Re: BSE purchased by Rolling Thunder Games

From: support@us.dell.com (Kerry Harrison)

Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 09:35:51 +0000

In article <CxJLLo.vE@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
>From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
>Subject: BSE purchased by Rolling Thunder Games
>Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 04:25:00 GMT

>A post on Compuserve says that BSE was purchased by Rolling Thunder
>Games. I suppose this has been in the works for a while, because they
>claim that they have already rewritten some of the code. They have an
>offer that if you send in a copy of an old ship, they'll set it up at
>no charge. I wonder if they'll give me a 200,000 stellar colony, with
>8 year's additional growth?

Here's a copy of the announcement (downloaded from their BBS):

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                Capellan Periphery Times SPECIAL EDITION
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CPT SPECIAL EDITION                       11 October 1994 (Week 41, 194)
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                       Beyond The Stellar Empire
                   The Classic PBM/PBEM Space Opera
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           FLASH!!  BSE PURCHASED BY ROLLING THUNDER GAMES!!
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Rolling Thunder Games, Inc. is proud to announce the acquisition of the
classic space opera Beyond the Stellar Empire from Adventures by Mail,
Inc., with RTG gaining full control of every aspect of the game.  For
current BSE players, all turns and setups previously awaiting processing
are being mailed out, so if you've been waiting for a turn results
printout you should receive it within a few days.  Regular weekly
adjustments and colony printouts will resume starting on Monday, October
17th, 1994.  Free colony printouts for week 41 (this week) are in the
process of being mailed out now, so colony governors will have updated
status printouts to work from.  Turns should be sent directly to RTG
from now on--we will process your turns and kick them back out to you
promptly.

IT IS THE INTENTION OF ROLLING THUNDER GAMES TO RESURRECT THE GLORY DAYS
OF OLD THAT DEFINED THE GREATNESS OF BSE IN TIMES PAST.

Have you played BSE before?  It's going to be better than ever, and
we'll be moderating the game with our usual professional, award-winning
service.  We know what you want when it comes to the grand scope of a
space opera gaming environment--we're rounding up a crowd of grizzled,
power-hungry, battle-hardened starcaptains, the best and worst of the
bunch�-some of the most experienced gamers ever to gather in one place.
We've revamped a number of game systems that players have long asked to
be changed.

SEND US A COPY OF YOUR FORMER SHIP AND WE'LL SET IT UP AT NO CHARGE.  WE
WANT YOU BACK, AND WE WON'T INTERFERE WITH YOUR PLANS FOR GLORY.  GET IN
ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE NEW BSE, THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC SPACE OPERA.

Ah, you don't know what BSE is?  It's the original classic science
fiction space opera PBM game against which all others have been judged.
As a beginning player you are given a starship to operate in an area of
space known as the Capellan Periphery.  You'll encounter unexplored
worlds, alien invaders, hostile pirates and much, much more.  Set up
mining outposts, deploy ground parties and outfit your ship for battle.
Create a blackmarket to fence your smuggled contraband.  Hire agents to
do your dirty work.  You can even start your own colony complete with
factories, shipyards, starports, hospitals, casinos and more.  Play the
role of a starcaptain, colony governor, pirate, industrialist, merchant
or whatever else you choose.  Over 100 star systems exist for you to
explore and exploit, and new totally unexplored systems are waiting to
be found as well.  Each system has a map as does every world.  The level
of detail on each planet is incredible.  And you don't need to worry
about being a small fish in a sea of sharks�-BSE has a rich history,
with a variety of political and corporate factions vying for supremacy.
Your services are not only badly needed but are sure to be richly
rewarded by whatever affiliation you join.  Furthermore, we're offering
FREE SETUPS through the end of the year.  And since you can download the
rules in electronic format for FREE, well, it's hard to beat.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE GAME AND WHAT CHANGES
ROLLING THUNDER HAS IN STORE FOR IT, WE ARE HOSTING A SPECIAL CONFERENCE
ON THE COMPUSERVE INFORMATION NETWORK (CIS) IN THE PBMGAMES FORUM (GO
PBMGAMES) ON TUESDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 18TH, 1994 AT 9:00PM EASTERN
STANDARD TIME.  THAT MEANS 6:00PM FOR YOU WEST COAST GUYS.

WE WILL BE POSTING A TEXT FILE (THE FILE WILL BE COMPRESSED WITH PKZIP)
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DETAILING THE CHANGES WE HAVE IN STORE FOR
THE NEW BSE--CHECK THE FILE LIBRARIES FOR A FILE CALLED "UPDATE.BSE",
LOOK AT IT WITH ANY WORD PROCESSOR AND JOT DOWN ANY NOTES YOU MAY HAVE
FOR USE IN THE BSE CONFERENCE NEXT TUESDAY.  WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS!

IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE REVIVAL OF BSE AND HAVE AN ACTIVE HAND
IN IT'S EVOLUTION, SHOW UP AT THIS CONFERENCE!  GET INTO BSE AND YOU'LL
BE IN THE COMPANY OF SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN PBM HISTORY.  TELL YOUR
GAMING BUDDIES, FORMER BSE POWERMONGERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE YOU CAN THINK
OF. BE A PART OF THE NEW BSE.

If you want to ask questions about our plans for the game, show up next
Tuesday night and you'll get an earful of answers!  Let us know your
opinions on the game.  There's a good chance we've already added it in,
or have plans to do so, but you never know.  We want your input!
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                           ** BSE IS BACK **

** Special BSE Conference **
                 ** Tuesday Night, October 18th, 1994 **
               ** CompuServe Information Service (CIS) **
                           ** GO PBMGAMES **

** GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE NEW BSE **
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                       Beyond The Stellar Empire
                   The Classic PBM/PBEM Space Opera
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                      Rolling Thunder Games, Inc.
                              PO Box 1240
                      Broomfield, CO  80038-1240

Voice/Fax: (303) 466-8600
                        CompuServe:  71370,2707
                        America OnLine:  RTGames
                       Internet:  rtgames@aol.com
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References

BSE purchased by Rolling Thunder Games
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 12 Oct 1994 04:25:00 +0000