Re: Suzerainty part 2

From: shaitan@interlog.com (Gordon Blair)

Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <4lg9va$peu@epx.cis.umn.edu>,
   lepag001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Garrett R Le-Page) wrote:
>
>They actually have an advert in Computer Gaming World this month.
>And, it is color/Full page.  This takes $$$$$.
>
>Garrett
>
Suzeraignty was a superb game;  my full-colour wall map of the main
island-continent is one of my central (and most prized) PBM
treasures.  When I ran the Masticating Mastodon Suzerain I enjoyed
myself greatly, before getting my ass whipped and dropping the game.

I didn't play for a while, and when I did consider it, there were
rumours from friends, Paper Mayhem and Flagship (boy, there's a good
reference for inconsistency) saying 7th Dimension was having
troubles.

It's a shame it happened:  the two games I lament the passing of
most are Suzeraignty & Portinium.  Portinium, from Enchanted
Horizons, especially was spectacular:  colour-graphic turn sheets,
the only ones of their kind in the industry.  Very impressive.

Very expensive.....

Suzeraignty's problem was releasing a massive, epic-scale game in
the middle of a recession with intense comptetition from many
long-established products.  Whether cash-flow troubles, the impact
of the computer (hey, I played DragonHelm from Mike William's Rebel
Enterprises for years....  completely hand-mod, like most PBM games
6 years ago....) or personal crises, it was a rough, ugly time to be
in PBM.

I might play Suzeraignty again, but in about a year or so of them
operating....

TOAD
aka Gord

http://www.interlog.com/~shaitan

References

Suzerainty part 2
Bryan Donaldson <70007.6077@CompuServe.COM>
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Suzerainty part 2
lepag001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Garrett R Le-Page)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Suzerainty part 2
Bryan Donaldson <70007.6077@CompuServe.COM>
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Suzerainty part 2
lepag001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Garrett R Le-Page)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000