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by Charles Vasey

Chariotlords: Off to the artwork boys at Editions Tilsit, should be out in the next few months in France, Germany and the States. Interestingly the english versions will be less than half of the total print-run. How very cosmopolitan we are these days I am just waiting for the artwork.

Death Ride: Mars-La-Tour

First the CorelDraw won't work on my new turbo nutter bastard PC, then the printer needs Windows 98 drivers. But even that excuse looks it has been overcome. Rules now proofed, first copies running off. Gareth Simon has delivered the printed rulebooks and I hope you will find a flyer in this PA. Mike Siggins and I have endeavoured to give you a full-scale game with strong graphics within the DTP framework

Leopards And Lilies:

Medieval game using Svea Rike style systems to permit you to be a member of the French nobility throughout the reign of the House of Capet. Conquer England, Jerusalem and Constantinople! First draft stage. Some very neat shield artwork found from clipart files. As with Svea Rike its problem is that cruel fate will zap you just as much as it did the original nobles. Anglo-Dutch Wars: Basic design being roughed out. The map will cover a number of sections. Firstly the area from the Channel to the Texel and Bergen to Brittany in which most of the battles were fought. Secondly, the European area in general with the Dutch routes around Scotland and the Mediterranean actions. Thirdly, smaller maps of New Amsterdam, the Brazilian and Caribbean theatres, the West African colonies, India and East Asia. I want to avoid too tactical a system without falling into the hands of the "quasi" trading games.

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