Re: Gorlos [AD] FREDD PBEM

From: David Callan <dcallan@netcomuk.co.uk>

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

FREE!  This game can be palyed for FREE!!

David Callan wrote:
>
> New Game Starts Shortly:
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>                                    GORLOS
>
> Flagship review of Gorlos article is at :
>
> http://www.antsnest.demon.co.uk/flagship/articles/data/65gorlos.html
>
>       Gorlos is an open ended computer game that allows a player to
> build an empire, become a warlord, a magician, a trader price, a bandit
> leader or anything else he desires. Set on the ancient and feudal world
> of Gorlos where sword and magic reign supreme. Once rich and mighty, the
> old empire dissolved in bloody succession wars that swept the entire
> realm for nearly 10 long bloody years. Now the barons and the princes
> lie dead and possibly buried in graves unknown and uncared for.
>
> The lands lie open once more for exploration and exploitation. Many of
> the old towns and cities still survive and welcome both trader and
> explorer. Old skills still may be learnt, some at great expense. Great
> treasure lies
> unclaimed, rich merchants await escorts through the dangerous barren
> wastes.
>
> Reports of strange deadly monsters wandering in the mountains have been
> heard throughout the realm.
>
> A player's position is called a "clan".  Each clan has a name and a
> number (the number is assigned by the computer, and used for entering
> orders).
>
> Each clan is composed of a number of "units", each unit being a group of
> one or more people loyal to the clan.  You start the game with a single
> unit consisting of one leader character, plus a sum of money.  More
> people and leaders can be hired during the course of the game, and
> formed into more units. You may have any number of units as long as you
> afford to feed them!
>
> A clan is only considered destroyed, and the player knocked out of the
> game, if ever all its units are killed or disbanded. If your clan is
> wiped out, you can rejoin the game with a new starting character.)
>
> Each turn, the Gorlos server takes the orders file that you send in, and
> assigns the orders to the respective units.
>
> Each turn is equal to one game week.  A unit can do many actions at
> the start of the week, that only take a matter of hours, such as buying
> and selling commodities, or fighting an opposing clan.  Each unit can
> also do exactly one action that takes up the entire turn, such as
> harvesting timber or moving from one region to another. At the end of a
> real week all populations may grow, or die, markets are reassessed, tax
> and services recalculated etc.
>
> TURNS will be processed every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  However
> ORDERS MUST be sent in in ASCII format  via internet to
>
> gorlos@netcomuk.co.uk
>
> Results will be sent out via internet to your email address.
>
>         Web page for Gorlos material on site
>
>         http://www.antsnest.demon.co.uk/crusader/index.html
>
>         -----------------------------------------------------------
>         If all else fails I can email a zipped rulebook or if desperate
>         a plain text one..

References

Gorlos [AD] Swords & Sorcery in Epic Scale
David Callan <dcallan@netcomuk.co.uk>
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000