New: Empires of the Middle Sea (free, closed-ended, email, computer, historical, gui, wargame)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:13:00 +0000

Name:		Empires of the Middle Sea
Costs:		free
Frequency:		one per week
Email:		emg.pbm zat shaw.ca
URL:		http://members.shaw.ca/emg.pbm/emg.htm
Type:		ancient war game,  pbem, strategy, diplomacy, empire building
Last-Update:		2004Nov20
Keywords: free, closed-ended, email, computer, historical, gui, wargame

Description:

Alexander has been dead for a generation, his Empire dispersed and his
deeds have merged with myth. New powers have arisen from the vacuum. Near
the pillars of Hercules Carthage has emerged as a regional super-power and
the fledgling Rome has finally crushed the rebellious Samnites and holds
the Italian core in its iron fist. To the east, in Alexander's old empire
the sons of the last of the successor dynasties squabble over fabulously
rich lands. Ptolemy II rules Egypt and spars with Antiochus I of the
eastern Empire of  Seleucia. Antigonus II has seized Thrace from the ill
fated son of Lysimmachus and aims to be crowned king of Macedon. Pyrrhus I
of Epirus is the current king of Macedon in name only, and has temporarily
turned his eye to the Greek colonies in Italy. The world is in flux from
the Indus to the Atlantic, it is a time of change, new empires are rising
to challenge the established order and for the first time for generations
the barbarians are forging south, forced from their northern borderlands
and intent on richer lands to pillage and settle. It is 280 BC and the age
of the Empires of the Middle Sea.

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