New: Mandragora series, The (commercial, closed-ended, email, snail, human, fantasy, german, rpg)

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 20:13:01 +0000

Name:		Mandragora series, The
Email:		mandragora@novagames.u-net.com
Frequency:		monthly
Type:		fantasy RPG
URL:		http://www.novagames.u-net.com/
Costs:		10 GB pounds/startup (manual and 2 turns). 3 GB pounds turn
Last-Update:		2001Feb07
Keywords: commercial, closed-ended, email, snail, human, fantasy, german, rpg

Description:

The Mandragora series is our forthcoming role-playing game set in the
island kingdom of Lonaraban, a place of intrigue and dark magic. In it,
players take the role of one of the inhabitants of the isle, the
Mandragora.

The Mandragora series is Nova Games forthcoming role-playing game set in
the island kingdom of Lonaraban, a place of intrigue, treachery, and dark
magic. In it, players take the role of one of the inhabitants of the Isle,
the Mandragora.�

The Mandragora are a race magically created centuries ago to participate
in a devastating war, by the War Wizards of the Etruscan Empire. With a
need to create highly magical yet tough soldiers, the spell-casters turned
to the most feared and magical creatures on the planet: the Dragons. The
creators were wiped out in the War That Shook the Earth. However, their
creations, the Mandragora survived, and in the years of famine and war
that followed they roamed the lands searching for a place where they would
no longer be persecuted or slain by a human populace that feared and
mistrusted them. Eventually, their travels led them to the island of
Lonaraban, a heavily forested isle of steep cliffs and towering mountains.
As their SpellWind craft skimmed into the bay, the Gold Mandragora
Matriarch leading the expedition named it Kal'ashiraah, or Bay of Hope, in
the High Mandragora speech.�

Over the years their culture developed and cities were built. Their
numbers increased, and each sub-species found their own caste. With the
Gold Mandragora as their leaders their society flourished - and their
Dragon heritage became more apparent. To this day, greed ambition, and
treachery define a Mandragor's standing in their society.

Take a a variety of different roles - from the deadly Black Mandragora
TunnelRunner to the mystical Silver Sacred Ones - and experience a whole
new world...

This is the world of the Mandragora Series.

The series is a new type of play-by-email game, split into months-long
'episodes'. Each episode is close-ended, and each player is only allowed a
single character. Obviously, this leads to a far more in-depth and
detailed development of your character. The world is dynamic, and your
character's actions can affect future episodes in a variety of ways.
The game is played on a monthly basis, and the startup fee includes a
detailed rulebook and 2 free turns. Startup costs range from �10 UK pounds
sterling to �5 for an emailed version (sorry, PC PDF format only) of the
manual and forms. Players outside the UK are limited to email play only
we're afraid.

The game is now in a final revision phase and is planned for release in
March 2001.

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