The treasure horde program isn't posted anywhere. It's not long, but I don't have a copy on this machine. When I get home, I can send it to the list.
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM Peter Vollan <[email protected]> wrote: > You may be interested in knowing that I have already cut that text out > of the pdf of Dragon #74 and then pasted it back together in a text > file. Better than typing it all in like the old days, yes? I just ran > it in Virtual T (Model 100) and it barfs at the command "randomize". > > I did the same thing with a program to generated character for TSR's > Top Secret RPG, and then adapted it for the Model 100. It looks at the > tail end of TIME$ to randomise from 1 to 10 and then goes through that > many random numbers. It is on my Club 100 member page, but the member > pages are unfortunately down just now. > > I know that there is a program that does exactly what you describe > called D20.BA. I don't know how it randomises. > > I am interested in that program to generate treasure. BTW it is called > a treasure "hoard". > > On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 13:15, Jason Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In most cases the syntax could change but the command should mostly be > the same. Depending on what machine you're using that particular book was > published with versions for specific Basics Commodore Atari Apple TRS-80 > etc. > > > > Do a Google search for Dragon magazine 74 PDF and there should be a > program listing that is a dungeon Master's kind of utility program. It's > not the only one. Don't be confused by the battle computer that is really > just a slotted wheel for determining combat to hit percentages. > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 4:10 PM James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> It says for the TRS80 Model 3... I'm assuming that would still be > alright? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 7 Jan 2020, 8:55 pm Ken Pettit, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi James, > >>> > >>> I just remembered the title. It is "Golden Flutes and Great Escapes": > >>> > >>> > http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/fichiers/goldenflutesandgreatescapes.pdf > >>> > >>> Ken > >>> > >>> On 1/7/20 12:48 PM, James Zeun wrote: > >>> > >>> Yes please! That would be great! > >>> > >>> On Tue, 7 Jan 2020, 8:36 pm Ken Pettit, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 1/7/20 11:12 AM, Jerry Stratton wrote: > >>>> >> I don't know if anyone has any books they'd be willing to part > with or just recommend one. > >>>> > > >>>> > If your D&Dness includes wanting to write text adventures in BASIC, > Tim Hartnell’s Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer was very nice. > >>>> > >>>> Come to think of it, I still own a book on writing text adventures in > >>>> BASIC ... probably sitting on the top shelf of my bookshelf at home. > I > >>>> could look up the title later tonight when I get home if it is of any > >>>> interest. > >>>> > >>>> Ken > >>>> > >>> >
