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## In this conversation

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| stevet | unknown | 1 |

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### stevet — Jan 13, 1998 19:00 UTC

<pre class="usenet-transcript">D A R K    P A W N S

                         pawns.guru.org  4000
                         198.82.200.173  4000
                   WHOD daemon: pawns.guru.org 4001
                   WWW: http://pawns.guru.org/pawns

   Circle 3.00 beta patch level 11-based MUD, is recruiting new players
   after over 3 years of testing and development (and drinking beer...)

        A Partial List Of Features:

        o       Free Rent (just quit in the temple)
        o       Vampirism/Lycanthropy (werewolves)
        o       Languages For Each Race
        o       Mounts/Ranged Combat
        o       Ton of mob specials (to keep things interesting)
        o       Multis are ok, even encouraged, up to three are allowed
        o       Dark Pawns is a PK tolerant mud
        o       Magical Tattoos
        o       TAG!  You&#x27;re It!
	o	100% DP Original areas in a dark fantasy setting
	o	Newly expanded world, with lots of unexplored areas!
	o	Special dream code
	o	Located in SW Virginia for speedy connections

Signature
   Stephen C. Thompson
   [email redacted]   ICQ: 6921299

[personal URL redacted]
   Dark Pawns: pawns.guru.org 4000</pre>