What to expect

 

This blog will document regular updates on selected 8-person or 32-person games I'm playing in Solaris.

Solaris is a space strategy game filled with conquest, betrayal and subterfuge. 

The blog is intended as a point of interest for Solaris players to show how another player thinks through a match, but I will assume that readers are familiar with the game and its intricacies. For that reason, you may find a tactical explanation of why I'm deploying a particular specialist but not an explanation of what specialists are. I considered doing a video diary of a game and you can consider this a text-based version of a video diary, I can better articulate myself via text.

I'm going to try to make galaxy update posts in the same format most of the time and these updates will always be 'live' or not at all. By that, I mean that I'll write down my thoughts at the present time before I know what is going to happen later. In some cases, I might have to publish the post a few hours later than I captured my thoughts (on a mobile notepad, etc) and events might have moved on. In these cases, the post will be time/date stamped in the title at the time it was written and unchanged.

Once I've committed to recording a game I'll see it through, whether the game is going well or badly.

A typical post format

Title: [Galaxy Name] [UK date & time] [Tick count]

Post Contents: 

[Galaxy Map] [Any other useful screenshots]

Key headlines since last post 

Strategic covering my long-term aims and objectives. What is my path to attempted victory, which locations or fronts am I prioritizing etc? You should expect to see strategic updates slowly shift and evolve over time rather than radically change between posts.

Diplomatic covering my diplomatic relations with other players. Note: I believe conversations between players should in most cases remain private, so to respect my opponents I will summarise dialogue but I will paraphrase what other players are saying to me rather than showing their communications.

Tactical Front-line updates. Key attacks/defenses. Locations of offensive and defensive specialists. 

Closing remarks Summary of what I'm going to do next/any reflections etc.

I'll try and keep all these updates brief.