Play by Mail Future +BG 1 & III

From: "Nic Haynes" <cakey_pig@lineone.net>

Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Firstly�I don�t mean to upset anybody by this message. If you are annoyed,
then please don�t send me any nasty letteres. I�m really not doing it for
the wrong reasons!

I thought I'd drop you a line about PBM. It's quite important...

Firstly (here's the catch), I'd like to just mention a couple of my seven
games. My company's English, and it's called Cakey Pig. Honest.

Right. I'll get to the bit about the future of PBM in a minute :o)

My games (without further ado)

BLOOD GRACE I: The War between Heaven and Hell

and

BLOOD GRACE III: The Fallen

The Fallen is my main concern. I'm holding a play-test. It's the best game
I've ever written. Really. I'm sooo pleased with it. Already I've taken on
enough suggestions to add 20 pages to the rules! Don't worry, they're only
small still, and broken up nicely!

It's based in a world where Idani live. The Idani are a race of Immortals
who are fleeing Atlantis after the Earth Dragon (the world) has begun to
destroy it due to the depredations of the Idani.

The Idani have magic, and have created Mythics, experiments from Atlantis.
These have fled and broken loose, whilst the Angelchrist and World Eater
have appeared in Egypt and the Holy Land. Already emergent triubes of humans
have polarised, but more appear from the steppes of Russia.

The Greeks (Dorians, Aetolians and Ionians) have joined the Angelchrist
(with the Cimbri and Teutones, and others join the World Eater in Egypt.

You can play an Idani character (very powerful) in Atlantis, an Idani (as a
god) with an allied tribe, an Idani king in a settlement, a Mythic
character, a Mythic Pride, Fey Caers (Children of the Earth Dragon in a
massive tree-fortress), Baen Sidhe (Banshee), or whatever you want! You can
even create your own mythic beasts, although the selection have never been
seen before.

If you like the idea, then the play test is for ten turns, but costs postage
and �10.00 for the rules and stationery for the game. It looks gorgeous by
the way (I'm a professional designer).

Okay?

IF THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS IS DIFFERENT, TRY: cakey_pig@lineone.net

BLOOD GRACE I is set in the same background (to a degree), but is set in
Feudal times. Here, the World Eater has gathered the Egyptians, with African
allied cannibals, the Moors and the Seljuk Turks, and is fighting for
control of the Holy Land, for the treasures of the Idani dead. The Church of
the Angelchrist is powered through a newly elected Pope, who controls the
reklatively small militant orders, such as the Templars, the Hospitallers
and the Leper Knights � the Lazarines (and others).

Idani have infiltrated human society, and have assumed the mantles of
leadership as Western Fuedal Lords (we can negotiate evil positions). These
have access to Knight Retainers, Regulars and Feudal Levies, as well as
myriad mercenaries.

The game is already developed into a war and power struggle, and is the
ultimate medieval game, although it has certain elements of fantasy. With
Blood Grace III it�s my best game, and they are very different in
application. Good stuff!

Thanks for listening!

The idea for the future of PBM is this:

For �50.00 I am creating a massive site for those games/GMs who will join.
This will involve all sorts of things, including an interactive news-letter,
which will grow as YOU put your thoughts on it, will feature offers,
presentations, editorial, daily changes, a player databse for GMs and
players alike. Uhm. There will be a CD authoring service for the rules for
EVERY game on the site, which will look pretty and readable. You name
it...it's got it.It will also host, for free (designed by me, if you want),
player sites for games they play in....

If you know of anyone who's interested, then get them to E-Mail me!

Cheers,

Nic Haynes