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From: boutell@freezer.it.udel.edu (Tom Boutell)
Subject: [rec.games.empire...] Broken Throne 1.10
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 1991 22:31:15 GMT
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Archive-name: games/multiplayer/broken-throne/1991-02-04
Archive-directory: belch.berkeley.edu:/pub/bt/ [128.32.152.202]
Original-posting-by: boutell@freezer.it.udel.edu (Tom Boutell)
Original-subject: Broken Throne 1.10
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)

Hey folks, version 1.10 of The Broken Throne is out! If you're into multiplayer
games running over the net, this is definitely for you. The game is a
multiple- player wargame played in real time over the Internet; you can
play against people anywhere on the net, and it's a very easy game to learn.
If you can contact a MUD, and the package will build on your computer,
then you should be able to learn BT.

Typical games last 5-60 minutes, dependent on the number of players (up
to six). A robot player is included to give you an opponent when you can't
find human players, and if you wish you can hack it freely to develop
a better robot for us all to do battle with. 

To get the game, ftp to belch.berkeley.edu (thanks for letting it live
there, guys, I appreciate it). It's in the bt subdirectory, compressed,
tarred and uuencoded in the usual manner. It's also coming out in
comp.sources.games again soon.

Want opponents? I'm starting a contact service. Mail me at
boutell@freezer.it.udel.edu.

NEW FEATURES OF VERSION 1.10:

- A viable robot player is included.
- Compatible with many more machines.
- Even easier on the processor. (BT is very careful to avoid loading it down.)
- The famous action point bugs are fixed!
- Much more reliable server. It can recover from client crashes well now.
- Smoother battles; each unit fights as five.
- Battles are flashed to draw attention to the action.

Have fun, and PLEASE contact me with any questions, problems, or just plain
requests to play! I'm always up for a game, and I said, it works fine over
the internet. Let's get a league going!

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