New: Renaissance (commercial, open-ended, email, snail, mixed, historical, economic)

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

Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:13:04 +0000

Name:		Renaissance
Costs:		average $6 per turn
Frequency:		every 25 days
Email:		cxren@lycos.com
Type:		historical simulation, open-ended, in its 23rd year
Last-Update:		2003Jul10
Keywords: commercial, open-ended, email, snail, mixed, historical, economic

Description:

Renaissance is a historical simulation game set in the year 1493.

Participants play a historical family such as the Medici or the Tudors.

There is great historical detail delineating the game's 5,000+ historical
characters and 4,000+ locations set up to reflect their status in the year
1493.

Players can engage in exploration, warfare, commerce, various types of
manufacture, ecclesiastical activities, office seeking, or pursue
elevation within the feudal hierarchy.

This game is currently in its 23rd year of continuous play.

The GM's street address is Constantine Xanthos, 7080 NW 75 Street, Parkland
Florida, USA 33067.

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