Re: What are you playing

From: summers@cs.utah.edu (Jim Summers)

Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 22:42:55 +0000

>The best fantasy-oriented game I've found has been Alamaze.  Unfortunately,
...some other games...
>Legends:  This is the most ambitious fantasy-oriented game currently out.
>It has a strong D&D feel to it, with 300 players per game, spread over a
>large map.  You have complete freedom in designing your characters, and can
>play the game as a role-playing game or as an empire-building game, as you
>prefer.  It's new enough that I don't know yet whether it will live up to
>its potential.

I am in two games of legends, and I can say that it does live up to
its name.  There are a variety of options at setup, including size
(just characters [choice of HERO or party], or characters with
population under their control [merc or realm]), Race, weapons, spells
(a very complete list, with 9 different spellcaster types), skills
(magic user, thief, spy, Administrator, priest, ect.)

I started with a party (humans, elves, half-elves, and dwarves) and
have now added 5 followers plus a couple large towns (I rival a realm
in size, with much better starting characters).  There are 3
rulebooks, plus the moldule. Races, religions, victory conditions, and
map all change from module to module, there are currently 2 available.
A have dropped all other games to play in this one, it is wonderfully
complex.
oh yeah, it is put out by Midnight Games, address/more info available
upon request.

LostBoy
jim

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Re: What are you playing
dani@netcom.UUCP (Dani Zweig)
Fri, 04 Jan 1991 05:01:42 +0000