---
title: "[Ad] Dark Pawns"
description: "Serapis advertises the final beta at www.augusta.net; a reply two days later supplies the earliest surviving public response to Dark Pawns."
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dateLabel: "December 23-25, 1996"
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recoveredAt: "2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z"
textKind: "verbatim"
canonical: "https://darkpawns.org/archive/usenet-1996-12-23-beta-ad/"
---

## In this conversation

| Name | Role | Posts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dkarnes | unknown | 1 |
| chnaw1 | unknown | 1 |

*Transcript note: recovered from UsenetArchives. Email addresses and personal contact URLs are redacted; spelling, punctuation and the remaining text are preserved.*

### dkarnes — Dec 23, 1996 19:00 UTC

<pre class="usenet-transcript">--Dark Pawns--

Open for the final stages of Beta testing at a new site:
telnet://www.augusta.net 4000

Circle 3.0-based
5 classes, 6 races, vampires and werewolves for all...
mounts, ranged weapons, fast-paced combat in a world designed to be
contiguous and sensical.. not just some random zones thrown together.
No stock areas. Not for the wimpy, but newbie-friendly.

Free ale through &lt;insert your favorite winter holiday here&gt;

-Serapis
[email redacted]
Imp of Dark Pawns
www.augusta.net 4000
204.116.88.40 4000</pre>

### chnaw1 — Dec 25, 1996 19:00 UTC

<pre class="usenet-transcript">Derek Karnes  wrote:

›
▶

--Dark Pawns--
(8 lines)
› --Dark Pawns--

› Open for the final stages of Beta testing at a new site:
› telnet://www.augusta.net 4000

› Circle 3.0-based
› 5 classes, 6 races, vampires and werewolves for all...
› mounts, ranged weapons, fast-paced combat in a world designed to be
› contiguous and sensical.. not just some random zones thrown together.
› No stock areas. Not for the wimpy, but newbie-friendly.

Excuse me, but what kind of the ranged weapons in the dark pawns?
hmm....I mean, is the combat happen in the same room or in defferent
room? can I shoot a hawk in another room by my bow?
If I can, what action the hawk will respond?


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              īŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊ_īŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊAīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊhīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊuīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊbīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊHīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊOīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊdīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊHīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊīŋŊ
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