E.P.I.C.S.

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0c000500dvldtc.gif"> <div> <B>DRAGONSLAYER GAMES</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0cad2c00dvldtc.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="056b32d0.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> DESERVE TO SURVIVE!</div> <div> <I><B>Dragonslayer Games</B></I></div> <div>   About Us</div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTACT US"><U>  Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT ARE ROLEPLAY GAMES?"><U>  What are Role-Play Games?</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WRITERS WANTED!"><U>  Writers Wanted</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>  Links</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="E.P.I.C.S."><U><I><B>EPICS rpg</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GOALS"><U>  Goals of the EPICS rpg</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SYSTEM"><U>  The EPICS system</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solving RPG problems using EPICS"><U>  Solving problems using EPICS</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Using EPICS in other RPG Games"><U>  Using EPICS with other rpgs</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2003 Edition Skill Rules"><U>Updated Skill Rules</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HOW TO ORDER"><U><I><U>  How to Order</U></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>New Rules</B></div> <div>  <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FREE SETTINGS!"><U> Free Settings</U></A></div> <div>  <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2003 Edition Skill Rules"><U> 2003 Skill Rules</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="QA"><U>  Questions and Answers</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Awards"><U>New Awards for characters </U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>(New!)</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In the Works"><U>  In The Works</U></A></div> <div>   </div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sketches"><U><I><B>Made-to-Order Sketches</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sketches"><U>(no longer avalible)</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> E.P.I.C.S.</div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GOALS"><U><I><B>The Easy, Player-initiated Character System</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GOALS"><U><I><B>A complete universal role-playing game</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> "My girlfriend found a copy of you game book on Ebay and bought it for my "bad RPG" collection. It didn't go there. After reading it I realized this was not a "Bad RPG". Indeed it seems it might be the answer to my problems. The fluid nature of Epics is so perfect..."</div> <div> -Bradley Null, customer (through his girlfriend)</div> <bR> <div> "So you have this </div> <div> whole dynamic where you sort of have to earn your Hit Points, by </div> <div> proving to the GM that you deserve them. "</div> <div> "...it's so obvious...why didn't someone think of this before?". </div> <div> And that's not the only cool thing about the game, but I could go on </div> <div> and on."</div> <div> -Scott (last name unknown), customer and fan</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The old days of role-playing, when the players could just sit around the table and let the game-master do all the work are gone. Now the players will not only have to roll dice, but they will have to think about their characters, role-play them well, and be clever enough if they wish to survive. This is the new age of gaming, where characters are designed as they are played. This is EPICS.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GOALS"><U>MORE ABOUT EPICS</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="487" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 56 WIDTH="475"><div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HOW TO ORDER"><U><IMG SRC="2c2b6320.gif" border=0 width="182" height="50" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>