To Boldly Go homepage for the starship Constitution

Welcome. I am a chosen of the Mighty Prophet, and a former long-time chosen of the Fierce Prophet. I have also been a member of FIST since turn 500, and was the Admin for the newbie group Menudo for a while (before the website conked out. My e-mail address is: andyspafford@yahoo.com

For those paired with me, please hail me and return my hails. I am not an aggressive ship without cause, but failure to communicate can lead to misunderstandings. Those seeking assistance of one form or another will generally find me happy to help to the best of my ability (unless of course you have made an enemy of me, my alliance, or my Prophet).

A long time ago, I wrote The Ultimate Guide To TBG, which attempted to provide newer players with a detailed explanation of how to play TBG well, and possibly give a few older players some ideas on how to play better. Although parts of the Guide are still useful, it's now about two years out of date (mainly in the Combat and Popcorn/Dybuk sections), and I'm not sure I'll ever have the time to make it current again. Still, corrections, comments and suggestions are welcome via e-mail or through the Open Forum mailing list (sign up at TBG_OpenForum-subscribe@yahoogroups.com). I especially like feedback from newbies and non-native English speakers -- the Guide is long, but it's meant to be fairly easy to read and understand. If any parts aren't clear, I'll do my best to help.

I also encourage players to use the following resources:

* For an easier way of accessing TBG's rules, use the Rules Index.
* ScAvenger's TBG Galactic Portal, for links to just about everything and anything. He's not maintaining the site anymore, but it's very useful none-the-less.

Safe Journeys,

Constitution

P.S. - I'm going to gradually add some links to interesting material related to pbm gaming here, for lack of a better place. If you have any to recommend, let me know:
Bad Ideas for Multi-Player Games
Thoughts on the Evolution of PBM

P.P.S. - Here's a static page of Trade Good values and factories since I couldn't find one elsewhere:


Trade Good	$	Factory Location	Colonies
Scrap	$25	Adhara	n/a
Chocolate	$50	Merak	n/a
Fudge	$50	Hydrae	n/a
Hankies	$50	Crucis	n/a
Hats	$75	Kruger	n/a
Jumpers	$75	Vega	n/a
Marzipan	$75	Canis	n/a
Mittens	$75	Altair	n/a
Beards	$100	Hamal	n/a
Elvis Memorabilia	$100	Centauri	n/a
Ninja Beer	$100	Aurigae	n/a
Puddings	$100	Draconis	n/a
Snowmen	$100	Achernar	n/a
Tea	$100	Rastaban	n/a
Winegums	$100	Cygni	n/a
Lists	$125	Procyon	n/a
Surprises	$125	(Unknown; formerly Cephei)	n/a
Videos	$125	Eridani	n/a
Web Pages	$150	Barnard	n/a
Xylophones	$150	Spica	n/a
Boardgames	$200	Indi	n/a
Emperors' New Clothes	$200	Polaris	n/a
Eye Robots	$200	Mirfak	n/a
Dilithium	$250	Lalande	n/a
New Tricks	$250	Zosca	n/a
Old Songs	$250	Regulus	n/a
Quad Trees	$250	Ceti	n/a
Ray-guns (!)	$400	Algol	n/a
Sharp Sticks (!)	$400	Arcturus	n/a
Steely Knives (!)	$400	Thuban	n/a
Euphoria (!)	$500	Kapetyn	n/a
Windows (!)	$500	Tauri	n/a

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