Black Gate Publishing(TM) presents

                      DICEMASTER(TM)

           the dice-rolling program for Windows.

HOW TO INSTALL DICEMASTER:
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DiceMaster probably came to you as a ZIP archive, including these 
files:

DICE.EXE		The DiceMaster program
DICE.TXT		This information text file
THREED.VBX	A Visual Basic runtime file

You may place DICE.EXE and DICE.TXT anywhere you like, perhaps in a 
directory called C:\GAMES or C:\UTILS. It's up to you where you put 
them and what you call the directory.

THREED.VBX must be put in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. If you 
already have a copy of THREED.VBX, you should only the keep the more 
recent of the two. Delete the old one (or put it on a floppy disk), 
and put the more recent one in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

You also need the file VBRUN300.DLL. This is a very large file 
required by many programs, and so is not included in this archive. 
If you don't already have a copy of VBRUN300.DLL, you can probably 
get it from the same place you got DiceMaster.

DiceMaster is a well-behaved little program; it doesn't change any 
of your INI files, and it doesn't leave any other files on your hard 
drive. If you want to delete DiceMaster, simply delete DICE.EXE and 
DICE.TXT. THREED.VBX and VBRUN300.DLL are used by many other 
programs, so you should not erase these files.

WHAT DICEMASTER IS:
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As a service to our customers, we freely distribute this handy 
little program. You may roll any size dice from 2-sided to 
100-sided. You may roll up to 99 dice of any type, and further roll 
that "group" of dice up to 99 times. DiceMaster keeps track of all 
the subtotals and the grand total.

DiceMaster is useful when running large battles, or in games which 
require large numbers of peculiar-shaped dice. It can also add 
modifiers to individual dice or to entire "group" dice rolls.

DiceMaster is freely distributed: you don't ever have to buy 
anything to use it, but the program itself remains the property of 
Black Gate Publishing. If you paid someone for this program, you 
probably paid them to find it and send it to you: Black Gate 
Publishing did not receive (and doesn't want) any money for 
DiceMaster.

WHO WE ARE:
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Black Gate Publishing produces role-playing games. Here is a short 
list of our products, both our current releases and those we expect 
to publish in the immediate future:

LEGACY: War of Ages	($25.00 US)	ISBN: 0-9641722-0-8
The role-playing game of Immortals in the modern world. Adventure, 
romance, power, and intrigue can all be yours for the taking.

Mortal Enemies	(Winter '94-'95)	ISBN: 0-9641722-1-6
Organizations and individuals for your LEGACY campaign. Make the 
lives of your players more difficult with these worthy opponents.

Richmond: City in Decay	(Winter '94-'95)	ISBN: 0-9641722-2-4
A city sourcebook for LEGACY: War of Ages. Richmond, once the jewel 
of the South, is now a center of crime and violence, and a center 
for Immortal intrigue and adventure.

Shadows of the Past	(Spring '95)	ISBN: 0-9641722-3-2
A historical sourcebook for LEGACY: War of Ages. Enemies from ages 
past might return to seek vengeance, continuing the War of Ages. You 
can also use Shadows of the Past to run "flashback" scenes, or run 
entire campaigns set in historical settings.

WARLOCK: Black Spiral	(Summer '95)	ISBN: 0-9641722-4-0
The role-playing game of Magick in the modern world. Forces are 
poised even now to strip this universe of its power, in order to 
keep their stagnant domains from disintegrating. Will you oppose 
them, or help them in return for their arcane knowledge?


For more information, contact:

Black Gate Publishing
P.O. Box 1134
Portsmouth, VA  23705-1134
INTERNET: 72604.545@compuserve.com
CIS: 72604,545
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