New: Perdido Street Station PBEM (free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg) From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl) Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 07:13:00 +0000 Name: Perdido Street Station PBEM Email: wilbl001@students.unisa.edu.au Frequency: one per week Type: fantasy steampunk RPG URL: http://www.perdido.vze.com Costs: Free Last-Update: 2001May15 Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg Description: The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre of the world. Humans, mutants and arcane races brood in the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the river is sluggish with unnatural effluent, and factories and foundries pound into the night. For more than a thousand years the Parliament and its brutal militia have ruled here over a vast economy of workers and artists, spies and soldiers, magicians, junkies and whores. Perdido Street Station PBEM is based on China Mieville's brilliant fantasy/steampunk novel of the same name. The game is set after the events of the novel, when the City-State Republic of New Crobuzon is apparently returning to what passes for calm there. But behind the scenes there are repercussions and consequences that could again make the streets of the city a hunting-ground... Please visit the website at www.perdido.vze.com for details on joining, posting guidelines, and so forth. [ This is a new entry for the PBM List. You can find the list itself, and instructions for adding games or comments, at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/ -- greg ] Up