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We've received the following press release from John McEwan
(shamrock@halcyon.com) of Reviresco:
| After much struggling, I have finally gotten the Days of Empire
1/300 scale catalog on line. We have over 50 new items illustrated,
along with amusing descriptions.
We also have the Days of Empire Beta
Test Rules available for download. So if you are tired of trying to find
OGRE stuff, maybe it's time for a change. We support our games. Check
out our upgraded web page.
Days of Empire is to be a new game set in the Wars of Anarchy
Period, about 150 years before the time of the Starguard. This is a time
when the remaining population of the Earth (a large percentage of the
citizens of the more advanced nations have left the Earth on Warp Ships
in what is referred to as the First Exodus) is engaged in a terrible
struggle to unify the Earth under the Terran Empire. There are basically
three main players:
- The Terran Empire, consisting of most of the
mericas, Japan, Australia & New Zealand, India and the scattered
refugees from the destroyed British Isles.
- The Eastern Combine,
consisting of most of the far eastern countries lead by China.
- The
European League, consisting of most of the remaining bits and pieces of
Europe.
It is the beginning of the times in which powerful continuous
emission lasers and practical force screens are available, but in this
period the power demands are so great that only the largest of land going
vehicles can carry them. Therefore it is the period of the great
landships.
The great tanks I sent you samples of are only the smallest of
beginnings. These are the destroyers and light craft of a great land
going navy. The land ships of this period were as large as battleships
of former days. With in a month or so I will be releasing the Landships.
These will be in the vicinity of 2" wide by 10 or 12" long. They are in
the form of articulable, linked segments, constructed from a great many
interchangeable pieces so that you can assemble several different
Landships from available hulls, turrets, secondary weapons systems, etc.
The landships will be
available as soon as I can get them cataloged and priced out.
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At our last check, the beta test rules ran 17 pages long, and included an introduction
to the gameworld as well as rules for futuristic armored vehicles. Glancing through the
pages, it looks like the game covers tracked, wheeled, hovercraft, aircraft, VTOL, and
antigrav units; a range of targeting systems; smart rounds and intercept systems;
eleven different weapon types (including lasers and particle beam cannons) and three
classes of armor.
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comes up with a roster and game stats for the Wildcats, his mercenary force.