Re: Duelmaster: What on Earth ???

From: hlavaty@crvax.sri.com ("James Hlavaty")

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1991 18:46:00 +0000

In article <dmc900.690677596@durras>, dmc900@durras.anu.edu.au (David M Clarke) writes...
>
>  Can someone please give me a summary of this duelmaster game.
>  Is it a Real-Mail pbm, or is it an Email pbm, or what ??
>
>thanks
>
>--
>   "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You booked my car. Prepare to Die."
>     Inigo Montoya to the Six Fingered Parking Inspector.
>     From the Cross Genre Classic "The Princess Blade Runner"
>  Osric - dmc900@fac.anu.edu.au

Duelmasters is a "real" pbm game if you mean one that requires turns to be
sent via snail mail and requires you to pay to play.  It is a gladiatorial
combat game where you have five characters with various D&D like
attributes, all of which affect their fighting ability.  Then you pick
one of ten "styles" that your warrior will be (forever), and then you fight
them against other warriors in your Arena (there are quite a few - fifty
perhaps?).  One of the neat things about the game is that the rules are
rather sparse - you mostly have to figure things out for yourself (thus the
recent discussions on the net).  The other neat thing is that as your
warriors fight they can learn things and get better, so it can be a form of
role-playing.

One of the biggest (and hardest) tricks to master is what character stats are
appropriate for which fighting styles; this is not obvious and a source of
constant discussion (and disagreement) among duelmaster players.

jim hlavaty

References

Duelmaster: What on Earth ???
dmc900@durras.anu.edu.au (David M Clarke)
Wed, 20 Nov 1991 22:53:16 +0000