Elements of the Game

The Bilestoad is a malevolent sort of amusement park where frustration can be vented without risking personal damage. Players control computer simulated proxies, called "meatlings." Meatlings have ranks, earned through victory, which are used to determine a meatling's objectives. "Yaygers" must try to kill their opponent. "Forshers" must find and use a goal disk, called the "zonenstrall."

Meatlings battle on a number of different islands on the world of the Bilestoad. The ocean which surrounds each island serves as a natural boundary. Each island is a rectangular meadow, featureless except for a strain of weedy flowers and irregularly spaced grid lines that mark off the island.

The final elements of the battleground are the "shyben." There are four types of shyben: "springers," "loyfers," "mondstralls," and the "zonenstrall." Each type of shyben serves a different purpose.

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