+ others!

Enjoy! Tim (tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

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WHAT IS STAR TRAIL?

Star Trail is touted as a "fantasy role playing simulation", the
reason being that there is a lot of attention to detail in the game.
The game system is based on the (supposedly) popular German role
playing system called "Das Schwarze Auge".

The game comes with a manual, reference card and a fold-out colour
map of the realm. The map covers about 400 by 300 miles of land,
and has over a dozen villages/towns marked on it. The manual is
70+ pages, thoughtfully written and well indexed. There are no
details of monsters or weapons in the manual, but there is enough
info to get you going and involved in the game. A separate clue
book (I don't have it) retails for #13.99 or so.

The game features 3D graphics in towns and dungeons (similar to
'Arena: Elder Scrolls', but oddly without the people - encounters
either yield pop-up menus or combat). Combat is isometric and
turn-based with good, but not great, graphics. On the CD version
there are combat sounds, including spell chants. Travel between
towns is done on an overhead map, with movement restricted to
paths that you find.

Characters can be from any of 12 races, and have around 50 skills
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