ATLANTISv2 atl-players-digest #143

From: csd@microplex.com (Christian Daudt)

Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Errors to csd@microplex.com
Now there should be a digest whenever (a) there are 10 emails
or (b) whenever there is an email waiting for more than 48 hours
for a digest to be completed.
So don't get worried if the digest has only 1 or 2 emails, that
just means the list has been slow.
(I hope it works)
If you want previous versions, they are available via WWW at
http://www.microplex.com/~csd/atlantisv2/
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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 10:43:28 -0400
From: roy@acasun.eckerd.edu (Jonathan Roy)
Subject: turnchecker is moving

I'm losing the roy@eckerd.edu address, so please send all future
turnchecking stuff to roy@pobox.com. Same subject of "turncheck" is
needed.

Please let anyone know that you have gotten hooked up with the turnchecker. :)
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 11:38:59 +1000 (EST)
From: Robert Henley <rhenley@st.nepean.uws.edu.au>
Subject: Re: atlantis - want a faction

On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, Stumble wrote:

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>      ( \o/ ) _______________________________________________ ( \o/ )
>      ( /|\ ) ----------------------------------------------- ( /|\ )
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> 	|	To whom it may cocern,				|
> 	|		Due to pressures in a dimension		|
> 	|	called "The Real World", the guiding forces	|
> 	|	behind the Silmaren Company are unable to 	|
> 	|	continue. Therefore, those forces are willing 	|
> 	|	to give control to any person expressing 	|
> 	|	iterest in controlling a faction. The Silmaren	|
> 	|	Company is a fairly new faction claiming some	|
> 	|	desert in the Jaca/Berridale region. Control 	|
> 	|	go to the first person to respond to this 	|
> 	|	letter. 					|
> 	|				Sincerely,		|
> 	|					Lord Isobel	|
>        	|							|
> 	|							|
>      ( \o/ ) _______________________________________________ ( \o/ )
>      ( /|\ ) ----------------------------------------------- ( /|\ )
>
>
> ................................The Silmaren Company      /~\       /~\
> .........................................Faction 890     |   \ . . /   |
> ................................Kirk D Knobelspiesse      \___\ X /___/
> .....................................kdk2963@rit.edu      /   / | \   \
> .........................http://www.rit.edu/~kdk2963      \__/  |  \__/
>
>plase tell me i the first to reply and get your faction i still fairly
new myself
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 15:15:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Perkmeister <dperkins@gps.northrop.com>
Subject: Gloves of Stength For Sales in Monzon

Gloves For Sale!  Gloves For Sale!  Gloves For Sales!

Gloves of Strength for Sale in Monzon For 1000 Silver.  If interested
contact me at:

dperkins@gps.northrop.com

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From: Mike Weldon <jmweldon@sdcc10.ucsd.edu>
Subject: ATLANTIS: PCP taking Jaca
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 12:52:30 -0700 (PDT)

To whom it may concern:

The PCP has invaded the peaceful city of Jaca. I was afraid at first
when I saw the size of their army. I was also a little confused as to
why a big, powerful alliance would come conquer an area made up entirely
of small newbie factions trying to scrape together some kind of living.

I read some of the correspondence that was being passed around and
I began to feel more at ease. They promised that despite their intentions
of conquering the city, that they would rule peacefully and justly. I
was begining to feel a little more comfortable.

Now a new situation has developed. The PCP has been trying to extort
magic items from the mages in Jaca. They have said, in so many words,
that they could either produce items for them or risk their wrath. And
now, most recently, I have found that I have been placed on their
"hitlist". It seems that they had no intention of contacting me at all.
They were simply going to eliminate my faction. I have never done
anything to them, and yet they feel the need to destroy me. Why is
that?

Are these the actions of a peaceful and just ruler? Jaca will fall
this coming turn and I may fall as well. And after that, the PCP will
likely eliminate all the newbie factions in the Jaca area. All I can
say is why does PCP feel it necessary to destroy a bunch of newbies.

I can't wait for Atlantis 3.

Mike Weldon
Order of the Grey Wolf

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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 18:03:42 -0400
From: lam@diamond.eng.tridom.com (Larry Morris)
Subject: Re: ATLANTIS: PCP taking Jaca

The Crimson Robes, a modest Pirate faction, feel compelled to respond to
this obvious slander. We thought about hiring the services of Lance
Lunchnik and the Litigators to file suit, but then a more obvious and
less costly solution occurred to us! But to set the record straight:

> To whom it may concern:
>
>    The PCP has invaded the peaceful city of Jaca.

*Peaceful??* Hmmm. Followers of the Times and player-list may draw their
own conclusions. We can say with some authority that Jaca will very soon
become peaceful, at least as *we* define the term ;-)

> I was afraid at first
> when I saw the size of their army. I was also a little confused as to
> why a big, powerful alliance would come conquer an area made up entirely
> of small newbie factions trying to scrape together some kind of living.

Why, so that we can choose a couple of Pirate-minded factions and help them
not *have* to scrape by? Or maybe we're just bad-tempered. ;-)

Yer either with us or agin' us, mate. We treat our magic factions right!
And if any of our fair readers are oppressed and stifled mages, selling
potions just to get by, frightened of the big bad war-factions next door,
just a note to our mate Khaine (vlatimer@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au) could
turn your fortunes around!

>
>    Are these the actions of a peaceful and just ruler?

Nah, sounds like a bunch of Pirates to me. ;-)

>    I can't wait for Atlantis 3.
>

Me neither! Now *that's* gonna be one nice, peaceful game with none of
this nasty bloodshed... ;-) ;-)

>
> Mike Weldon
> Order of the Grey Wolf
>
>
Crimson Robes (60)
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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 20:21:07 +1000 (EST)
From: Vaughan Latimer <vlatimer@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au>
Subject: NEW AGE!

~This is the new age!

THE AGE OF GROO!!

"Why?" you ask!

Becuase it will soon be the time of unthinking/ random violence!

Remember: MULCH is good for you!

Brought to you by;

Brother Khaine.
Bringing the word of GROO to Atlantis!

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From: Michael Omotayo Akinde <strategy@iesd.auc.dk>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 15:03:52 +0100
Subject: Re: ATLANTIS: PCP taking Jaca

>    The PCP has invaded the peaceful city of Jaca. I was afraid at first
> when I saw the size of their army. I was also a little confused as to
> why a big, powerful alliance would come conquer an area made up entirely
> of small newbie factions trying to scrape together some kind of living.

Maybe so that those small newbie factions don't become bothersome veteran
players?

>    I read some of the correspondence that was being passed around and
> I began to feel more at ease. They promised that despite their intentions
> of conquering the city, that they would rule peacefully and justly. I
> was begining to feel a little more comfortable.

Are you naive or what?

>    Now a new situation has developed. The PCP has been trying to extort
> magic items from the mages in Jaca. They have said, in so many words,
> that they could either produce items for them or risk their wrath. And
> now, most recently, I have found that I have been placed on their
> "hitlist". It seems that they had no intention of contacting me at all.
> They were simply going to eliminate my faction. I have never done
> anything to them, and yet they feel the need to destroy me. Why is
> that?

Hmmm - maybe because you didn't make any move to contact them?

>    Are these the actions of a peaceful and just ruler? Jaca will fall
> this coming turn and I may fall as well. And after that, the PCP will
> likely eliminate all the newbie factions in the Jaca area. All I can
> say is why does PCP feel it necessary to destroy a bunch of newbies.

Peaceful and just ruler? Where? Where? There is no such thing, at least
not in Atlantis. :-)

>    I can't wait for Atlantis 3.

Do you honestly think Atlantis 3 is going to be any better? Now I know you
are naive. :-)

Regards,

The Legate,
Dragon Legions (93).
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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 10:31:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Marc Siegel <ae485@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
Subject: Re: ATLANTIS: PCP taking Jaca

Unsubcribe me.

Marc Siegel

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 23:08:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rob Peters <robpeter@access.digex.net>
Subject: Attacking

Can some of you more versed than I in the nicities of combat answer the
following?  It's not clear from the rules if when an attack takes place:
a) does only the defender get support from adjacent hexes or b) does both
the attacker and defender get support. e.g. if I have a single scout in
hex 1,1 and massive numbers of troops in hex 1,2, and the scout in hex 1,1
attacks a unit, do the troops in hex 1,2 automatically support the attack
by the scout?  If it's not automatic, is there a way to direct the troops
in hex 1,2 to support the attack in hex 1,1? Or is it that defenders have
an advantage in that only they are supported by their units in adjacent
hexes?  I.e. must all attacking units be in the hex where the attack takes
place?

Thanks a lot. The fate of nations hangs in the balance, etc.  Rob