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Atlantis is a free open-ended multi-player computer moderated Turn-based strategic fantasy game for any number of players. It is played via email. The game world is populated by many races and monsters. Players may attempt to carve out huge empires, become master magicians, intrepid explorers, rich traders or any other career that comes to mind and interact with other players in trade, war and alliances. There is no declared winner of the game, players set their own objectives, and one can join at any time. A turn-based game, also known as turn-based strategy, is a game where each participant plays in turn. ... Look up Fantasy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For other definitions of fantasy, see fantasy (psychology). ... Play by mail games are games, of any type, played through postal mail or e-mail. ...


Russell Wallace developed the initial version and ran the first game, Atlantis 1.0 in 1993. Geoff Dunbar continued the legacy, first with the extensive playtest of Atlantis 2.0, and then the commercial game Atlantis 3.0. Atlantis 4.0 was created by Geoff Dunbar. AtlantisDev was formed sometime after that and Joseph Traub became the maintainer of the code. Atlantis 4.0 was later expanded o­n by various contributors from the AtlantisDev group. The new maintainer of the code is Azthar Septragen. The actual version is 4.0.10k.


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Atlantis PbeM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (196 words)
Atlantis is a free open-ended multi-player computer moderated Turn-based strategic fantasy game for any number of players.
AtlantisDev was formed sometime after that and Joseph Traub became the maintainer of the code.
Atlantis 4.0 was later expanded o­n by various contributors from the AtlantisDev group.
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