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   | The Olympia Times                                       issue g1-217 |
   | August 19, 1998                                                      |
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   | turn 217  10 players                             http://www.pbm.com/ |
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   Faction [!@#]     rank
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   Characters:          5  7th
   Men:         103  5th
   Gold:     16,624  6th
   Land controlled:        18  6th
   Skills known:     40/70  3rd
   Spells known:     16/80  6th
   Provinces visited:        251/9,995  6th