Atlantis 3.0: Times 77

From: Geoff Dunbar <gdunbar@atlantis.prankster.com>

Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Subject: Atlantis 3.0: Times 77

Atlantis 3.0 Times
                    May, 7
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There will be no turn December 28th, for the holidays. So, you
have 2 weeks to do your orders for that turn.

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Talk about singe Lady Mara's beard!
  But don't forget her hairy legs...

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Due to the senseless violence of the Grey Wolf Clan the faction
  Monks-hood is now withdrawing.  Congratulations on completely
  and without provocation spoiling another faction's game.

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The Chosen of Cthulhu (40):

Oswald's assassins were to few to assassinate all of a group of ten
  tactitions and the armies were to evenly matched for the direct approach,
  but Sun Tzu smiled anyway.  There was more than one way to skin a dragon,
  he thought.  In this case Tzu had lured the ten tactions out of Arezzo by
  attacking a faction member just out side the city.  The majority of the
  army being of a different faction did not repsond to the cries for
  help and as a result all ten tactions where easily slaughtered.

Sun Tzu was now ready for his assault on Arezzo, a city only four
  ocean regions away from Graevbygd.  He was returning to the old
  ways to give himself more of a challenge.  No mages would be used
  and only equipment captured from previous battles.

Unit (27912) attacks Unit (21778) in forest (45,67) in Corinth!

Attackers:
  Unit (27912), behind, ring of invisibility [RING], leader [LEAD],
    winged horse [WING], 3 double bows [DBOW], 70 horses [HORS], 36
    crossbows [XBOW], mithril armor [MARM], longbow 5, riding 1.
  Unit (49726), behind, leader [LEAD], horse [HORS], riding 1.
  Unit (49214), 499 plainsmen [PLAI], 394 horses [HORS], 4 longbows
    [LBOW], 22 crossbows [XBOW], 159 swords [SWOR], combat 1.
  Unit (51576), 41 horses [HORS], 50 sea elves [SELF], 4 crossbows
    [XBOW], combat 1.
  Sun Tzu (6153), behind, leader [LEAD], 5 horses [HORS], mithril armor
    [MARM], tactics 5, riding 1; Waiting to die.
  Unit (49727), behind, 20 high elves [HELF], 22 horses [HORS], 21
    crossbows [XBOW], crossbow 1.
  Unit (49728), behind, 70 high elves [HELF], 208 longbows [LBOW], 206
    horses [HORS], 130 plainsmen [PLAI], 10 crossbows [XBOW], longbow 1.
  Unit (49729), 499 high elves [HELF], 460 horses [HORS], 472 swords
    [SWOR], 34 crossbows [XBOW], 348 plate armor [PARM], 14 chain armor
    [CARM], 27 mithril swords [MSWO], 32 mithril armor [MARM], combat 1.
  Unit (34889), behind, 117 crossbows [XBOW], 41 horses [HORS], 59 wood
    elves [WELF], crossbow 1.
  Unit (34820), behind, 40 vikings [VIKI].
  Unit (48880), behind, 3 horses [HORS], 75 wood elves [WELF], 26
    crossbows [XBOW], crossbow 1.
  Unit (49723), behind, horse [HORS], nomad [NOMA].
  Unit (48851), 6 horses [HORS], 10 nomads [NOMA], 10 swords [SWOR],
    combat 1.
  Unit (51575), 98 horses [HORS], 3 winged horses [WING], 145 nomads
    [NOMA], 11 crossbows [XBOW], 136 swords [SWOR], 24 plate armor
    [PARM], 11 mithril swords [MSWO], 57 mithril armor [MARM], 3 chain
    armor [CARM].
  Unit (34827), behind, 3 nomads [NOMA], 3 horses [HORS], 3 runeswords
    [RUNE].

Defenders:
  Edhel-Dil mens (8990), 310 vikings [VIKI], 167 horses [HORS], 25
    swords [SWOR], 75 crossbows [XBOW], combat 3; waiting....
  Morne-Rouge (5083), behind, plainsman [PLAI], 11 wood elves [WELF], 2
    nomads [NOMA], combat 1; L'HERB EST PRODUITE ICI ?.
  SmallAxe Timber (27518), behind, 11 wood elves [WELF].
  Grain-a-Gogo (27516), behind, 10 plainsmen [PLAI].
  Hopes (11203), leader [LEAD], horse [HORS], tactics 4, combat 5.
  Minstrel Courier (28829), leader [LEAD]; Waiting for a job.
  TimBuilders (33943), behind, 2 vikings [VIKI].
  JE VIENS PRODUIRE dans cet hex (21771), behind, 12 horses [HORS],
    viking [VIKI]; Arzz->n.
  WoodRunner (23344), behind, 10 horses [HORS], viking [VIKI]; Arzz->s.
  WoodRunner (23343), behind, 10 horses [HORS], viking [VIKI]; Arzz->se.
  SmallAxe Timber (13023), behind, 10 wood elves [WELF].
  GrassPickers (31129), behind, 8 wood elves [WELF].
  Unit (38001), behind, 15 wood elves [WELF].
  Unit (36724), behind, 17 wood elves [WELF].
  WoodRunner (20047), behind, 9 horses [HORS], nomad [NOMA]; Arzz->ne.
  SmallAxe Timber (15477), behind, 10 wood elves [WELF].
  GrassPickers (20815), behind, 8 wood elves [WELF].
  Unit (42840), behind, 13 wood elves [WELF].
  WoodRunner (22619), behind, 10 horses [HORS], nomad [NOMA]; Arzz->se.
  SmallAxe Timber (17970), behind, 12 wood elves [WELF].
  GrassPickers (28238), behind, 5 wood elves [WELF].
  WoodRunner (22628), behind, 10 horses [HORS], wood elf [WELF];
    Arzz->s.
  Unit (21778), behind, 520 vikings [VIKI], 520 crossbows [XBOW],
    crossbow 2.
  Unit (21918), behind, 60 leaders [LEAD], 60 crossbows [XBOW], crossbow
    2.
  Unit (20046), 80 leaders [LEAD], combat 2.
  Unit (31132), 100 vikings [VIKI], combat 1.
  City Guard (51960), 24 leaders [LEAD], 24 swords [SWOR], combat 3.
  Unit (11577), 450 vikings [VIKI], combat 1.
  The Great Arezzo Theater (11822), 19 wood elves [WELF].
  SmallAxe Timber (17958), behind, 11 vikings [VIKI], 2 wood elves
    [WELF].
  Irie WoodWorkers (17959), behind, 34 vikings [VIKI], 31 longbows
    [LBOW], 11 crossbows [XBOW].
  Herb-a-Viks (26646), behind, 9 vikings [VIKI].
  Chantier Naval (13627), behind, 13 wood elves [WELF].
  TailleCoques (21772), behind, 24 vikings [VIKI]; PASSEZ MOI DES SOUS
    POUR FORMER DES MARINS !!!!!!!!!!!.
  Sailors (43257), 7 vikings [VIKI].
  Max Blaze (10609), leader [LEAD], horse [HORS], mithril sword [MSWO],
    tactics 1, combat 5, riding 1.

Unit (27912) gets a free round of attacks.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 43 men.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 38 men.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 55 men.
  Unit (21778) loses 437.

Round 1:
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 23 men.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 11 men.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 21 men.
  Unit (27912) loses 299.
  Unit (21778) loses 328.

Round 2:
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 54 men.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 26 men.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 0 men.
  Unit (27912) loses 19.
  Unit (21778) loses 364.

Unit (21778) is routed!
  Unit (27912) gets a free round of attacks.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 33 men.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 37 men.
  Unit (34827) strikes fear into the hearts of 28 men.
  Unit (21778) loses 403.

Total Casualties:
  Unit (21778) loses 1532.
  Damaged units: 21918, 17959, 21778, 38001, 31129, 17958, 13023, 21772,
    27516, 36724, 13627, 15477, 20815, 20047, 42840, 17970, 5083, 26646,
    27518, 33943, 22619, 28238, 23344, 21771, 51960, 11577, 8990, 20046,
    31132, 11822, 43257, 11203, 10609, 28829.
  Unit (27912) loses 318.
  Damaged units: 49214, 51575, 51576, 49729, 48851.

Spoils: 106 horses [HORS], 4601 silver [SILV], 241 crossbows [XBOW],
    406 herbs [HERB], 25 swords [SWOR], 3 grain [GRAI], 184 wood [WOOD],
    9 longbows [LBOW].

Next month, Tzu thought, would finnish off the few survivors.  He
  began to wonder if the 70's were even attempting to fight back now.
  No longer do they boast in times about their inital victories as
  even in that far gate colony they are in retreat.

Will the 70's mages come out of hiding and counter attack or will
  the entire alliance just fade away?

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Dateline Derwent - April, AD 7
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The ominous red and black banners of the DDT wave over the ruins of this
  once-proud city.  Great black crowds of vultures and other less-savory
  scavengers circle the smoke-blackened towers and gorge themselves on the
  bloated corpses of the city's former occupants.  The only living creatures in
  the streets are the DDT orcish terror guards and the huge (now well-fed) rats
  rooting through the putrid remains.

I hear Col. Grayson's deep chuckle echoing off the walls around me as he
  observes the last of the prisoners being blinded, hamstrung and cast naked out
  the city gates.  Spring is well-enough advanced that they aren't fortunate
  enough to freeze to death overnight. Instead, they are doomed to a lingering
  death by starvation or thirst.

I cannot watch any more.  I must flee this horrid place before I am detected
  and slain.  I send this on my last pidgeon in a desparate hope that someone out
  there will honor the memories of the slain overlords of Derwent.

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The Deus ex Machina alliance is currently accepting starting
  players. Deus is one of GALE alliances. We can offer training for mages
  (very, very violent training), silver, weapons (the sharp and pointy
  kind) and lands to exploit (a little soft underfoot).

We expect commitment to the alliance (although you can do
  whatever you want) and participation in the GALE wars (fun!). We are
  particularly interested in players who want run primarily war factions,
  fully supported by the rest of the alliance.

Please email: jim@jberry.demon.co.uk

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Chronicles of The Tribe

A decision was made: We are going full trade. The CEOS had finally
  overthrown the mages. This is the beginning of a new era for the Tribe,
  an era of greed and capitalism. Gee, that sounds bad, doesn't it???

Paulo, Parrot-Man of The Tribe (123)

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Gilles, how about another game of fish?

But Sven, I never seem to win at that game.

Ok, if you don't win this time we'll try another game.

Ok, Sven.

Here, I will be the dealer.

Sure Sven.

There we are, seven cards each.  Now put down your pairs, threes of a kind
  and fours of a kind that you have in your hand Gilles and I will do the
  same so we can get started.

Ok, Sven.  Let me see... a pair of Jacks, a pair of fours and three nines.
  I think that I have won!

Why yes, you have Gilles.  Here you deal us another hand...

-'Da Fish

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BRD Industries (155):

Blue War News

Operation Hammer Judged A Complete Success!

AIF Headquarters announced this week that the alliance's latest
  offensive, Operation Hammer, was a complete success.  In a three month
  operation, AIF armies drove IPC troops from the area around the
  tri-cities Penhalolen/Lurkabo/Drymen.  The IPC brought about eleven
  thousand troops to the party, including some fearsome-looking orc units,
  but they were no match for 7500 AIF troops (and dragons).  By abandoning
  some of their comrades to AIF vengeance, about 1000 IPC troops managed
  to flee back to their closest stronghold.  Total AIF losses exceeded
  5000, but they have already nearly been replaced.  The full power of AIF
  factions is now being mobilized against the IPC.
    In the wake of this great victory, AIF commanders are moving swiftly
  to consolidate their position in the PLD region.  A treasure trove of
  captured IPC equipment is being put to good use arming AIF soldiers.

IPC's Western Offensive Stalls

In Formby, a town not far from the PLD region, another IPC army awaits
  slaughter by AIF troops, after they extended their advance one region
  too far.  This IPC army employed two STAL mages, and was very successful
  against AIF forces.  From initial contact, several turns back, this army
  pushed north, slaughtering many thousands of AIF troops before it.  But
  now winter has come, the IPC cannot support its advance, and fresh
  hordes of AIF soldiers will open a counterattack this month.

Bad Luck, Or Just Bad Karma?

Reports from AIF sources tell of 2 IPC Stealth 8 assassins meeting
  swift and painful deaths.  In one incident, a STEA 8 assassin had his
  head bitten clean off by a pet dragon during an assassination attempt.
  The dragon refused to comment on whether IPC assassins taste just like
  chicken.  In another, IPC eagerness to kill worked against it when the
  hostile S8 assassin jumped on a local trade unit, only to be surrounded
  and squashed by AIF soldiers.  I guess you could say he had a bad
  attitude.  IPC dodged a bullet in both incidents, because neither of the
  Rings of Invisibility fell into AIF hands.

Then again, I could be lying.

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Some general game-related comments:

I like the Times.  Read it every week.  I am one who did not respond
  to the unofficial poll.

I think there is life left in this game.  Calls for A4 are premature,
  IMO.  However, as I am also getting close to renewing my subscription, I
  would appreciate some public comment from Geoff about his future plans.
    I would like to see any such A4 have a different theme than the
  current hack-and-slash, D&D world.  A Modern, post apocalypse theme
  would be interesting, as would a 19th Century setting.  Magic becomes
  Technology.  Mages become Scientists.

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