<t>Bludgeon - Freeware Version

<s>Copyright Notice

This version of Bludgeon is Freeware: 
copyright  remains  with  the  Seaton 
Shareware Cooperative;  but the  game 
may be freely copied and  distributed 
provided   no modifications are  made 
to  any  file  on this  disk  and  no 
charge is levied other than to  cover 
the cost of duplication, postage, and 
packaging.

<s>Registration

This  version of Bludgeon contains  a 
single fully playable solo adventure. 
Further adventures can only be loaded 
and played with a registered copy  of 
Bludgeon.

The  registered version  of  Bludgeon 
contains the following:-

 * The latest version of the Bludgeon 
   program   enabling  any   Bludgeon 
   scenario to be loaded and  played. 
   It  also includes the facility  to 
   design new adventures.

 * The latest version of "Generate" - 
   a  specially tailored program  for 
   creating new characters which  can 
   be loaded separately into Bludgeon 
   Adventures.

 * Two complete playable adventures.

 * A  50 page user manual  describing 
   the   complete  Bludgeon   Fantasy 
   Wargaming system.

Registered  copies  of  Bludgeon  are 
available from the following  address 
for ś10:-

   The Seaton Shareware Cooperative
   82 Harrington Drive
   Lenton
   Nottingham
   NG7 1JN

Please   make  cheques   payable   to 
"Seaton Shareware Coop".

N.B.  Bludgeon  requires 1MB  to  run 
successfully.

<s>Upgrades

Bludgeon  is not complete.  It  never 
will  be.   Modifications  are  being 
continually   made  in  response   to 
requests from regular users.

The  following is a list of  some  of 
the  "priority" modifications  to  be 
implemented in the near future:-

 * Linking    STs   together    using 
   standard   Midi  leads   so   that 
   several     people    can     play 
   simultaneously.

 * An extended range of spells  (over 
   42  different  spells  have   been 
   requested!)

 * More    sophisticated    automatic 
   "baddie" behaviour so that  better 
   "face   to   face"   and    "solo" 
   adventures can be developed.

Upgrades are only available to  regi-
stered users. Each upgrade contains:-
 
 * The latest versions of Bludgeon  & 
   Generate.

 * A  complete  solo  or  multiplayer 
   adventure.

 * A  newsletter which contains  dis-
   cussions  about how  the  programs 
   can best be used and what additio-
   nal  features  users want  to  see 
   incorporated  in  future  releases 
   (contributions from all comers are 
   welcome).
 
Since  the first version of  Bludgeon 
appeared in November 1991, there have 
been 12 issues of the Newsletter.  In 
future,  we  plan to  issue  upgrades 
once every two months.

To  subscribe to the upgrade  service 
costs ś15 for six issues.

<s>Philosophy

The  Bludgeon  gaming system  is  not 
like  a  traditional  computer  game. 
Though  Bludgeon  adventures  can  be 
played as stand alone solo adventures 
(such as the adventure on this  free-
ware disk),  the program was  origin-
ally  conceived  as a  tool  so  that 
fantasy  wargame  battles  could   be 
enjoyed by multi-player groups either 
as tactical wargames or as a part  of 
fantasy roleplaying adventures.

Though  the current program is  still 
fairly  limited in scope,  it  serves 
this basic purpose more than  adequa-
tely.  For some time now we have been 
successfully  using Bludgeon  to  run 
moderately  large  and  sophisticated 
battles.  It  can only get better  as 
time progresses.

We  have decided to release  Bludgeon 
to  a wider audience so  that  gamers 
with  similar interests to  ours  can 
sample the benefits of computer mode-
rated  fantasy wargaming  combat  and 
hopefully  share in its future  deve-
lopment.

The Seaton Shareware Cooperative.
August 1993.

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