Starting Castlerock From: ac829@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrew Hopkinson) Date: Sun, 05 Jun 1994 19:37:52 +0000 **********************ATTENTION ALL PBM WARGAMERS************************** Are you a die-hard wargamer who likes a good challenge? Do you like lots of rules and competing against other players? If so, this could be the game for you! The game is called Castlerock. It is a wargame set in a medieval/fantasy world for 10 players. You are an upstart baron trying to control the production on Castlerock island as well as fend off your enemies who trying to do the same! Each barony is a different race; elf, dwarf, orc, half-elf, gnome, human - you name it. Each race has its own unique special abilities and/or troops. In addition to purchasing armies, you also control 3 spellcasters who research the mysterious locations on the island in order to gain to spells which will help you in your conquests. The complete rules are very long (60+ pages) due to the fact that the game is not completely automated. The replies are in text format, there is no graphic interaction, although you do get a map. You can get the map either in .gif format (2 sides about 1/2 meg each), unix compressed postscript (good for printing, about 300k/side) or uncompressed postscript (2 megs per side). Turns will be processed every week. The first 2 turns will be free, but after that I will be charging $2/turn (canadian), therefore playing outside of North America my not be feasable. The game has been well play-tested for over 5 years and is almost everyone who has played it agrees that it's a great game. If you're interested you can look at the the condensed version of the rules and the map(s) which are at the following ftp site: ftp.cp.tn.tudelft.nl in the directory /pub/pbm/Incoming. The rules are condensed and are called castlerock.txt, the gif version of the map is called crmapr.gif (right side) and crmapl.gif (left side). The postscript version is called crmapr.ps.Z and crmapl.ps.Z respectively. Note that these are unix compressed. If you are still interested, email me and I'll send you the complete rules as well as the soonest starting date. -- Andrew Hopkinson | "Truth is stranger than Nixon." -Me ac829@Freenet.Carleton.Ca | ahopkins@ccs.carleton.ca | Up