New: Dead Men Tell No Tales (free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, historical, wargame, abstract)

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

Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:13:05 +0000

Name:		Dead Men Tell No Tales
Costs:		free
Frequency:		miminum once per week
Email:		waddle_thepenguin@yahoo.co.uk
Type:		fantasy, pirates, Royal Navy, Caribbean
Last-Update:		2003Nov03
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, historical, wargame,
abstract

Description:

Welcome to the Caribbean, the setting of the Dead Men Tell No Tales
PBEM, specifically the islands of Hispanola, Jamaica and their surroundings.

Although the setting is of a real place in our history, you will soon
find that all is not quite as it was. Ghost stories have a habit of
being more real than you would wish, strange creatures have been known
to walk the earth and swim the oceans depths, and finally magic can be
found in the darkest corners of the islands and the art of Voodoo
strikes terror into the strongest of hearts.

Although this game features real life locations and events from our
past this is not a reflection of the real world. In this game a little
fantasy has crept around the edges and the past is not quite as it seems.

The Caribbean used to be under control of the Spanish, which staved
off many attempts by the French and Dutch to arrest the Caribbean away
from Spain, but all that changed when the British Empire sailed into
its many ports.

Spain is still a sizeable force in the Caribbean but answers to the
British presence first and foremost, at least publicly. You can still
find Spaniards in all major ports and towns, but they no longer carry
as much weight as they used to.

The current year is 1690, and the Golden Age of Piracy has just begun.
The Caribbean islands have been firmly in the control of the British
Empire, for some time now and the waters are patrolled by the British
Navy, which is perhaps spread a little too thinly around the coast
lines. The majority of towns and colonies, mostly along the coastlines
of Hispanola and Jamaica, fall under the jurisdiction of a British Governor.

Up until 20 years ago piracy was, in a sense, legal. Captains of
independent vessels could apply for Letter of Marques, which allowed
them to seize or destroy a merchant vessel of another Nation. But
things eventually got out of hand, Letters were forged and piracy
became widespread.

In 1670 the British Government came to an agreement with Spain and
passed the Treaty of Madrid, putting an end to officially sanctioned
privateering. The Treaty of Madrid also marked the King of Spain
finally relinquishing all control of the Caribbean to the British. The
Kingdom of Spain has been diminishing within the Caribbean for the
last 20 years.

The Navy has attempted to wipe out the pirate threat in the Caribbean,
and to a certain extent they have, but there are still a number out
there, all causing trouble in their own unique ways.

This is a world of diplomacy and intrigue, piracy and adventure,
archaeology and exploration, swashbuckling and sorcery.

If you are interested in being involved in DMTNT then please e-mail me
with your age and past PBeMing experience.

Helen

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