Re: new pbm game in France : EPIC, king's chessboard

From: gilgamesh@csource.oz.au (Benjamin Hurwitz)

Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 22:34:27 +0000

roussin@frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Emmanuel Roussin) writes:

> I'm looking for informations about a new pbm game in France :
> "EPIC : king's chessboard", I hope that it's the same title in english,
> if it isn't, here is the presentation, the player must choose a country
> (forest, mountains, toundra...), the race (orc, human, elf, dwarf, dak,
> maratasen), the leader (warmaster, necromancer, magician, arch-priest,
> merchant prince, nomade king), two lesser leaders, 4 troops (infantry,
> archery, cavalry, lancers, catapult), there are already 2 troops
> (militia and a special troop).

This sounds very much like the RPIC game that we all use to play before legends
came along. In america it's (was?) run by Midnight Games and in Australia by
PBM games... It was a good game, and I played it for years... the trick is to
estimate where another guy started out and GO GET HIM!!! Beware however,
because if your going well then the amount of orders you need to send in can
get reasonably expensive.. in fact some of the winners from memory were getting
turn sheets an inch thick, and preparing a turn took a loooooong time...

Was there any particular question .. I was going very well with an orc
necromancer who took out 2 guys in the first 4 turns....

The other very obvious advice is to make strong alliances.. in fact the best
way  is to start out with a lot of friends, and hopefully youll start out
within helping distace of each other..

Regards

Benjamin.

From Benjamin Hurwitz      gilgamesh@csource.oz.au

References

new pbm game in France : EPIC, king's chessboard
roussin@frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Emmanuel Roussin)
Wed, 28 Oct 1992 19:01:55 +0000