https://github.com/jacobsalmela/ascii-planets

An spacefaring expansion to ASCII Empires (a print-and-play, roll-and-write game)
https://github.com/jacobsalmela/ascii-planets

ascii board-game hacktoberfest latex roll-and-write

Last synced: 2 months ago
JSON representation

An spacefaring expansion to ASCII Empires (a print-and-play, roll-and-write game)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jacobsalmela/ascii-planets
• Owner: jacobsalmela
• License: other
• Created: 2020-09-07T00:14:34.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-16T14:01:40.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T21:52:49.008Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: ascii, board-game, hacktoberfest, latex, roll-and-write
• Language: TeX
• Homepage:
• Size: 577 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: COPYING

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

        


  ASCII Planets is a spacefaring expansion to ASCII Empires (a "roll-and-write" board game of civilization building for 1-7 players)

  


  



## Game Files

You can download pre-made game files [here](https://github.com/jacobsalmela/ascii-planets/releases), just print and _play_ (color and grayscale versions available).

If you want to generate your own files using XeLaTeX, you can do so like this:

```

git clone https://github.com/jacobsalmela/ascii-planets.git

cd ascii-planets

xelatex rules.tex

xelatex planet_sheet.tex

```

Make your own fork and GitHub actions should auto-build your PDFs whenever you push code.  This is useful if you don't have your own LaTeX environment setup.  There are also several Docker containers you can run if you cannot or do not want to install LaTeX locally.

### Feedback On The Game

Just create a new issue here on GitHub by [filling out the template](https://github.com/jacobsalmela/ascii-planets/issues/new?template=feedback.md).  Feel free to add additional comments as necessary.  You can also add feedback on Board Game Geek.

### Customizing Your Game

You can customize your game by changing a few lines of code.  Modify the colors or create your own planet layouts!  Check out [the wiki](https://github.com/jacobsalmela/ascii-planets/wiki) for more info.

## Background

[ASCII Empires](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307670/ascii-empires) won Board Game Geek's [2019's Roll-and-write contest](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2153371/roll-write-game-design-contest).  I enjoyed it so much but wanted it to have a sci-fi theme.  Thus, ASCII Planets was born.

## How To Play

The rulebook is included on the [Releases page](https://github.com/jacobsalmela/ascii-planets/releases).