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   | The Olympia Times                                        issue g2-26 |
   | August 12, 1997                                                      |
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   | turn 26  227 players                             http://www.pbm.com/ |
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Hello again all!!
As another gentle reminder, if you are new to the 
Drassa region, please go to:
http://members.aol.com/seehawk42/tibs.htm
for information on the TIBs alliance which operaties
in and around Drassa.
Good Luck to all.

                           -- Lords of Hammerhill [gz2]



Swords for hire. Will raise army, caravan guard, Castles
seiged,Provinces Garrisoned, what ever you need.Now operating out of
Harn and Greyfell.
        *****Many Talents @ Your Diposal*****
                ******Your Gold, Services, or Rental Property*****
                        *****For Our Blood and Sweat*****
 The Royal Knights of Olympia
 Cmdr. Morrigan the Relentless

                           -- The Lastday Reavers [ux8]



All of you little girls playing "bandit" in the area around my castle
in Ussun better run home to mommy before Daddy gets there and
spanks you. 

                                       -- Cancer [9237]



   THE ILLUSTRATED MAN'S SMITHY, CURIO SHOP, & TATTOO PARLOR

 Write to The Illustrated Man and let me know what you think of our store!
Are our prices too high?  What would you like to see on sale?

Enough hype...we'll start keeping it short and sweet.

 Riding Horses [52]: 45 gp, quantity 12
 You need
 An I-Man steed.
Wood [77]:  6 gp, quantity 30+
Iron [79]:  15 gp, quantity 5
Broadswords [74]:  20 gp, quantity 15
Crossbows [85] & Pikes [75]: 10 gp, quantity 15+ PRICES SLASHED!!!
       Blast those monsters with ease, with the Illustrated Man's fine
   weapons!

HEALING POTIONS!!!!
 Sick and tired of paying through the nose for that contract loyalty?
Running out of noble points for oaths? What you need is to rule your
nobles by fear!  Terrorize your nobles in complete safety with The
Illustrated Man's healing potions, at a mere 150 gp apiece.
 Our most popular item!
 Potions currently for sale:
 b272  s995  h912 m007 w098

 At present the map offer is suspended. Hopefully it will be re-opened in a
few turns once life settles down a bit.

                          -- The Illustrated Man [1010]



                                 Rumors




7....6....




As he scanned the courtyard for any disturbance, his hounds began to howl.
Through the torchlight, he examined the library at which they were
barking. He motioned for the archers above him to aim at the door just as
a man, dressed in a soldier's tunic, bounded out in a panicked state.

It was foolhardy (for a spy), he thought, as a rain of arrows descended.
Surprisingly, the spy made it to a side gate. With a hand
over a deep wound, the spy exited to the outer courtyard. Unfortunately,
the Beastmaster was playing with his lions in the outer courtyard and
before the Beastmaster could exact control, the lions, driven by the scent
of blood, had torn the spy to shreds.

Moral: Spies and hounds don't mix. [Let's keep those spies away, ok?]




   Yvengi is a louse!



"if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear
the result of a hundred battles.  If you know yourself,
but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer
a defeat.  If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will
succumb in every battle."

-Sun Tzu, _The Art of War_



   O gods of Olympia, save us from self-anointed "Disciples 
   of Sun-Tzu", wherever they may be...
   (Less filling! Taste great!)




Boom da boom boom   Booom
Boom da boom boom   Booom

Ahhh not again !! - Ya just get to working.
Trying to improve this wilderness and build
yourself a nice little castle. And here they
come nocking on the door. Drum salesmen.
I already have more drums than I know what to
do with. But they just keep coming out of the
wood work. I swear the 1st think Im going to
do when Im lord of this place ban all peddlers.

Boom da boom boom   Booom
Boom da boom boom   Booom




   Musings of a would-be-heroine as she looks at a lair:
   Does anyone in this world quest? What do the bards sing about
   quests? Are the rewards worth the risk? How big an army should
   one take?