Midgard (game)

Midgard was a fantasy play-by-mail game published by Time Space Simulations. The game was made available for play in 1984.[1]

Gameplay

Players begin the game as "the leader of a wandering clan" comprising "3 henchmen and 190 retainers" that roam a field of 18 provinces.[2] An enjoyable aspect of gameplay was management of the retainers which could be controlled with 43 different orders.[3] Progress in the game was made by accepting and accomplishing tasks (e.g., road construction, rescue, or reconnaissance) for rewards.[4]

Reception and Legacy

The main complaint players had in the initial years was a slow turnaround time for game turns which had been corrected by 1987.[5] Midgard scored #9 on the Best Play By Mail Game of 1987 list in Paper Mayhem Magazine.[6]

If you are looking for an open ended game with lots of color, sufficient but not overwhelming detail, power politics, and GM's that are dedicated to using state-of-the-art techniques, you'll find years of entertainment roaming the world of Midgard.

— Stephen Marte, "Midgard" [7]
gollark: Ah, yes, magmas *are*.
gollark: I think Magmas are *more* than Golds?!
gollark: Seriously though. The prices are crazy. 3900 shards for a Thunder and 3900 for a Gold.
gollark: Oh, excluding prizes, obviously.
gollark: So... it's missing eggs which have different biome variants but the same species (zyumorphs), ones which are similar-ish but have different subspecies based on biomes (xenowyrms), dragons with time-dependent hatching (sunrise/sets), hybrids (carina, geode), dragons with time-dependent eggs (fire gems)... anything else?

See also

References
  1. Marte, Stephen (1987). "Midgard". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. Nov/Dec (No. 27): 6.
  2. Marte, Stephen (1987). "Midgard". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. Nov/Dec (No. 27): 6.
  3. Marte, Stephen (1987). "Midgard". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. Nov/Dec (No. 27): 6.
  4. Marte, Stephen (1987). "Midgard". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. Nov/Dec (No. 27): 6.
  5. Marte, Stephen (1987). "Midgard". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. Nov/Dec (No. 27): 7.
  6. Paper Mayhem (1987). "Where We're Heading". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. Nov/Dec (No. 27): 2.
  7. Marte, Stephen (1987). "Midgard". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. Nov/Dec (No. 27): 7.
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