Ancient Times 1/95a

From: keith.langley@mdcs.com (Keith Langley)

Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 18:48:56 +0000

Ancient Times
"All the news that's fit to chisel"
(Game #3 of Ancient Empires)
Winter Solstice, year 2 A.A.  Issue # 95-01
Electronic version, message 1 of 2
This message contains news of ANCIENT EMPIRES; the following message
carries news of ONE TRUE FAITH.

Sorry for the delays this month; December has been "interesting" - some
good, some bad but all distracting.  Things are back on schedule now.

Slatra joins Kenday - The rest of Kenday united with Slatra to form a
larger empire.  Kenday has also acquired 3 more villages in Eton.

Rosel's support in Yealin grows - The village of Tieka in Yealin joined
the pro-Rosel revolt there.

Thorta falls into anarchy as people oppose Schloss - The King of Thorta
signed a treaty merging his country with Schloss; widespread revolt
followed as Thorta's territorial barons refused to go along with the
treaty.  Schloss controls the capital, Venara, and two other villages.

Royal elopement and scandal topple Monolan government - Prince Preston
of Monola eloped with Princess Dian of Gython following his father's
refusal of Gython's marriage offer.  The King of Monola disinherited his
son, but supporters of the prince stormed the palace and imprisoned the
King.  Preston now heads a pro-Gython government in Monola.

Gython's influence grows in wake of Monolan coup - Five villages in
Bodan and one in Ardic petitioned for membership in the growing Gython
Empire.

Overview of territorial expansion - Following are the nations that have
expanded their territories, with their holdings:
ATARO owns all of Hioken.
GYTHON owns all of Monola, two villages in Ardic and five in Bodan.
KENDAY owns five villages in Eton and five in Slatra.
ROSEL owns two villages in Yealin and one in Jurong.
SCHLOSS owns all of Ezak, all of Hopran, and the capital and two
villages in Thorta.

Antediluvian Times
(Game #2 of Ancient Empires)

Potter liberated by Canan forces - Facing 10 to 1 odds, the commander of
Rodetan's forces at Potter, Cana surrendered his fort and troops to
Cana.

Royal wedding links Horsel to Sumatray - The wedding of Emperor
Mauritius du Saxe, Emperor of Sumatray and Protector of Egham to
Princess Margaret Ross of Horsel, leader of a reformist rebel movement
against her father the King, was held with great splendor and ceremony.
Almost 5,000 Sumatrayan warriors were knighted in a mass ceremony of
investiture, and promised land grants in Horsel when the current ruler,
Margaret's father, is overthrown.  During the ceremony the barons of
four villages in Tasmal swore fealty to the royal couple.

Maritime disasters claim two galleys - In unrelated incidents, a
Sumatrayan round galley and a Midodan round galley struck rocks or reefs
and sank while trying to get in close to shore, in shallow and
treacherous waters.  Although many ships have experienced minor loss of
life or cargo, these are the first entire ships lost while trying to
unload or load in locations without proper port facilities.

Eton falling to Rhodes - After several unsuccessful attempts to gain
diplomatic influence in Eton, Rhodes finally began achieving impressive
results as five villages in that country declared their allegiance to
Rhodes.

Rhodian colony idea abandoned - It was revealed today that a small
inhabited island was found several hundred miles east of Rhodes, further
than anyone else had explored.  The discovery was kept secret for months
while Rhodes studied the possibilities of exploiting the new land.  The
idea was finally given up as hopeless; the natives are primitive and
unremittingly hostile, the land is barren and without mineral wealth,
and the seas are too dangerous to permit reliable communication.  The
Rhodian Maritime Institute (and the G.M.) believe that there is no
exploitable land outside the known world.

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