The Illuminati BBS TFOS game lasted through at 12 or more players, two different BBS packages, and almost a decade, counting a brief incarnation on Illuminati Online in 1996. The following five archives contain almost all of the public action (and some of the private messages) that comprised the campaign.

I want to thank Walter Milliken and "Archangel" Beth McCoy for their kindness in providing me with these files. I kept my own copies of the game turns, but it was (foolishly) in hardcopy. As time allows, I will be digging through those hardopies to provide more of the "secret" background stuff that went on in email when characters were not in full view of everyone else. In the meantime, you can at least see things from the viewpoint of one set of players.

Available for FTP from this page are:

tfosarc1.zip

Posts from 11/18/87 to 7/7/88. Some background, and some characters from my original face-to-face game. The initial band of students shows up for the first time, and we get all the way to the end of the first day. A pep rally is planned, as is mischief. Lunch at Greasy Tony's. A first encounter with Petty School students goes poorly.

tfosarc2.zip

Posts from 7/7/88 to 10/6/88. Plans, designs and lightbulbs. Huey's nemesis. Weird Shop is interrupted for the BIL-9000. BIL must open the pod bay doors for the Wonkavator. The gang cuts and runs to Fonzo's for lunch. Teddy gets cheesed. Supr Hee-Row apprehends two Petties. Ross Talsorian sticks his head in to see how things are going. Going to the Mall, going to Woofer's Hi-fi Shed, and going to be crushed by a large porcupine...

tfosarc3.zip

Posts from 10/6/88 to 4/18/89. Fun at Woofer's. Crashing -- not. "Borrowing" bulbs from Odd-Job, helped by a stranger. Bad news for Huey, but he doesn't get to hear it. Swomi and Mike race. Crashing -- yes. Awakening in Jake's Junkyard. We can rebuild him, we have the technology. The mystery of Cassandra. To Fonzo's again. The gang gathers, and new players join.

tfosarc4.zip

Posts from 4/18/89 to 2/10/91. New students cause a ruckus in Fonzo's. Back to the Junkyard. A long hiatus and a change in venue for the game. More new players. A latenight attack while fixing Labby. The Tickle Cannon is used for the first time. The ACO's are coming...

tfosarc5.zip

Posts from 2/11/91 to 9/25/91. ACO's and alien attacks at the Petty School. Beth Catcloud gets revenge. ACO's and junkyard dragraces. Things crash a lot. Swomi goes out of town and over the edge. Ern and Pyrene burn rubber. We reach the end of the second day of school.

More material will be coming as soon as it can be put back into an electronic form.

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