretty good, so I went about stuffing it into RealWorld, and here you have it.
-My changes, besides the text files RealWorld requires, were basically asthetic; icons, moving the planet images and the space names so the icons wouldn't cover them, and adding a key on the left side of the map were pretty much it.
+My changes, besides the text files RealWorld requires, were basically asthetic; Creating themed icons, moving the planet images and the space names so the icons wouldn't cover them, and adding a key on the left side of the map were pretty much it.
 [http://variantbank.org/articles/babylon5-strategy.htm Players Guide to Babylon5 Diplomacy]

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 Regula 4	Reg
 Rim Space	Rim
-Sector 1	S1
+Sector 01	S01
-Sector 2	S2
+Sector 02	S02
-Sector 3	S3
+Sector 03	S03
-Sector 4	S4
+Sector 04	S04
-Sector 8	S8
+Sector 08	S08
-Sector 9	S9
+Sector 09	S09
 Sector 11	S11
 Sector 14	S14

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 == Regions ==
+<pre>
 Below is an alphabetical list of all the regions on the map and their respective three lettered name.
 Abbai 4		Abb
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 Zander Prime 	Zan
 Z Ha Dum	ZhD
 == Theo Kermanidis' Design Notes ==

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 == Victory Conditions ==
- To win, a single power must control 38 supply worlds one of which must be Babylon 5.
+To win, a single power must control 38 supply worlds one of which must be Babylon 5.
- Any declared draws must include the power that controls Babylon 5, even if that's the only center he holds.
+Any declared draws must include the power that controls Babylon 5, even if that's the only center he holds.
 == Regions ==

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 Each power starts the game in Spring 2260 with the following units:
-Earth Alliances
+<b>Earth Alliances</b>:
-Earth (Fleet)
+Earth (Fleet),
-Mars (Army)
+Mars (Army),
-Titan (Fleet)
+Titan (Fleet),
 Babylon 5 (Army)
-Minbari Federation
+<b>Minbari Federation</b>:
-Minbari (Fleet)
+Minbari (Fleet),
-Chudomo (Army)
+Chudomo (Army),
 Norsai (Fleet)
-Centauri Republic
+<b>Centauri Republic</b>:
-Centauri Prime (Fleet)
+Centauri Prime (Fleet),
-Brakesh 9 (Army)
+Brakesh 9 (Army),
 Davo (Fleet)
-Narn Regime
+<b>Narn Regime</b>:
-Narn (Fleet)
+Narn (Fleet),
-D Grn (Army)
+D Grn (Army),
 Dross (Fleet)
-Shadow Realm
+<b>Shadow Realm</b>:
-Z Ha Dum (Fleet)
+Z Ha Dum (Fleet),
-Outer Rim (Army)
+Outer Rim (Army),
 Kepti (Fleet)
-[b]Drazi Freehold[/b]
+<b>Drazi Freehold</b>:
-Drazi (Fleet)
+Drazi (Fleet),
-Draxis (Army)
+Draxis (Army),
 Zagro 7 (Fleet)
-Vorlon Empire		Vorlon Home World (Fleet), Berdina (Army), Virana (Fleet)
+<b>Vorlon Empire</b>:
 Vorlon (Fleet),
-The listed worlds are the respective locations where new units are built in the build phase.
+Berdina (Army),
 == The Rules ==