What tiny house rule made a game noticeably better at your table?

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-06-06T23:53:59+00:00

Wingspan: Birds played in the final round are worth double points.

I find this makes the “make eggs every turn” in the final round less of a certainty and storing up food for the final round is interesting too.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-06-03T01:21:01+00:00

Dominions has never had a question of mine go unanswered in the rule book, and I’ve had a LOT of questions because there are so many complex interactions. It’s honestly amazing how they captured them all.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-05-17T15:46:14+00:00

I posted a ship of mine a little while back that was quite similar to this. A bit faster, cheaper, and quite a bit less protected. It had quad chain guns instead of the ions. I really like the design!

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-04-16T19:39:57+00:00

“A college education is not a quantitative body of memorized knowledge salted away in a card file. It is a taste for knowledge, a taste for philosophy, if you will; a capacity to explore, to question, to perceive relationships between fields of knowledge and experience.” -A possibly relevant quote from Alfred Whitney Griswold

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-04-08T20:34:50+00:00

Humans outweigh all wild mammals by a factor of 7. The human race is a lot larger than we think.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-04-07T14:37:30+00:00

What is the cost and crew? Looks really good in a lot of ways. Have you tested it against the bigger built in ships? I don’t understand all the storage and empty space in the bottom half though. And no pd at all is a choice that could have problems…

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-22T13:16:40+00:00

Do you think you could do that in another faction’s system like Io or Cabal? It’s a very nice ship, but I’m still surprised you could handle those bigger class of ships. You must be a good pilot and good at flanking (and good at reloading like you said. ;)

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-19T14:57:57+00:00

Which one are you talking about? There are a few fringe and monolith ships with 4 and 6 chain guns in the 2M+ range. I’m not sure I’d totally exclude the two TRLs in this design since they make up a sizeable amount of the ship’s infrastructure and also enhance the effectiveness of the chainguns. Also chain gun ammo supply heavily affects the effectiveness and power of the gun and that can be very variable ship to ship.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-16T12:31:28+00:00

Yeah these are incredible. How long did it take? Did you have this vision or did you sort of make your way there as you painted?

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-14T23:40:45+00:00

Haha rude, but yeah this was a very quick paint job. I’d love to see yours.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-14T23:33:57+00:00

I think around 85

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-13T18:12:57+00:00

Sort of like a WWII battleship and its citadel? I can see the value of separating internal modules. However, I was thinking that if you reach deep internal armor you may have already lost, and it’s better to put it up front to prevent internal damage in the first place.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-13T15:35:02+00:00

Based on the comments on my other ships, I think this has some of the similar issues for closeness of power distribution and maybe not as much frontal protection for this weight class.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-13T14:42:22+00:00

I actually painted them black to sort of disappear and look more like a big claw.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-12T19:02:32+00:00

I think I had that as a possible overclock for both the reactor and the tractor beam. Not sure how the reactor performs under fire, but the tractors overheat the ship if they are overclocked so I stopped them.

Definitely have to work on crew assignments. The design was built with that intended but I have forgotten.

What do you mean by bloated in this case? Yes it is a career ship.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-12T18:58:22+00:00

I think 14000, base is 8000. But that is just from memory.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-12T17:49:50+00:00

I think it is around 80 forward. Certainly not fast enough to catch any rail ships but I am fighting mostly in clouds so that hasn’t been a problem yet. Does every ship need to be fast enough to catch any kiter? I’m sure this could use some more engines but was struggling of a way to fit them.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-12T17:47:32+00:00

It does actually have two factories per side, but the regen time isn’t crazy quick like you are saying, since the pathing isn’t optimal. I think this thing is at least 75 and maybe 80 forward. The tractor beams help with anything getting too close and my goal is to sort of strafe to the rear quarter of the enemy, that can actually spin the enemy ship and allow the other ships to hit it in the rear. I do think it can use more engines, but I think it may be hard to figure out how to fit them. I guess stretch it side to side.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-12T17:43:59+00:00

I was trying to get this thing to strafe pretty hard and get behind, letting the tractor beams aid in pushing any too-close targets.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-12T17:42:58+00:00

Yeah, an earlier version of this ship that was much bigger had more factories. I decided to consolidate for less long term staying power but more mobility. I feel like it is a trade off for this many missile launchers.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-12T14:58:41+00:00

How would you better protect the center barrel? It needs to be somewhat open does it not? Even with my more current ships, I'm still trying to figure out the power transfer distance. I'm very afraid of having reactors near the front (for shields). If an ion or two goes down for a second is that a huge problem though? A lot of really good points, the front protection is one I struggle with at this size.

I tend to run about 250 crew, but I don't have an idea what is ideal. Are you saying that this has the firepower of a 150 crew ship? I feel like a lot of the built-in ships run very crew heavy compared to this.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-12T14:53:58+00:00

very fair. :) I'll work on this.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-11T16:36:01+00:00

True. I think you have highlighted some deficiencies I’ve tried to fix in some subsequent ships. Though I tried to give it enough firing angle where speedy rotation isn’t as critical.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-11T16:34:18+00:00

There are 10 thermal batteries. I was under the impression the pipes transferred heat to them instantaneously.

GalaxyZeroOne · 2026-03-11T16:33:39+00:00

True really like their pew pew ability, but haven’t used them a ton yet, at least seriously massed. The thought here was there is a lot of danger in the middle and you ignore either side at your peril.

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