Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 4 Jan 2003 to 5 Jan 2003 (#2003-6) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 06/01/2003, 19:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 11 messages totalling 379 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Electronic Mystara games (6) 2. Greetings again 3. War-Journal of Bue Geirsteinson - Part XVI 4. Grid and Dungeon crafter 5. Geoff and Marco, Thibault NEEDS your help. 6. Almanac 1018 fonts ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:50:04 +0100 From: Giampaolo Agosta Subject: Re: Electronic Mystara games Su 04 Jan 2003 15:24:45 -0800, hammer_of_ulric ha scritto: > I know of four Mystara computer games, but are there any others than these? There is another computer game at least, an old CRPG for the PC Engine (an 8 bit console, IIRC). It was set in Karameikos, where the party had to save the Duke and defeat the Iron Ring. I can't remember the name right now, though... GP ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:53:25 +0100 From: Giampaolo Agosta Subject: Re: Greetings again Su 04 Jan 2003 10:16:10 -0500, Paul Holroyd ha scritto: > > I'm the Paul Holroyd who made the Alfheim, Darokin, Redstone and Karameikos Welcome back! Agathokles ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 14:44:56 +0100 From: Jacob Skytte Subject: War-Journal of Bue Geirsteinson - Part XVI Final judgements... Jacob Skytte scythe@wanadoo.dk *** The War-Journal of Bue Geirsteinson Vatermont 27th continued, the year 1000 After Crowning of the First = Emperor of the Thyatian Empire "My liege," Ragnar exclaimed, looking at the floor. "I'm sorry, I didn't = know, I wasn't sure I could trust..." "Well," Hord replied. "I do not ask you to be a fool, but surely you = heard of my decision regarding clan Noslosford before you left my great = hall?" "I...well..." Ragnar stumbled over the words. "I heard some rumours, but = my wife..." "You would take the word of a woman over word of your king?" I could = tell my sister seethed over these words, but she wisely kept her tongue = restrained. "Of course not, my king, I..." Ragnar struggled to regain control of the = situation. "Are the traitors of clan Noslosford here," the king asked in a = deceptively casual voice. "Yes, my liege, I will have them brought before you immediately," Ragnar = replied, seeing a chance of turning the king's attention and possible = wrath on somebody else. His men brought my mother before Hord, but one of them knelt to whisper = words to Ragnar. He visibly paled. "What is it?" the king asked. "My king," Ragnar almost whispered, the sound of knowledge of his = impending doom evident in his voice. "I regret to tell you that Lot = Geirsteinson seems to have escaped. It would seem that he had allies = here who helped him." "Indeed," the king said quietly. "Ragnar!" he suddenly yelled, anger = evident in his voice. Ragnar cringed. "I am very dissatisfied with the = way you have conducted yourself. You have stood in the way of Bue's = rightful quest to root out the traitors of his clan. Still, you have = served me faithfully for many years. What am I to do?" The king seemed genuinely upset at having to make this decision. "Bue," = he started. "I have found that you have the best you possibly could = under the circumstances. I will hear the renewal of oaths to serve me = from you and your clansmen, and then I will announce that Clan = Noslosford has been forgiven." I bowed my head in gratitude. "I thank you, my king." He waved my thanks away. "Since you have done well, in spite of people = like Ragnar Solmundson, I have decided not only to name you jarl of = Noslosford, but to expand your lands. I find that having loyal = neighbours is wise. Since you, Ragnar, have proved to be less loyal to = me, I am granting the lands that border my domain, including this = village of Skovstad, to jarl Bue Geirsteinson. You may leave for your = great hall of Storm Bay, Ragnar. I grant you your life, but I will no = longer want you for my neighbour. Am I not gracious to let you keep your = life and seat of jarl?" Ragnar tried to smile, but merely made a grimace. "You are...most = gracious, my king. I...thank you." "Good," Hord replied. "Now get out of my sight, before I change my = mind." Ragnar stood shakily, taking Oda's arm. She seemed reluctant to leave, = obviously displeased with his sudden loss of power and favour, but = really had no choice and left with him. "Rise, Bue," Hord commanded. "You need not kneel now. You have just been = named one of my trusted jarls. Now, to prove your loyalty. What do you = think your mother's fate should be? Is she one of the conspirators?" My mother looked at me, a mixture of fear and hope in her eyes. What = could I say? She was my mother, she bore me. I knew for a fact that she = had conspired with my father, that she was an active part of the plot to = bring down Hord Dark-Eye. Would I be betraying my blood if I said as = much? Would I be betraying my king and as such our lord Odin if I did = not? I realized that decisions such as this one would be my future as = jarl of my clan. There was really no choice. I was no longer just part = of a small family, I was head of a very large one. I had to make = decisions on behalf of the larger family. "She is guilty," I said. "I would not condemn my own mother to death, = but she is guilty. I implore you, do not kill her. Imprison her for her = treachery if you will, take her as your thrall, but let her live, = please." Hord seemed to think this over. "Family is important. I understand. You = are right, I will spare her life and take her as my thrall, until such a = time that she proven her loyalty to king and country." I could not tell if my mother was relieved or not, but at least I had = found a way to keep her alive, even if it would be a very different life = from the one she was used to. The sound of one of the king's men locking = a collar around her neck sent a shiver down my spine. I had done what I = had to, but I wasn't exactly happy about it. "What about my young brother, Hjort?" I asked of the king. "He is only = 12 years old." He pondered this question for a while. "I will adopt him into the Royal = Household," he replied. He will become foster-brother to my children, = and become a part of my honour guard, when he comes of age." I wasn't sure that it was a good idea for Hjort to stay at the Royal = Household, where our mother would be kept a thrall, but I did not wish = to press the king on the matter. "Now let us travel to your great hall and I will take the oaths of you = and your clansmen," the king ordered. I nodded. "Might I ask you a question, my liege? Why did you come here?" "When Sven Svenson returned, I knew that I had to see for myself how you = would do without the aid of the berserkers," Hord replied. "While I = don't approve of the way you sent them home, you have gained more honour = by succeeding without them. And I must admit that I greatly enjoyed = seeing Sven seething over you." I did not understand what the king meant, but I was relieved that he = didn't seem to mind what I had done. As we rejoined my men, our small = army started its return to Norstedt. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 23:17:41 +0800 From: "Francisco V. Navarro V" Subject: Re: Electronic Mystara games > Warriors of the Eternal Sun (MegaDrive/Genesis) > Fantasy Empires (PC) http://www.the-underdogs.org/ > Tower of Doom (Arcade) > Shadow over Mystara (Arcade) http://www.mame.dk Kit Navarro A Glantrian of Few Words... and Much Knowledge ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 07:52:16 -0800 From: hammer_of_ulric Subject: Grid and Dungeon crafter I'm looking for some black and white tilesets to use with these two great mapping tools. Anyone here know any sites where I could find some? Ta Hammer of Ulric ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 17:13:41 +0100 From: Thibault SARLAT Subject: Geoff and Marco, Thibault NEEDS your help. hello everyone sorry to bother you with my problems. my Hard drive crashed, i recently sent some rtf files of my entries for the 1019 almanach to geo= ff, and marco dalmonte. since i seem to have lost the use of my personnal machine, i would like t= hem to send me back my entries, because i did not make a recent backup. i believe i sent a 180 kb file to marco, which i need back now to resume = my work now that my inspiration is still there. You can send me the files to my regular address which i can access from m= y honey's PC. thanks very much thib ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:50:47 -0800 From: Darth Darknerd Subject: Re: Electronic Mystara games I tried to look for places where one can download the file, e.g. ddsom.zip, but there's some paypal download thing for 7 euros. That's a rip. Even jpgs cost money. > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 > Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 21:06:26 -0600 > From: Stone Marshall > Subject: Re: Electronic Mystara games >



>I know of four Mystara computer games, but are there any others than these?
>
>Warriors of the Eternal Sun (MegaDrive/Genesis)
>Tower of Doom (Arcade)
>Shadow over Mystara (Arcade)
>Fantasy Empires (PC)
>
>I've only tracked down the first one (thank the Immortals for emulators)
>but the others are still eluding me.
>
>Can anyone here help?
>
>Hammer of Ulric
>
 
I thank the Immortals for emulators as well! http://www.ciudadfutura.com/emufutura/roms/cps-2_d.html
 
This is a link to a site with the arcade games. You will have to download the emulator as well.
 
                                        Multizar the Mage
                                       


The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:55:31 -0800 From: Darth Darknerd Subject: Re: Electronic Mystara games Yeah, it's frustrating. I cannot seem to find a place to download neo-geo roms or game roms. Este es muy estupido. Donde puedo encontrar las ROMs?!? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:12:54 -0800 From: Darth Darknerd Subject: Re: Electronic Mystara games OK. Found the Shadow over Mystara ROM. :-) Now, just need to find the Neo-Geo ROMs and emulator. I am curious about the other games as well. I am excited about the Neo-Geo games, because there were some good wrestling w/ Godzilla characters, Samurai fighting game, and one good King Arthur adventure game. The latter had really great ideas for character concepts of warrior types. The Neo-Geo games were awesome, but were so rare in US. Now the idea of being able to play them is exciting. A lot of the older games, especially from Japan are really really good, compared to today's allotement of games that are way overpriced. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 13:37:06 -0800 From: hammer_of_ulric Subject: Re: Electronic Mystara games Try www.playagain.net They have Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara They have NeoGeo ROMs as well Hammer of Ulric ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:56:41 +1300 From: Chris Furneaux Subject: Re: Almanac 1018 fonts > The last almanac, at least in the pdf version, had a gothic font face > _everywhere_. Indeed, its use could be limited to the titles. deffinately change the font. I stress this because that fone is a pain to read. A simpler font would mean it can also be printed smaller with two pages to an A4 because the point size used in the PDF is still quite large meaning that it ends up at about the size of the official almanacs (but thicker!) :D Complex fonts just make printing more expensive and the current font is one of the main reasons I didn't print the last almanac. Chris. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 4 Jan 2003 to 5 Jan 2003 (#2003-6) ************************************************************