I do NOT know about this but, it looks like fun???
Gerard
>STATECRAFT
>
>INTRODUCTION:
>
>I'd very much appreciate you forwarding this message to all your personal
>mailing lists.
>
>Hello! I am the moderator of an e-mail interactive game that I thought
>might be of interest
>to this group. In the game of Statecraft you play the role of an
>absolutist despot in 18th
>century Europe. Your goal is to force or persuade total dominance over the
>European
>continent. Every game begins with ten players who rule over one of the ten
>countries in
>the game. Each player begins the game with equal resources. Your resources
>include a
>standing army and ten geographic units. All countries regardless of
>"visual" size are
>divided into an equal number of units at the start of the game.
>
>PLAY
>
>The game is played on a weekly basis. On Sundays, you will receive e-mail
>from the game
>moderator. The message will contain the Weekly News, updating the rises and
>falls of
>various players; a round form on which you must allocate your resources;
>and an updated
>game map sent in bitmap format as an attachment (1.24MB). You'll have five
>days (the
>weekdays) to perform your turn. Failure to return your round form by Friday
>at midnight
>will result in all your resources being allocated to defense only.
>
>Other than the sure zest of ever-expanding your empire, Statecraft's Weekly
>News is filled
>with lots of military and political intrigue as well as editorial style
>pieces lauding your deft
>moves. Only with each individual's creative inputs is Statecraft more than
>a pure strategy
>game. It's a fantasy realm.
>
>There are no charges for materials or moderation. Also, at no point will
>the game
>moderator (me ...) take part in the actual play of the game. The game
>moderator's role will
>be that of processing your moves and composing the Weekly News.
>
>To request to be queued for a game, please e-mail your request to
>[log in to unmask] I
>send out this text-only introduction due to the fact that not everyone is
>hip and/or has the
>ability to receive an 1.24 MB bitmap attachment. I receive tons of e-mail
>regarding
>Statecraft and it is sometimes hard to discern between "I want to play
>Statecraft!" and
>"I've read the introduction, I'm willing and able to receive an 1.24 MB
>attachment, and I
>want to be queued!" So please insert the following line into your message.
>
>"Please queue me for a game."
>
>Thank you. I hope to hear from you soon!
>
>Aaron
>
>"L'etat, c'est moi." Louis XIV. {I am the state.}
>
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