Occasional Newsletter - Play by Electron Games From: Mark Thomas <thomas@NOSPAMpbegames.com> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:27:10 +0000 =================================== [August 20, 2002] Welcome to Play By Electron Games' occasional newsletter. This issue contains information on Eldritch, Iron Kings, Monsters!, and Conquest of the Stars. Please direct questions or comments to: moderator@pbegames.com Main web site: http://www.pbegames.com =================================== Free Games As always, Monsters! games are free: http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#monsters Eldritch Trial Game: http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#G102 Iron Kings Trial Game: http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#G103 =================================== Eldritch News Eldritch on the web: http://www.pbegames.com/eldritch Eldritch is a fantasy/strategy game of exploration and conquest for a variable number of players. Each player controls a group of champions and units in a fantasy world where they can build an empire, explore the world, engage in trade, or study powerful magic. Eldritch is computer-moderated, and each game is either open-ended, or runs until victory conditions are achieved. Eldritch games with starts available: ------------------------- G102 - Clash of Blades This is a FREE introductory open-ended game of Eldritch. Each player begins the game with a standard starting position and can do with it as they like. Each position allows 10 turns of play. New players can join G102 at any time. Turns run weekly. http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#G102 ------------------------- G203 - Retribution This will be a close-ended victory point game running with a hard turn limit. This game is in the signup phase and not yet running. Turns will be run weekly. http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#G203 From the introduction: For many decades the Wild Men lived in peace among the foothills and plains that lay at the feet of the mighty Black Wall Mountains. They lived a pastoral life with little conflict or grief. Then came the great earthquake that shook the world. Legend says the great serpent that holds the world upon its back tried to escape its eternal task, only to be rechained by the gods themselves. When the lands were calm once again, the tribes were astonished to see great rents in the earth, leading deep underground. They were even more surprised when hordes of fierce foes poured forth. The simple Wild Men were driven before the massed forces that rose from the deeps. Many were slain, many enslaved, but those few that escaped the onslaught took to the sea and ventured across the ocean to the coastal islands that were common in this part of the world. These tattered remnants of a once peaceful and friendly people were forever changed by the loss of their homes. Many years have passed since the Wild Men fled. On the islands they have multiplied and prospered. Great cities have been built and the secret of iron has been unlocked. Mighty fleets gather in the harbors, and armies prepare to embark upon the last their lifelong quest for retribution. ------------------------- G400 - Broken Realms This is a standard open-ended game of Eldritch set in a fairly large world. The setting is ideal for players who want a bit of elbow room to explore and expand. Turns run weekly. http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#G400 ------------------------- G401 - Mountains of Chaos This is a standard open-ended game of Eldritch set in a very crowded environment. New factions join the game in the heart of the Four Kingdoms and will quickly have to become involved in negotiations with existing factions to establish themselves. Turns run every other week. http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#G401 For an excellent player commentary on this game: http://www.pbegames.com/lists/elist.2002/1110.html Eldritch games in progress: ------------------------- Eldritch G201 - Cauldera of Kings This is a close-ended, victory point game, now on turn 37. This game continues to be a bloody affair, with multiple small alliances dueling for position and eventual victory. Chronicle excerpt: Coalition Against FOUL [F8] writes: We report that FOUL has retreated from the Mantid lands in and around Kedsty. Apparently, they have realized that they can't spread their forces too thin. If they have not already done so, they will soon realize that their adventurism to the North was a big mistake. For we not give up, and we will stop FOUL from attaining the Throne! ------------------------- Eldritch G202 - War of the Dark Kingdoms This is a close-ended, victory point game now on turn 25. After a quiet start, things are beginning to heat up as the Orcish Warlords vie for position on the surface. Strong human and elven resistance continues to be a threat, though at least one warlord has boasted of taking over a human city. Chronicle excerpt: Now dat's more like it! Nuttin's quite like a bit a hed-bashin ta get tings movin. 'course, I reckon dat its bettah when it ain't yer head dats da one bein' bashed, ya know? I guess we jus gotta wait 'n see whos gonna git it taday. =================================== Iron Kings News Iron Kings on the web: http://www.pbegames.com/ironkings Iron Kings is a game of medieval conflict based on the Eldritch engine. Iron Kings sprang from discussions on the Eldritch mailing list and is, in a sense, Eldritch without the fantasy element. In Iron Kings there are no fantastic creatures or spells. Marching legions rather than powerful mages are the focus of the game. Iron Kings games with starts available: ------------------------- G103 - Fields of War This is a FREE introductory open-ended game of Iron Kings. Each player begins the game with a standard starting position and can do with it as they like. Each position allows 10 turns of play. New players can join G103 at any time. Turns run weekly. http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#G103 ------------------------- G302 - Homelands Each player in this game begins the game controlling one city and a significant military force. Victory is achieved by gaining control of the ancient capital of Talimon. Turns will be run weekly once the game starts. http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#G302 Iron Kings games in progress: ------------------------- G301 - Homelands The first scenario game of Iron Kings is now on turn 33. Bloodshed continues as the three major alliances in the game stage naval assaults on their neighbors. Chronicle excerpt: the Moon Toad Tribe [F10] writes: The Highmen do not appreciate the land. They overharvest and let the fruit of the land lay about and spoil. They cut into the earth to steal it's life, billow smoke to the stars and lay forests low. Their blacksmiths hammer from dawn to dusk, yet the fruit of their industry lays about in piles upon the earth from whence it came. Such excess...such avarice...such neglect! The Highmen would kill a bison to make a flyswatter from the tail and leave the rest to rot. When we kill a bison little more than the dung is left. When we finish with the Sons of the Sun, they will wish they *were* the dung of a bison! =================================== Monsters! News Monsters! is a simple play-by-email game suitable for a newcomer to the hobby. Monsters! orders are quick and easy. Free Monsters! games are now running on a regular basis. Monsters! on the web: http://www.pbegames.com/monsters To sign up for Monsters!: http://www.pbegames.com/signup/#monsters Monsters! games are first-come first-served, with a new game starting every two to three weeks depending on signups. =================================== Conquest of the Stars Regretfully, development on Conquest of the Stars has been suspended due to time constraints. Hopefully this project can be restarted in the future. =================================== Play By Electron Games contacts Moderator: moderator@pbegames.com Orders: orders@pbegames.com Email server: server@pbegames.com (send empty message for help) Web: http://www.pbegames.com An Amazon.com Associate: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/playbyelectro-20 We hope you've found this newsletter enjoyable. Please direct any comments or feedback to moderator@pbegames.com. 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