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<P><CENTER><I> Zam! It's a gaming world! It's a fantasy setting! It's <STRONG>two!</STRONG> (splat) <STRONG>two!</STRONG> (splat) <STRONG>two!</STRONG> things in one! </I></CENTER>
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<H2>Encyclopedia Zammica
</H2><P ALIGN=Center><A HREF="EZA.HTML">A</A> <A HREF="EZB.HTML">B</A>
<A HREF="EZC.HTML">C</A> <A HREF="EZD.HTML">D</A> <A HREF="EZE.HTML">E</A>
<A HREF="EZF.HTML">F</A> <A HREF="EZG.HTML">G</A> <A HREF="EZH.HTML">H</A>
<A HREF="EZI.HTML">I</A> <A HREF="EZJ.HTML">J</A> <A HREF="EZK.HTML">K</A>
<A HREF="EZL.HTML">L</A> <A HREF="EZM.HTML">M</A> <A HREF="EZN.HTML">N</A>
<A HREF="EZO.HTML">O</A> <A HREF="EZP.HTML">P</A> <A HREF="EZQ.HTML">Q</A>
<A HREF="EZR.HTML">R</A> <A HREF="EZS.HTML">S</A> <A HREF="EZT.HTML">T</A>
<A HREF="EZU.HTML">U</A> <A HREF="EZV.HTML">V</A> <A HREF="EZW.HTML">W</A>
X <A HREF="EZY.HTML">Y</A> <A HREF="EZZ.HTML">Z</A>
<A HREF="EZTL.HTML">Timeline</A>
<A HREF="EZWGATE.HTML">WebGate</A>
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<P>Also available is a relatively large <A HREF="EZMAP.HTML">map</A>. It's
over 100k to load, but the encyclopedia entries make even less sense without it. <I>(Actually,
the original map is about five feet by four feet, so this is a reduced
version.)</I> <HR>
<P>So, what the heck <I>is</I> "Zam!"?? Well, once upon a time, I used to
buy every suppliment of a certain wildly popular fantasy roleplaying game
that came out. Then came something called <I>Dragonlance</I>. I recoiled
in horror at the prod-em-along-at-polearm-point philosophy of doing things,
so I started writing my own world, thinking <I>"What would life be
<STRONG>like</STRONG>, if physics and such actually worked that way?"</I>
<P>Since then, the wildly popular game has gone through a few
transmorgrifications, and I've sometimes used another system entirely for
Zam! So what I'm left with is a world only partially connected with any given
system.
<P>What's here online is mostly exported from my HyperCard stacks of Zam!
data using homegrown scripts. That's my alibi for some of the quirky ways
the data is presented. Right now, it's like an almanac for a world that doesn't
exist. The dry presentation is offset by the total lack of relevance to anything
in the real world.
<P>Perhaps I'll get around to posting more maps, charts, floorplans, encounter
tables, etc. It's partially up to
you -- if you want to know more about any part of this, send me email and
maybe I'll write up an answer! The same goes for any errors you might find.
That way the Zam! world will grow and improve as a kind of audience participation
project.
<P>If you feel like running a campaign in Zam!, give me a holler -- we can
work something out! <BR><HR><CENTER>
<A HREF="rpgs.HTML">RPGs</A></CENTER><HR>
<ADDRESS>just john <A href="mailto:just-john@just-john.com">
just-john@just-john.com </A>
</ADDRESS><P><BR>2/1/97
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