Flagship, Time Patterns

From: Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000

This is a public announcement that we've been waiting to
make until various arrangements had been completed.

My husband, Ken Mulholland, collapsed with a perforated
gastric ulcer on September 1st. He's out of hospital now
and making good progress, but must avoid stress.

It's Ken who normally lays Flagship in, so there will be
a delay with Flagship #87, which would normally come out in
mid-September. However, the material is ready and two PBM
friends who live nearby (Colin Forbes and Tom Fyfe) have
kindly volunteered to lay it in for us. So work is in
progress, now.

We're keeping our work for Flagship, but (as Time Patterns)
we're giving up our PBM games, StarGlobe and Crisis! We expect
to be able to find another firm to pass Crisis! on to, as it's
computer-moderated. StarGlobe, however, has a significant amount
of hand-moderation, so we're closing this. Our SG players are
being offered a choice between a couple more turns to finish any
projects or an immediate cash refund; and I've also contacted a
couple of sf GMs who've generously agreed to offer free startups
to ex-SG players.

Carol