From: lwl@pdiff.cis.upenn.edu (Lydia Leong)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
Subject: Dragon Poker
Date: 6 Oct 92 04:42:27 GMT
Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow

In response to Elisa:

My dragon poker cards are still around. The original set is object #902
on PernMUSH (dating back to February or so of 1991), but they got updated 
right about a year ago. 
The short blurbs for the face cards are reprinted below; some PernMUSH
people might be able to calculate their PernDino status by seeing how
many names they recognize.  :)
Only three cards of each type have 'featured' faces.

(If you're not a PernMUSH player, skip past the card descriptions; there's
 more to this post).


Weyr suit:

This face card is the Weyrwoman. It bears the face of Amberyl of Benden 
Weyr, a dark-haired young woman dressed in that Weyr's red and black.

This card is the Weyrleader. It features a picture of T'gerey of Benden 
Weyr, a tall, broad-shouldered man dressed in a wherhide riding jacket, 
with the red and black colors of Benden mixed with Harper Blue in his 
shoulder knot.

This card is the Weyrsecond. F'jon, Ista's Weyrsecond, is portrayed on
it, a blond-haired, green-eyed young man dressed in wherhide riding 
gear with a shoulder knot of Ista orange and black on one shoulder.

Hold suit:

On this face card is Ruatha's Lord Holder, Jyrax, a young man, dressed 
in bright red and dark brown, whose brown hair just brushes his shoulders.

The Lady Holder card features Tasarla of Lemos, wife of Alton and sister 
to Jyrax. She is a tall, willowy young woman with dark blond hair and warm 
brown eyes. The portrait of her is flattering.

This face card of Sheaves features the Steward, and Hawk, steward of Hold 
Gar, is pictured on it. He is a man clad in black leather. His dark hair 
frames a face dominated by piercing black eyes and an aquiline nose.

Craft suit:

This face card is the Craftmaster, and features Master Starsmith Selin,
a tall somber man in a grey tunic. His black hair is greying. The left 
side of his face is a mass of burn scars. His single eye is green.

This face card features Smith journeyman Thenomain, a tall, lanky young 
man. His hair is long and brown, tied in the back. His cold green eyes 
are suspicious, with a glint of wry cunning.

This face card features the Apprentice, and bears the portrait of Baril, 
a young Starsmith with long, dark hair, and the look of an outdoorsman.

Harper cards:

This is the first of the Harper cards, featuring Masterharper Tabbifli, 
a tall young woman with long brown hair and deep grey eyes, dressed in 
blue wherhide pants and a grey blouse.

The second of the Harper cards features Voice Master Brennin, a bright-
looking young man whose golden hair is gathered haphazardly behind his 
neck. His eyes, pools deeper in their green than emeralds, glitter.

This last of the Harper cards features Drum Master Sebastien. He is a 
tall, dark man, somewhat nervous-looking, with a dirk on his left hip 
and a dagger in his right boot. He wears a black cloak.



Now, to start a new discussion:

Does anyone want to hazard a guess or even just plain make up a
set of rules for the game of dragon poker? We're not really given
much information about the game at all.

PernMUSH players might want to check out a nifty little fortune
teller programmed by Alisanda for a Gather at Ruatha Hold at the
beginning of the summer of last year. It utilizes dragon poker
cards. @tel #2336, go to "Gather Stalls" and "enter tent".

Finally, a word on the PHIL matter (not a flame):

Those of you who are threatening to leave the group need to learn
how to use kill files. There's a rather good FAQ which is posted
to news.answers which explains how to use them with rn. (It's written,
incidentally, by Miritha@PernMUSH). I find that placing PHIL in my
killfile gets rid of a good quarter to half of the traffic on this
group. Most of his posts are 90% quoted material anyway.

I redirected follow-ups to my last post to alt.flame.  Those who
feel oppressed (*sarcasm*) should be emailing "their" persecutors,
or at the very least, not changing the follow-up line.

I agree wholeheartedly with Kurion's earlier post on the subject.

Sorry, I don't think alt.fan.pern is prominent enough to warrant the
notice of those who compile the Usenet Olympics.  :)

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Lydia Leong, '94   | "For I am what I say, and what you do is who you are,
lwl@seas.upenn.edu |  And the words are all we cling to in the end.
lwl@csa.bu.edu     |  For I don't have to see you to touch your heart...
lwl@imsa.edu       |  And maybe this is fantasy, and maybe I am dreaming,
lwl@elof.iit.edu   |  But maybe this is real life after all." - Perpetua@Pern
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