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Glossary of Terms Related to Castle Marrach

General Terms Relating to Castle Marrach, Skotos and Gaming
Terms and Acronyms Relating to Other Skotos Games
Miscellaneous Chat Acronyms

From adverb to Zealous. If you notice any terms that you feel are missing from this glossary, please post them in this thread on the Skotos forums and they may, or may not, be added to the glossary. A special thanks goes to Age (Ageelia) for helping point out many of the terms that should have been defined in this glossary. -Steve (Stix)


Terms and Acronyms Relating to Other Skotos Games


associate game
DA
DC
Devil's Cay
Droid Arena
The Eternal City
Galactic Emperor: Hegemony
Gang of Four
GE:H
Glory of the Nile
GN
GOF
GR
Grendel's Revenge
Ironclaw Online
Lazarus Sleeping

LC
Lovecraft Country: Arkham by Night
M59
Meridian 59
Orphan Crown
Pendragon Online
PO
QN
Queen's Necklace
S7
SF
Skotos 7
Space Federation
TEC
Underlight
UL


associate game

An independently developed game that can be played by members of Skotos.


DA

An acronym for 'Droid Arena.'


DC

An acronym for 'Devil's Cay.'


Devil's Cay

A prose-based horror game currently in development as a Skotos 7 game.

The forum for Devil's Cay can be found here.


Droid Arena 2

A Skotos associate game that falls into the genre of strategy. In Droid Arena a person builds a 'virtual robot,' teaches it what to do in a battle, watch it fight enemies, etc.

The site for Droid Arena 2 can be found here.


The Eternal City

A prose-based game developed by Worlds Apart and published by Skotos that has a fantastical Rome-like setting. The Eternal City emphasizes role playing, socialization and has a vast amount of game systems to develop a character mechanically.

The site for The Eternal City can be found here.


Galactic Emperor: Hegemony

A browser-based strategy game currently being published and run by Skotos. There are 12 players in a game of Hegemony who each try to conquer and dominate as many stars in a galaxy as possible. There are often games with special rules, as well.

The site for Galactic Emperor: Hegemony can be found here.


Gang of Four

A Skotos associate card game based on a game played in the backstreets of Hong Kong. Gang of Four is developed and published by Days of Wonder.

The site for Gang of Four can be found here.


GE:H

An acronym for 'Galactic Emperor: Hegemony.' Some use 'GE' for the acronym.


Glory of the Nile

A prose-based game set in Thebes during the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. Glory of the Nile is currently in development as a Skotos 7 game.

The forum for Glory of the Nile can be found here.


GN

An acronym for 'Glory of the Nile.' Some use 'GotN' for the acronym.


GOF

An acronym for 'Gang of Four.'


GR

An acronym for 'Grendel's Revenge.'


Grendel's Revenge

A prose-based game developed by Worlds Apart and published by Skotos where players take on the roles of monsters to fight against humans and often each other. Players can play a social monster and join a clan or they can be a wandering monster and do most of their adventuring alone. Grendel's Revenge emphasizes achievement and socialization.

The site for Grendel's Revenge can be found here.


Ironclaw Online

A prose-based anthropomorphic fantasy game. Ironclaw Online is currently in development as a Skotos 7 game.

The forum for Ironclaw Online can be found here.


Lazarus Sleeping

A prose-based science fiction game set in a geodesic dome on another planet where scientists research ways of conquering death. Lazarus Sleeping is currently in development as a Skotos 7 game.


LC

An acronym for 'Lovecraft Country.'


Lovecraft Country: Arkham by Night

A prose-based horror game set in Miskatonic Univeristy of a New England town called Arkham. Lovecraft Country is based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos and is currently in development as a Skotos 7 game.

The forum for Lovecraft Country can be found here.


M59

An acronym for 'Meridian 59.'


Meridian 59

A Skotos associate graphical role playing game by Near Death Studios. Members of Skotos can play on the 'Sacred Haven' server where PvP is not allowed.

The site for Meridian 59 can be found here.


Orphan Crown

A prose-based fantasy game based on fairy tales and variations thereof. Orphan Crown is currently under development as a Skotos 7 game.

Scott Holliday, the lead developer of Orphan Crown, writes a column for Skotos called Storms on Cloud 9 that can be found here.


Pendragon Online

A prose-based game based on Arthurian legend and the King Arthur Pendragon role playing game produced by Green Knight Publishing.

Pendragon Online is currently under development as a Skotos 7 game.

The site for Pendragon Online can be found here.


PO

An acronym for 'Pendragon Online.'


QN

An acronym for 'Queen's Necklace.'


Queen's Necklace

A Skotos associate card game based on gem-selling and the influence and intrigue of a Royal Court. Queen's Necklace is developed and published by Days of Wonder.

The site for Queen's Necklace can be found here.


S7

An acronym for 'Skotos 7.'


SF

1. An acronym for 'Space Federation.'

2. An acronym for 'science-fiction.'


Space Federation

A browser-based Skotos associate strategy game. Space Federation concentrates on empire management, trade and warfare between empires.

The site for Space Federation can be found here.


Skotos 7

Skotos Tech accepts seven games to be developed at a time for Skotos. These games are called the 'Skotos 7.'


TEC

An acronym for 'The Eternal City.'


Underlight

A graphical Skotos associate role playing game based on dreams, quests and mysteries.

The site for Underlight can be found here.


UL

An acronym for 'Underlight.'


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