What is Olympia? From: skrenta@blekko.rt.com (Rich Skrenta) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1992 09:30:18 +0000 [I thought I'd better explain what Olympia is before I'm flooded with questions prompted by my _Olympia Times_ posting.] What is Olympia? ================ Olympia is a computer moderated fantasy simulation. Characters, monsters and other entities move, battle, explore and study in the Olympian world. Each turn players submit orders for their characters. After the simulation runs, Olympia will send reports on the outcome of these orders, encounters with other characters, and end-of-turn statistics to the players. Olympia is set in a low technology fantasy world. Characters do not have fixed races or goals. They may study whatever skills they believe will be useful and pursue goals as they find them. An aspiring heroic fighter may purchase weapons, study combat and slay monsters. Business-minded individuals may study the art of trade and commerce and create a profitable trading empire. The study of magic could furnish tools to advance other dark plans. Olympia turn reports tend to be long, detailed and dense. Since your player character may hire other units which can study, move and fight on their own, quite large factions of characters may be organized. Supplying orders for many units in a large faction can be a lot of work! An Olympian Province ==================== What does Olympia look like? Here is a typical province description. The turn report includes a description for each province that a player's characters can see. Cnossa [204], plain region, population: 6,520 Routes leaving Cnossa: [1024] East, wilderness, to Aldain [233], 9 days [1033] River Estil, northeast, river, to Baraxes [232], 4 days [1075] Southeast, wilderness, to Ossicus [230], 16 days [1077] West, wilderness, to Aerondor [215], 17 days Market report: Market Cnossa [402], market item description buys at sells for weight ---- ----------- ------- --------- ------ 4 riding horse 713 783 200 cap 250 5 small boat 80 90 100 cap 500 11 bronze shield 14 17 13 arm 2 14 javelin 2 3 6 wpn 8 Region features: Imperial Palace [3000], citadel The Archives [3225], tower, guild [3125], teaches lore research, stacked over: 1) Osswid [501], player character, lightly armed Posted in Cnossa: Sign [6008], posted by Hyren Baranur [522]: "Here in Cnossa lives Hyren Baranur, a peaceful former trader, retired explorer, and novice weaponsmith. All Drassans welcome to have a chat." Seen here: Hyren Baranur [522], player character, stacked over: 1) Hyren's workers [1166], number: 8 Xanthus [1127], individual Stygian Hauling Company [1235], individual, faction [537] Sample Orders ============= Here is a simple set of orders for two entities. entity 503 study combat 10 study trade 10 move 1001 entity 1081 study combat 30 attack 502 How to Join =========== New players will be added as soon as I expand the world a bit. This should be within a week or two. ----------------------------- cut here ---------------------------- Welcome to Olympia! Edit this form and mail it to olympia@rt.com to join. What is your name? What is your email address? What is your character's name (maximum 34 characters and spaces)? Password to send in with your orders (optional): ----------------------------- cut here ---------------------------- [Olympia, its rules, documentation and game text are Copyright 1992 by Richard Skrenta. All rights reserved.] Up