[Ar-list] Successful Migration

[Karim Nassar]

Lizard wrote:
> 
> At 12:12 AM 1/27/00 -0500, Rick Morrow wrote:
> 
> >       Now let's see some life on the list! I'd like to see 2000 become
> >the highest volume year yet

Hear Hear!

> >
> Has any work been done on AR in the last, oh, two years?

I'll let Carter make his own press release when he gets some free time, but in the meantime, on my
end of things, all non-essential work has been held up due to school and work, but slow Progress is
being made on various projects:

Nearing release is "Spiritualism" [MRS] which includes supplementary rules for dealing with
non-coporeal powers, from Deities and Priest-Crafting to Power-based magic (a la "the Wheel of Time"
and "The Force").  The MRS introduces a new category of attributes that allow GMs to handle various
concepts of Power & prayer in their Realities.  This is in "post beta" stage, requiring only small
amounts of editing and some sample deities & powers for final release.

The Takaietei [RG] re-write is moving along nicely.  It has been played by a local gaming group in a
very Alpha state, and if I can ever get a good week of work into it, I may have enough to
pre-release it.  Currently in development are Character Creation Heuristics, Basic Background &
cultural descriptions, and sample characters/adventures.

"The Game of the Nine Thrones" [SP] is a strategy board game popular in the world of Takaietei. 
Full rules and piece descriptions are complete, and ready for release. The rules include conventions
for distance/email play.  Ultimately, I'd like to get many people playing this and recording their
games, to use the game data in the histories of Takaietei RG.  

One reason that none of this has seen the light of day yet is that we were unsure if anyone was
still reading the list.  We had a Grand Plan of timing these new releases with a face-lift for the
web site, and a number of press releases to herald the "Rebirth of AR."  I also know that Carter has
at least one Reality Guide that is nearly ready for release.  And along the way, we are still
planning a new version (2.0) of the PRG if we can ever get the free time.

Hang in there guys... we are still here!

If anyone has any interest in the projects I've listed above, let me know, and I can send you what
I've got.

--Karim