New Game: BARTER

From: prune@myrddyn.hf.intel.com.ogi.edu

Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 22:49:19 +0000

I am starting a pbem game called Barter.  There are four races involved:
Wolley, Sacha, Dran, and Lob-lob.  Each race has one strength and one weakness.
If you want to play, send me your choice of race and your preferred email path.
You will receive several data blurbs, a list of resource "chips", and the email
paths to the other players.
   The object of the game is to trade data blurbs and chips to the greatest
advantage.  At the end of the game, one month after its beginning, you will
mail me your selected choice of chips.  I will score each submission according
to the rules and post the final scores in this group.
   The scoring rules are entirely contained in the data blurbs.  Each player
will begin with the same number of data blurbs and the same number of chips.
Every data blurb will be sent to more than one player, so no one player will
have sole control over any datum.
   You may trade information as you see fit.  To trade chips, each party
involved must send me a description of the trade.  If all the descriptions are
consistent, I will approve the trade and send each player a summary of the
current set of chips owned.  If the descriptions are inconsistent, I will deny
the trade and specify the grounds.  Trades may involve transfers of information
as well, but I will not oversee, enforce, or acknowledge the transfer of any
information; that will be up to the players' diplomacy and gaming spirit.

I am prepared to adapt the game to almost any number of players, although I
may split it into separate worlds if I get too many signing up.  If you'd like
to play, send me email by 14 March.  I will verify mail paths and begin the game
by 20 March.
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