Adventures by Mail
in the USA and Dynamic
Games 
in Australia. Each has an email variant and the Australian variant has
modified many of the game parameters.
Quest is an open ended fantasy role playing game. You start
out with a band of 6 intrepid adventurers from the races of man, dwarf,
elf or halfblood with various occupations such as mage, priest, thief or
fighter. As you explore the land of Kharne you may take on many quests
such as to eliminate difficult monsters that are harassing local farmers
or explore deep dark dungeons. This game originated with KJC but is presently
licensed by:
Adventures by
Mail
in the USA and Dynamic
Games
in Australia. Each has an email variant and the Australian variant has
modified many of the game parameters.
LIZARDS
This is a game licensed to Flying
Buffalo Inc . Imagine a swamp superimposed over a hex map structure
.
It is inhabited by 16 different clans of lizards. Every day you do your
daily lizard chores such as planting crops to feed your lizard bands, building
bridges over dangerous waters and recruiting militia from your many dens.
The object of the game is to dominate the swamp and you cannot do that
without capturing significant territory but more importantly Home Dens.
Home dens count for 2000 points each and by far outdistance all other sources
of points save for the 1 point/lizard you get for lizards of your band.
This leads to a very military sort of game with a lot of eliminations since
you cannot recruit new militia without a Home Den. In addition the lizards
are specialized by color allowing them to do various things. The reds are
the foot soldiers with no special abilities, the greens can build the fertiles
(crops) and rafts for safer water transport, the yellows can lob rocks
(artillery) while the grays can build new dens and bridges. Finally, the
blacks are mystics with the ability to cast various spells.
The game is played by snail mail usually but for those who don't
mind a bit of a challenge it can be converted into a play by email game.
The turnsheet is in Postscript a text printer language that many laser
printers can handle. It is easily emailed to the player who can handle
this format. The turn file is either copied to a postscript printer or
opened using one of many postscript viewing utilities (then printed on
any printer). These utilities include RoPs or Ghostscript/Ghostview. Just
click for more information on Lizards
by email .
