Atlantis PbeM

Atlantis is a free open-ended multi-player computer moderated fantasy turn-based strategy game for any number of players. It is played via email. The game world is populated by many races and monsters. Players may attempt to carve out huge empires, become master magicians, intrepid explorers, rich traders or any other career that comes to mind and interact with other players in trade, war and alliances. There is no declared winner of the game, players set their own objectives, and one can join at any time.

History

Russell Wallace developed the initial version and ran the first game, Atlantis 1.0 in 1993. Geoff Dunbar continued the legacy, first with the extensive playtest of Atlantis 2.0, and then the commercial game Atlantis 3.0. In 1999 Atlantis 4.0 was created by Geoff Dunbar and released under terms of GNU GPL. “AtlantisDev” Yahoo Group was formed sometime after that and Joseph Traub became the maintainer of the code. Atlantis 4.0 was later expanded on by various contributors from the AtlantisDev group.

Since 2011 development uses Git. Currently several developers contribute to server code on GitHub.

Software

• Atlantis 5 server source code. The project’s GitHub repository
• Atlantis Little Helper open source GUI client
• Atlantis Crystal Ball free GUI client
• Atlantis Advisor GUI client
• AtlaClient GUI client

Running Spiele

• Atlantis New Origins. Recurring game using version 5.2.5 with updates. 3 days / week initially moving to 2 days / week turns after about turn 20. Most recent game (v7) started at 9 Sep 2024.
• Twilight Atlantis (Miskatonic 5). Version 4.2 game with 3 days / week turns.

Weblinks

• The Atlantis Project contains the history of Atlantis 1–3.
• Atlantis 1.0 source code. Enno Rehling’s modernized version of the original Atlantis.
• Eressea. The game Eressea started in 1996 as a clone of German Atlantis.
• PBM.COM. Greg Lindahl’s PbM/PbeM Spiele Homepage.

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