Re: The first RPG - summary

[ahailey@direct.ca (Neutronium Dragon)]

In article <dw3f8lzq9c.fsf@kerstin.lysator.liu.se>, ekman@lysator.liu.se 
says...
>The only undeniable fact that has been established during the thread is 
>that there are many interesting ways to spell Akalabeth. Here are some 
>suggestions:
>
>Akalbeth
>Aklabeth
>Alekbeth
>Alkabaleth
>Alkabeth
>Alkalabeth
>
>The name almost certainly originally comes from Tolkien's Akallab�th - the 
>fall of N�menor. Did Garriot, too, misspell it? Perhaps on purpose?

He almost certainly did do it on purpose. In the early Ultima games, many of 
the opponent monsters are also tolkien ones, with variations in the spelling. 
(Presumably this was done to avoid copyright problems.)

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