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From: ncg@ukc.UUCP (N.C.Gale)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: En Garde
Message-ID: <5065@ukc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 08:00:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 26 08:00:22 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 22-Apr-85 02:09:42 EST
Reply-To: ncg@ukc.UUCP (Nigel Gale)
Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Kent at Canterbury, UK
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The only reason why I mentioned it was because I have known
of the existance of En Garde for years, and played it some time
ago, but never thought very much of it.

Until.

The middle of last term I joined the UKC play-by-mail En Garde.
Previously the games I had played in had at most four, five players,
and most of the action was in duals.
This game has St Joan knows how many players, at least forty.
The game takes on an entirely new face - oriented far more
towards Social Advancement.

But what makes it really fun is the interaction between so many
players, mostly via writing letters to The Paris Tribune, one
copy of which goes to each player.
There are political parties, regimental disputes, religious
tension, French xenophobia and all the usual sqabbling over
the best mistresses etc.
There are quite a few extra rules been added to bring life into
the game, which I shall not recount here.



The overall atmosphere is superb, and I only wish I'd known
about it sooner.
I strongly advise Njetlanders to join any such En Garde campaign
which blows their way.

-Nige Gale