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R]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17722.html Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:38:58 +0000 Kalkin]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17722.html
I'm as new to this game as a person can be but quite looking forward to giving it a try as everything reads like it'll be my type of game. Here's hoping!

Out in the real world I hail from the North East of the UK, a slightly backward place where still have giants snatching virgins from villages but since we have internet we can enjoy games like this.

Looking forward to playing with and against some interesting folk!]]>
I'm as new to this game as a person can be but quite looking forward to giving it a try as everything reads like it'll be my type of game. Here's hoping!

Out in the real world I hail from the North East of the UK, a slightly backward place where still have giants snatching virgins from villages but since we have internet we can enjoy games like this.

Looking forward to playing with and against some interesting folk!]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17661.html Sat, 04 Oct 2025 19:49:12 +0000 Alzreborn]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17661.html https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17629.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:10:10 +0000 Lord Telor]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17629.html
Salud, Lords and Ladies - May your Kingdoms thrive and your glorious deeds make Alamaze history!


(OOC - please PM me if you have tips about which faction to play. I'm just looking to learn and improve. I especially am curious about the Cimerrians, Elves, Druids, Ancient Ones, and Dwarves and am currently signed up as the EL player.)]]>
Salud, Lords and Ladies - May your Kingdoms thrive and your glorious deeds make Alamaze history!


(OOC - please PM me if you have tips about which faction to play. I'm just looking to learn and improve. I especially am curious about the Cimerrians, Elves, Druids, Ancient Ones, and Dwarves and am currently signed up as the EL player.)]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17622.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:43:53 +0000 Ziggy]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17622.html Noob Mike Letus here.  I've played the tutorial a couple times and it's time to move on.   I posted a duel to get my feet wet and hope to learn a lot in the process.  Email is letusmichael@verizon.net

(EDIT): I botched my first game post as I listed it as The Choosing instead of Maelstrom. Hoping that this can be corrected before it begins.

Thank you]]> Noob Mike Letus here.  I've played the tutorial a couple times and it's time to move on.   I posted a duel to get my feet wet and hope to learn a lot in the process.  Email is letusmichael@verizon.net

(EDIT): I botched my first game post as I listed it as The Choosing instead of Maelstrom. Hoping that this can be corrected before it begins.

Thank you]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17620.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:56:11 +0000 Ziggy]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17620.html
New player introduction here as I didn't see any other place recently used.  My name is Mike from South Jersey and I haven't played a game like this in many years.  I did PBM games back in the mid 70's through Flying Buffalo and then again in the early 90's with both them and other companies.  I may have played Alamaze at that time as I vividly remember the name and recall having a map very similar to this and different army groups marching around a map, though I don't remember anywhere near this much magic.  I also played another game with things called Maratesens and Daks but don't remember the name of that one.  In recent years I've tried several on-line games that were basically pay to win and prefer to stay away from them now.

I'm going through the Training game a second time now and as suggested will start up a duel in a couple weeks.  Looking forward to being humbled while getting my feet wet.]]>
New player introduction here as I didn't see any other place recently used.  My name is Mike from South Jersey and I haven't played a game like this in many years.  I did PBM games back in the mid 70's through Flying Buffalo and then again in the early 90's with both them and other companies.  I may have played Alamaze at that time as I vividly remember the name and recall having a map very similar to this and different army groups marching around a map, though I don't remember anywhere near this much magic.  I also played another game with things called Maratesens and Daks but don't remember the name of that one.  In recent years I've tried several on-line games that were basically pay to win and prefer to stay away from them now.

I'm going through the Training game a second time now and as suggested will start up a duel in a couple weeks.  Looking forward to being humbled while getting my feet wet.]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17580.html Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:31:14 +0000 Clueless]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17580.html
Just signed up with a new account for Alamaze but I didn't receive a Welcome email from the new account webpage, which it said that I was supposed to receive. Is there any kind of useful information on that welcoming message that I should know about before continuing?

My email account should be set up correctly however. I did receive the turn 0 email with the three attachments for Game 5964 as the Alchemist (all beware my mighty potions). So, I guess I'm ok to start playing the game...

Joe (Clueless)]]>
Just signed up with a new account for Alamaze but I didn't receive a Welcome email from the new account webpage, which it said that I was supposed to receive. Is there any kind of useful information on that welcoming message that I should know about before continuing?

My email account should be set up correctly however. I did receive the turn 0 email with the three attachments for Game 5964 as the Alchemist (all beware my mighty potions). So, I guess I'm ok to start playing the game...

Joe (Clueless)]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17410.html Sun, 03 Nov 2024 02:03:57 +0000 Olorin]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17410.html
To the players still in 7000, 8003, 6014 and 5837, my apologies.  I took a trip to the emergency room and that thru me off from completing the turns for those games.  In a cascading series of fun, my phone died out last weekend and I do not yet have the new one up to speed, so I have to do all my turns when I am at my computer.

Thank you to Brekk and everyone for welcoming me and others from the Hyborian War crowd.  I am an old wargamer, like 1960s wargamer.  It was an interesting development from the discussions with my dad and grandfather about warfare.  So one wargaming group asked me to buy a copy of Chainmail from TSR as we were trying to develop a rule set for the period of the Viking raids, and I would be passing thru Wisconsin.  Which got me into a discussion about Tolkien and warfare in the Middle Earth with the seller, which led to Gygax selling me a copy of his new game back in 1974, D&D.  So I have been running some form of that game, and arguing with its creators, on the phone or in person, ever since.  Yes I know that Gygax and Arneson are both dead, thank you very much.

Another group I was in just happened to be asked to playtest Royal Armies of the Hyborian Age, which is the miniatures wargame Hyborian Wars is based on for their warfare system.  So when a member of the group told us they were playing the game by mail and wanted us to help him run a kingdom, I got sucked into playing that one.   And we just kept playing.  I dropped out of that group in '88 when I got deployed to Germany.  Just quit playing during Desert Storm as mail was just a no-go.  Started playing again in 2013? when my leg finally shattered and I looked up the old game and it was still going.

So since somewhere in the 60s I have played, playtested, helped write and rewrite wargames and RPGs.  Something I was always good at in the old days was finding holes and problems and supplying solutions for them.  There are literally thousands of elements to balance in a game, it is not easy to do.  Finding a problem is often just a matter of poring over data until your eyes water.  Analyzing and reanalyzing. Just playing a game is more fun. Unfortunately my brain will not let me not analyze a game I play.

This is good and bad.  I do not really care all that much about winning, as long as I crack some aspect of the game I did not understand before.  Which may easily create some very odd behavior in my games.  On the other hand, I am happy to share what I learn with other players.  This is because, to my mind, it is better to play against players who know what they are doing.  It makes you feel better about losing to someone and better about beating them, if you do not feel it was a lucky fluke.  So I will happily share information about a game with another player that they did not know, even if it costs me the game.  Because there is always another game.  Getting another player interested in continuing to play is priceless.]]>
To the players still in 7000, 8003, 6014 and 5837, my apologies.  I took a trip to the emergency room and that thru me off from completing the turns for those games.  In a cascading series of fun, my phone died out last weekend and I do not yet have the new one up to speed, so I have to do all my turns when I am at my computer.

Thank you to Brekk and everyone for welcoming me and others from the Hyborian War crowd.  I am an old wargamer, like 1960s wargamer.  It was an interesting development from the discussions with my dad and grandfather about warfare.  So one wargaming group asked me to buy a copy of Chainmail from TSR as we were trying to develop a rule set for the period of the Viking raids, and I would be passing thru Wisconsin.  Which got me into a discussion about Tolkien and warfare in the Middle Earth with the seller, which led to Gygax selling me a copy of his new game back in 1974, D&D.  So I have been running some form of that game, and arguing with its creators, on the phone or in person, ever since.  Yes I know that Gygax and Arneson are both dead, thank you very much.

Another group I was in just happened to be asked to playtest Royal Armies of the Hyborian Age, which is the miniatures wargame Hyborian Wars is based on for their warfare system.  So when a member of the group told us they were playing the game by mail and wanted us to help him run a kingdom, I got sucked into playing that one.   And we just kept playing.  I dropped out of that group in '88 when I got deployed to Germany.  Just quit playing during Desert Storm as mail was just a no-go.  Started playing again in 2013? when my leg finally shattered and I looked up the old game and it was still going.

So since somewhere in the 60s I have played, playtested, helped write and rewrite wargames and RPGs.  Something I was always good at in the old days was finding holes and problems and supplying solutions for them.  There are literally thousands of elements to balance in a game, it is not easy to do.  Finding a problem is often just a matter of poring over data until your eyes water.  Analyzing and reanalyzing. Just playing a game is more fun. Unfortunately my brain will not let me not analyze a game I play.

This is good and bad.  I do not really care all that much about winning, as long as I crack some aspect of the game I did not understand before.  Which may easily create some very odd behavior in my games.  On the other hand, I am happy to share what I learn with other players.  This is because, to my mind, it is better to play against players who know what they are doing.  It makes you feel better about losing to someone and better about beating them, if you do not feel it was a lucky fluke.  So I will happily share information about a game with another player that they did not know, even if it costs me the game.  Because there is always another game.  Getting another player interested in continuing to play is priceless.]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17379.html Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:38:06 +0000 Zolzar]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17379.html https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17300.html Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:55:17 +0000 Thudargh]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17300.html
I used to play Alamaze a few years back - actually about 10 if my profile creation date is accurate.  I had to quit due to a divorce taking up all my free money and free time.  Lately I'd been looking for a new hobby and was thrilled to find out Alamaze is still around.  The Order System is pretty awesome - automated game creation and order verification is very snazzy!  Allowed me to jump right in and find a whole new map and a bunch of new kingdoms!  This is going to be fun!

Thudargh]]>
I used to play Alamaze a few years back - actually about 10 if my profile creation date is accurate.  I had to quit due to a divorce taking up all my free money and free time.  Lately I'd been looking for a new hobby and was thrilled to find out Alamaze is still around.  The Order System is pretty awesome - automated game creation and order verification is very snazzy!  Allowed me to jump right in and find a whole new map and a bunch of new kingdoms!  This is going to be fun!

Thudargh]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17234.html Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:08:55 +0000 Rotor2]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17234.html First name is JF, i live in France and i'm much too old. Was on and off with Alamaze these last years because of various life events and work. If i remember correctly, i played a game as Warlock in 2nd (?) Cycle and 1 as Elves in 3rd cycle. I played only the tutorial in 4th but i liked it a lot so i hope that i'll be in a game soon.]]> First name is JF, i live in France and i'm much too old. Was on and off with Alamaze these last years because of various life events and work. If i remember correctly, i played a game as Warlock in 2nd (?) Cycle and 1 as Elves in 3rd cycle. I played only the tutorial in 4th but i liked it a lot so i hope that i'll be in a game soon.]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17228.html Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:52:41 +0000 Iron Man]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-17228.html
See you on the battlefield!]]>
See you on the battlefield!]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-16808.html Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:59:53 +0000 Zar@shand]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-16808.html
I played Fall of Rome for a couple of years about 10+ years ago. Then my young children took up most of my time and gaming had to take a back seat.

Hopefully now I have more time and I am looking forward to enjoying Alamaze which I had heard of, but not played during my early days of PBM games.

Seems far more complex than I remember FoR being, but I am up for a challenge and will learn as I go.

See you all on the battlefield.

Zarashand]]>
I played Fall of Rome for a couple of years about 10+ years ago. Then my young children took up most of my time and gaming had to take a back seat.

Hopefully now I have more time and I am looking forward to enjoying Alamaze which I had heard of, but not played during my early days of PBM games.

Seems far more complex than I remember FoR being, but I am up for a challenge and will learn as I go.

See you all on the battlefield.

Zarashand]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-16577.html Fri, 24 Dec 2021 09:54:31 +0000 Lt Gisgo]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-16577.html
I was asked what the story behind Lt Gisgo was.  I've always thought Hannibal was one of the best military leaders of all time but that user name is always taken.  Gisgo is not.  Gisgo was a commander in Hannibal's army.  When Gisgo pointed out the Romans outnumbered them two to one Hannibal pointed out that he missed something.   When Gisgo asked what he said in that large army not one of them is named Gisgo.  Anyway, that's the story.]]>
I was asked what the story behind Lt Gisgo was.  I've always thought Hannibal was one of the best military leaders of all time but that user name is always taken.  Gisgo is not.  Gisgo was a commander in Hannibal's army.  When Gisgo pointed out the Romans outnumbered them two to one Hannibal pointed out that he missed something.   When Gisgo asked what he said in that large army not one of them is named Gisgo.  Anyway, that's the story.]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-16520.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:44:09 +0000 Windstar]]> https://alamaze.net/forum/thread-16520.html
I am sorry that I left the Alamaze community for a while.

You see, I have a mental illness, and Alamaze has enabled me to stay out of the hospital.

Unfortunately, it reared its ugly head and I had to go into the hospital for a while.

Someday, I plan on returning to the game, but for now I will keep to myself.

Sorry about the power vacuum my absence caused in my games, but I hope that you can forgive me this slight.

Windstar/Guy/Bash Grimtooth]]>
I am sorry that I left the Alamaze community for a while.

You see, I have a mental illness, and Alamaze has enabled me to stay out of the hospital.

Unfortunately, it reared its ugly head and I had to go into the hospital for a while.

Someday, I plan on returning to the game, but for now I will keep to myself.

Sorry about the power vacuum my absence caused in my games, but I hope that you can forgive me this slight.

Windstar/Guy/Bash Grimtooth]]>