New: Lords of the Earth X: Age of Imperialism (commercial, open-ended, email, mixed, historical, wargame, economic)

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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:13:05 +0000

Name:		Lords of the Earth X: Age of Imperialism
Costs:		Either $5.00 or $2.50/Turn
URL:		http://www.throneworld.com/lords/lote10
Frequency:		Once per Month
Email:		lords10@throneworld.com
Type:		Historical Wargame
Last-Update:		2003Jul19
Keywords: commercial, open-ended, email, mixed, historical, wargame, economic

Description:

Age of Imperialism is an open-ended, historical simulation currently set
in the mid-16th Century.  Players become the 'will' of their nation
controlling the religious, political, economic and miltary aspects either
directly or through the use of various Leaders, such as Kings, Queens,
Princes, Bishops, Khans, Viceroys and the like.

There are four types of Nations available for play: Religious Primacies,
Merchant Houses, Hordes and Open Nations.  Open Nations are typical
national entities like France, China or Peru.  Religious Primacies are
international religious organizations dedicated to spreading their
particular brand of faith (e.g. Roman Catholicism, Sunni Islam, Judiasm,
Shinto or Buddhism).  Merchant Houses are international organizations
dedicated to commerce and trade (e.g. Dutch and British East India
Companies).  Hordes are large nomadic groups of Steppe horsemen who can
strike without fear or mercy plundering everything in their wake (e.g.
Mongol Hordes of Ghengis Khan).

While there is a lot of on-the-surface action to be had - fighting wars,
conducting trade, converting the heathens, plundering the fat and lazy;
cloak-and-dagger espionage and assassination is also available *and*
encouraged.  The game is moderated by hand with some computer programs
that crunch all of the messy numbers for you.  Thus the only limits on
what your nation can do are based on your own creativity, diplomacy and
guile.

Rules are free and available for download on the website (in both ASCII
text and Adobe Acrobat PDF formats).  Nations that are immediately open
for play are also listed on the website.  Some of the smaller nations are
available for play at half cost -$2.50 (US)- per turn.	Each turn
represents three years of time in the game world.

*If you like wargames with a touch of realism minus mind-numbing logistics...
*If you like games where not everything you see is exactly what it seems...
*If you want have a chance at making history instead of being history...

LORDS OF THE EARTH 10: AGE OF IMPERIALISM is the game for you!

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