LandLords
LandLords is a fantasy play-by-mail game that was published by Quest Computer Services, beginning in 1984. The game was a computer moderated, closed-end game with the goal to retrieve treasures from castles in a medieval setting. The game received generally positive reviews in periodicals of the period, with specific mentions of its combat, maps, and low error rates on turn sheets. Development and gameplay LandLords was a computer moderated play-by-mail game in which players compete to find the three treasures in the vaults of the 30 castles located in a barbaric land. The goal of the game was to be the first player to return three treasures to your fortress. In 1985, the game had six maps available for players to choose from: Africa, Appalaccia, England, Europe, the Holy Land, and North America. Maps were updated every turn to aid players in planning their gameplay. At the outset of the game, players had two computer-generated "tactical maps" with villages, castles, towers, and country locations to help plan the fortunes of the single country at their disposal. Players needed to manage a number of possessions and variables such as caravans, fortresses, and peasants to affect outputs such as gold income and