Preface
From Eressea
When we started Eressea back in 1996, we would never have guessed that it would grow as much as it did. As I write this in May 2001, Eressea has 1,500 players in Germany alone. These English rules mark the beginning of another era for Eressea. We will finally be able to give the game to a much bigger audience. And we think you will like it, too.
Eressea is a game that is played entirely through email. It is a turn based game, much like conventional strategy games, but with more complex rules, and more players at the same time. The world of Eressea is the same it was 5 years ago, although it has expanded over time to accomodate more and more players. It is filled with stories and legends of heroic battles, great deeds and empires long gone. In a way, it is very alive.
To play, you have to send at least one email a week to the game server, explaining what you want your units (the people you control) to do. In return, you will get a weekly report telling you what happened in the world, showing you newly explored areas, results of your orders and messages from other players. At the moment, this happens once a week on Sunday. Your orders must arrive before 9 am, and the report will usually get to you before the end of the day.
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A Warning
As in every major persistent online world, the rules for playing Eressea are subject to change. We have continuously tried to improve the rules, balancing them for better playability, and adding new features to provide more depth and an even better gaming experience. There are no guarantees that the rules stay the way they are (though most do).
Eressea is a hobby. The core team of developers is spending many, many hours of unpaid time every week to keep it going. There have been times when we wanted to quit. Please remember that we're doing this as a free service.
Got Questions?
There is more than one face behind Eressea, and not everyone can answer all of your questions. To simplify communications, there are a number of addresses you can write to for help. If you have a question about the rules, please try writing to eressea-help@eressea.de first. Your email will be read by volunteer players that are helping us deal with the sheer amount of questions that beginners usually have. They also know of any existing bugs in the game, should you be so unlucky to encounter one. Other good address are
- English English forum
- Eressea-Forum German forum
- The #eressea chatroom (IRCnet, Who is who?, Web chat client)
- Client for technical discussions about clients and tools for eressea
- eressea-rpg for in character messages to the Eressea world(s)
Bug Report
If you think you've found a bug (and you are quite sure you didn't just make an error or misunderstood something), use the bug tracking system Mantis.
