ANNOUNCING Judgment Day PBEM Game (FREE)

From: ksienert@nyx.cs.du.edu (Karl Sienerth)

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 13:15:44 +0000

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I will be moderating a new game of Judgment Day (v1.0),
to be played via Email (FREE, of course).

For those of you who are unfamiliar
with this game, I quote from the Rules sheet:

"Judgment Day is a game of Global Conquest and Thermonuclear War for up to 61
players. The scenario is as follows: In the 22nd century, astronomers
discovered a habitable planet in the Alpha Centauri star system. A fleet of
colony ships was soon launched. After decades of travel, a colony was founded
on the planet. The land area of the planet consists of a single small, square
continent, which the colonists divided up into politically autonomous regions.
Now, many years after the landing, warlords have gained power in some of the
regions, and global war appears imminent."

The game is copyrighted to Russell Wallace, who has given me permission
to moderate it in the style described below.

Since I have not moderated this game before, the initial game will consist
of only four players, so that I may "get my feet wet" before moderating
a larger game.  The first four players from whom I receive confirmation
will play this initial game.  NEWBIES ARE WELCOME!
The four who play the initial game will automatically be given "spots" on
the first subsequent game to be played (as "payment" for putting up with an
uninitiated GM!).
Furthermore, any prospective players who apply, but are not among the
first four, will be given first chance at a future game.

I anticipate that, after this initial game is complete (or at least well
underway), I will moderate at least two games simultaneously:  one for
CLUELESS NEWBIES to PBEMing, and one for VETERANS of ANY PBEM game.

The rules for the game are relatively simple, and can be obtained by anonymous
FTP from ftp.cp.tn.tudelft.nl or ftp.erg.sri.com (/pub/pbm/judgment_day) as the
GZIPed file "judgment.rules.gz". Note that you must unzip the program using
gzip (available from ftp.cp... in the /pub/pbm directory as the file
gzip-1.2.4.msdos.exe).

I will ATTEMPT to Email the rules file to any who request it, but will NOT DO SO
if the number of requests is overwhelming.  PLEASE FTP/unzip the file yourself
if you have the ability and expertise.

Additional information regarding specific game play
will be given after confirmation.

To apply, send the following info to me by Email (ksienert@nyx.cs.du.edu)
with the subject line "APPLY JD":

Name:
Email address:
Are you a NEWBIE to Judgement Day?: Yes/No
Are you a NEWBIE to PBEM games?: Y/N
I have read the rules: Y/N
[CONFIRMED: Y/N]

You may apply initially without confirmation; I will answer all questions
which I am able to, and will attempt to direct you to proper sources for
answers which I cannot supply.
Please DO NOT CONFIRM your application unless you have read the rules, and are
SURE you are going to play.

Hope to hear from some of you . . .
                                                        KDS