ARMAGEDDON!   1.0
                         by Chuck Strusz
       Copyright 1992 by Chuck Strusz, all rights reserved

     This RPG is released as 'shareware'.  This means that rather
than paying a ridiculous $50 or more (as I have often done) for a
gaming system plus necessary books (worldbooks, monster books,
even more rules books, and much, much more), this system is FREE. 
Copies of this file can be printed out and handed out to all your
friends, and copies of the file can be passed around and uploaded
(in fact, this is strongly encouraged).  This can all be done as
long as none of the files contained herein are altered in any
way.  In addition, this disclaimer may not be removed.  Remember
those mattress tags?  This file is kinda like that, only the
penalty is DEATH!  Well, maybe not, but leave it as is anyway.
     This may be a free game but the author would appreciate a
$10 contribution to support the efforts of many, MANY sleepless
nights on the behalf of many people, not to mention numerous data
losses.  With this $10 contribution, you get:

     1)  Gratitude
     2)  Personal notification of any major updates
     3)  And best of all:  possible future supplements sent to your door.
         Possible supplements include:  worldbooks, citybooks,    
         sourcebooks, adventures, character generation programs,  
         creature compendiums, and much more.

The above three things are available to registered (donating)
users only.  While the possibility of future supplements depends
on the number of registeres users, even if just one is produced,
at a commercial cost of $15.00 each (very cheap in a commercial
game sytem anywhere!), this totals $30.00, (this rule book would cost
around $20.00), all of which can be had for only $10.  To register,
print and fill out the file REGISTER.TXT and enclose a check or money
order for $10.00 (U.S. currency only) and mail to:

Charles Strusz III
Rt 1 Box 157
Carbondale, IL    62901-9702

While you are at it, if you have a modem, call 

InfoQuest RBBS
(618) 453-8511
Three (sometimes four) nodes, two of which support high speeds.

The latest version of Armageddon will always be available there,
even to non-registered users.

Special thanks to Jason Hammel, Stephen Hardnett, Will Hunter,
Ray Spees, and Kyle Steger for playtesting and proofreading.

If you have any questions, send them to the above address,
enclosing an SASE, and they will be answered.  Or call InfoQuest
and leave a message to Chuck Strusz in the forum area.

Future updates (not supplements - updates (hopefully)) to include:
more skills, spells, and miracles, cleaned up text versions (the
WordPerfect versions should be fine, but the TXT files are a little
sloppy, as they got messed up a tad bit in the conversion), more
occupations, and other minor stuff.

File specs:

GEDDON.        Armageddon! rules for WordPerfect 5.1
GEDDON.TXT     Armageddon! rules, text file format
REGISTER.TXT   Registration file
README.TXT     This file
ARMACHAR.TXT   Armageddon! character sheet