Fourth Age MEPBM

From: Kristin Jacobsen <k-jacobsen@nwu.edu>

Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000

This message is regarding the Fourth Age Scenario.  I attended a seminar at GenCon where
the good folks at GSI discussed the Fourth Age Scenario in some detail.  Since it will
supposedly be available commercially within the next couple of months I won't go into too
much detail except to say that it sounds wonderful.  There are only two fixed positions: the
halves of Aragorn's kingdom.  Everyone else designs their realm from scratch.  The cities have
to be located fairly close to each other, but essentially you pick everything:  cities, locations,
characters, armies, special abilities, etcetera.  Neutrals are a viable winning option, and if a
neutral hasn't picked a side by turn 10 (?) they are locked into neutrality.  Also, you can go to
tolerant with the enemy, and disliked with your allies, meaning you can attack your allies
and work with your enemies.   Some new commands will also be available, including one that
allows you to change the location of your map!  The playtest is still going on, so none of this is
written in stone, but I for one am waiting for this scenario to begin another MEPBM game.

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Allan Shampine
als@lexhost.lexecon.com