Ancient Times #1095 From: keith.langley@mdcs.com (Keith Langley) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000 A N C I E N T T I M E S "All the news that's fit to chisel" Late Fall - issue #1095 Sacred Scripture Rules changes and announcements applicable to all games Game #5 still needs players - We have one confirmed and two possible players lined up for game 5. If we get six players before the rewrite is done, game 5 will be run under the current rules; otherwise it will be the firstt game under 3rd edition rules. Epistles from Erth One True Faith game #2 Magian battles three Gods to take Rabat - A combined land and sea force captured Rabat, overcoming several obstacles. First, Magian's fleet was intercepted by three of Ettahae's ships at Gibraltar. Magian lost one warship to cannon fire before sinking the blockaders with ballistae. Upon landing in Rabat, and meeting up with another Magian army from Fezzan, the invaders attacked Chicane's defenders, and discovered that they had unexpected help. Three of Votlansh's priests decided to aid the defenders, summoning rocs and cavalry to assist. Despite all the interference, Magian's losses on the expedition were fairly light. Magian sacks Bremen - Magian's army from Holstein marched into Bremen. The agnostic defenders, outnumbered 4 to 1, surrendered or deserted and the province was taken without a battle. Levi attacks Votlansh - Levi sent a wave of armies, stretching from Moldova to Moscow, into Lvov and White Russia. Leaderless undead surrendered in Lvov; the White Russian defenders retreated in good order, avoiding battle. Earth tremor in Prussia - Rocks and hills shifted position slightly in Prussia, dancing at the Earth God's whim. Damage was very light, but a Votlish temple was destroyed. STANDINGS Well, things have certainly been shaken up since the last standings were published. There are now only five active gods in the game, and the first total elimination is at hand as Chicane's worshippers now number 102. Gramunch continues to lead, but the unfavorable cosmic balance is hurting Him. Magian and Tyr are falling behind the three leaders. Deity Pop.(x100) Provinces held Gramunch 92 39 Ettahae 83 31 Levi 79 26 Tyr 52 17 Magian 52 22 (Votlansh) 45 14 (Storch) 30 10 (Mobius) 5 1 (Chicane) 1 0 Cosmic Balance: good 1.46, neutral 0.52, evil 1.02 Holy Writ One True Faith game #3 Drehme captures Brunswick - Two armies of Dreamers, from Hesse and Brandenburg, met in Brunswick, where they forced the surrender of the agnostic garrison. Dudley takes Slovenia - Dudley's army marched from Venice into Slovenia, capturing and converting most of the agnostic Slovene army. Kashelo completes Scottish conquest, lands in Norway - Kashelo launched two attacks against Agnostics, both with such strong forces that the defenders surrendered without a fight. One conquered Aberdeen, while the other landed on the west coast of Agder. Crispin's hero expelled from Tunis - A gang of giants and heroes employed by the Merchant Church attacked Crispin's ratman scout in a back alley in Tunis. They beat him up, tossed him on a boat, and delivered him, bound but intact, to Crispin's army in Libya. Dudley changes curriculum - It has been discovered that the Mounties have altered their Priest training methods. At grade D, they now learn Healing and Disguise; at grade B, Might, and at grade A they are taught to Teleport. LETTERS (Roebuck) - TAVERNA, I guess I should be honoured to be the first deity in any OTF game to be volcanoed. I accept such honours dubiously. It has been said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. If this is so then consider yourself a target..."Bummer of a birthmark, isn't it?" Having fun and loving every minute of it, Roebuck (GM) - (Roebuck included with this letter several pages of Divine Eyes of Taverna's holdings - they were sent to all players in this game; in the interest of brevity they are not repeated here). (Roebuck) - This is an offer of an open trade. Give Me 5 DP with Share Power (I get 4) and the names of 3 provinces. I will Divine Eye them and give You the readouts. Simple, isn't it... The High Seer of Roebuck, Robert Quick, may be reached at (address deleted in electronic version) The Pantheon One True Faith game #4 Vlad captures Hesse - A relatively small force of twisted dwarves and twisted humans moved from Trier into the agnostic province of Hesse. The centaur defenders were easily defeated. Financial collapse in Jutland - Nine newly destitute civilians committed suicide in Jutland after Joss engineered a run on the banks there. Joss destroys Halthor's armies - The God of Fortune used heavy rains to seal off Carinthia and Transylvania, preventing any retreat as He sent invading forces from Venice and Budapest. He won Transylvania without losses, and Carinthia with a bit more difficulty. Halthor lost valuable priests in both provinces. Tinuviel and Halthor chase each other across Germany - Halthor sent an army from Jutland into Holstein, sealing the border with heavy rains to prevent a retreat to Brunswick. There was no significant defense, as Tinuviel's army in Holstein had gone into Mecklenburg. They met no resistance in Mecklenburg because Halthor's army there had invaded Brandenburg, which they took without a battle. The end result was a lot of dead civilians as occupying troops from both sides put unbelievers to the sword. Tinuviel takes Brittany - The agnostics of Brittany surrendered to an elven army from Normandy, as the Goddess of Elves added some dwarves to Her worshippers. Up