Re: Addition to the PBM List -- new VGA-planets-like game From: asp@marvin.df.lth.se (Paul Asperup) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 19:49:45 +0000 In article <Ct8Dr1.70y@murdoch.acc.virginia.edu>, Greg Lindahl <gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU> wrote: >Two updates, one about sports and one about a wargame: > >1. The Formula 1 Pick 6 guessing game rules are (soon) available as: > >ftp.cp.tn.tudelft.nl:/pub/pbm/misc/formula_1_pick_6_rules.gz > >BTW, in case you're wondering what's going on with the FTP sites, >Bryan McDonald hasn't had a chance to install the mirroring software >to run on a regular basis. This means that ftp.cp.tn.tudelft.nl is >up-to-date with the centralized archive, but ftp.erg.sri.com is 3 >weeks out of date. Bryan promises me he'll install the software soon. >In addition, we soon should have ftp.funet.fi as our european site, >replacing tudelft, as Frits is getting a real job and leaving grad >school. > >2. Oh yeah, the VGA-Planets like game. Here's the entry: > >Game: Medieval War >Ftp from: ftp.cp.tn.tudelft.nl:/pub/pbm/misc > >Description: > >From the README file, looks like a game very similar to xconq >or Empire Deluxe, mentioned above. Can be played single-player >or play-by-mail; your cities build units and you move them >around. In play-by-mail mode, you do one turn, save the game, >mail the save-file off to the other players, they play a move, >mail it back, and so forth. > >Requires Windows 3.1. Shareware. > >Followups set to rec.games.pbm. Do you have a file name for this Medieval War? I couldn't find any relevant file in that directory. -- Paul Asperup E-mail: Phone: Orsholmsgangen 4B asp@df.lth.se + 46 40 911196 S - 217 42 MALMO Fax: SWEDEN + 46 40 911196 (Call voice first) Referenced By Up