New: Empire of Ashes (free, open-ended, www, human, historical, wargame, rpg, abstract)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:19:50 +0000

Name:		Empire of Ashes
Costs:		Totally free to play.
Frequency:		up to the author. We ask for one post a week, if
you can manage, but we don't insist!
Email:		leonida_1uk zat yahoo.co.uk
URL:		http://www.empireofashes.invisionzone.com
Type:		co-operative writing, rpg
Last-Update:		2006Mar15
Keywords: free, open-ended, www, human, historical, wargame, rpg, abstract

Description:

Empire of Ashes Forum is at http://www.empireofashes.invisionzone.com

Empire of Ashes Video Trailer (caution, has sound so if you view at work,
be careful) is at
http://video.freevideoblog.com/player.aspx?fileid=18415E68-3471-481F-91BE-
DF383FBCD15B

Fifteen years have passed since the death of the Alexander..

His empire was left "to the strongest" and every man now thinks of making
himself a King.

The ancient empire of Persia has become a playground for Macedonian
noblemen who wield power they could never even have begun to imagine in
their mountainous homelands. The armies of the successor kingdoms stand
ready to unleash war upon each other on a scale never before imagined.

Against this backdrop other kingdoms plot and scheme - the Greeks do not
bend the knee easily to any foreigner and the Macedonian yoke begins to
chafe, whilst in the west the maritime empire of Carthage watches as the
City of Rome struggles to establish itself on the Italian peninsula, and
in the great forests of the north fierce barbarian tribes paint their
faces for war, whilst casting envious eyes over the wealthy lands of the
decadent civilised nations�

Join Empire of Ashes to take part in this titanic struggle as a new world
is forged in the wake of one mans death. Lead mighty armies and prove
yourself before your peoples gods, or politic and scheme with the
duplicitous ambassadors of foreign nations. You can champion liberty and
the rights of the demos or stamp them beneath your heel and declare
yourself King of Kings.

Whatever you want to do theirs room to do it in this mixture of RPG and
Sim where history is being rewritten!

Empire of Ashes Forum is at http://www.empireofashes.invisionzone.com

Empire of Ashes Video Trailer (caution, has sound so if you view at work,
be careful) is at
http://video.freevideoblog.com/player.aspx?fileid=18415E68-3471-481F-91BE-
DF383FBCD15B

Well - that's the blurb

Empire of Ashes is a co-operative storytelling forum set in the ancient
world. Its  run much like a fanfiction in that we all write our chapters
and interact with the other players.

The Game is set after the death of Alexander the Great (the Diadochi
period), and is based largely on the game Rome: Total War, in that most
players represent a different faction (for instance, I - with my very
original name - play the Queen of Sparta) - the Romans, the Gauls, the
Macedonians, the Persians and pretty much any culture you can think of.

Women are very active on our board because we do deviate from history in
that women have a more prominent role than they did in the real world.
Queen, warrior, stateswoman, gladiatrix...anything the guys can do, we can
do  (only better *lol*).

We also have soundtrack albums, which you can access if you are an active
member of the group (its password protected is all).

One thing worth saying - EOA is a "post-lite" group. Many Gaming forums
out there hammer their members for a post quota, forgetting that the "G"
in RPG stands for "game." Not us! EOA is something we do in our spare
time, for fun. Most of our members are in the 20s to 30s age bracket,
which means we have partners, kids, jobs, family time and a dozen other
things that keep us away from "gaming." We only ask that you try to post
once a week. More is great (most do between 2/3 per week on average), but
the "post-lite" rule (if you can call it a rule) works well for everyone.

Anyhow - I hope this is something you fancy trying out! If you have any
questions, please do not hesistate to contact me on
leonida_1uk zat yahoo.co.uk or simply post up in the  General Discussion
thread on our forum. We do give any new member individual attention, a
mentor if they need one and help in getting set up as started as
quickly...or as slowly as they like.

Hope to see you there!

Empire of Ashes Forum is at http://www.empireofashes.invisionzone.com

Empire of Ashes Video Trailer (caution, has sound so if you view at work,
be careful) is at
http://video.freevideoblog.com/player.aspx?fileid=18415E68-3471-481F-91BE-
DF383FBCD15B

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