The below items are available for download. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Also, while I use them myself, I do not guarantee these files to be error free. If you find any errors, please let me know so that I can correct them for the next revision.

    Note that these files were made in Excel 2000, and though some of the formatting tricks might not work as planned in earlier versions, the formulas should work fine back to Excel 97. (Excel 95 has shown some significant problems, and is not recommended).

    Also, the best way to download these files without your browser trying to display them (and sometimes requiring a password), is to RIGHT CLICK on the link, and choose SAVE TARGET AS.... Then you can select the folder to save the file in, and should experience no problems.

AUTOMAGIC TURN ASSIST FILE: ( Revision 2006a.1,  November 17th, 2005 )

• NEW Features
  • Comments: Used to display artifacts held, spells known, and army troop & character composition.
  • Orders Costs: Automatically updated on the EconoCalc sheet.
  • Economy: Bid cost & amounts split out to more accurately reflect market costs, and line added to subtract expected commodities losses.
  • Excel 2003 & XML Files: You no longer have to change the file extensions for your XML files before importing into Excel 2003.
• STANDARD FEATURES: As always, AutoMagic includes:
  • An Orders sheet that automates much of the character order work, and validates your input, (including character movement distance!)
  • A SEND sheet that displays a synopsis of your characters orders, and can automatically generate an orders file which you can attach to an E-Mail to send to MeGames.
  • Automagic will import your updated character, nation, and economy data from the XML files MeGames sends with your PDF results. This info will be fed directly into Automagic.
  • Calculators for armies and economy stuff.
  • An Artifact Info data sheet so you can track artifacts in your game.
  • Nation and notes sheets for keeping notes on.
  • Orders Info sheet which lists all the orders and required info.
  • General Info sheet, which has various useful info.

DOWNLOAD whichever of the below files best suite you. Remember to RIGHT-CLICK on the link and choose Save Target As... You will encounter less problems by doing it this way.

• AutoMagic.zip: This is a Zipped folder which contains AutoMagic.xls, and a readme file to help you get started. You will need to un-ZIP it to a folder on your hard drive. (Zipped ~475 KB)
• AutoMagic.exe: This is a self-extracting compressed file. Once you download it, all you need to do to is double-click on the file, and Automagic.xls and the readme will be placed in the folder you specify on your hard drive. (Compressed ~612 KB)

AUTOMINISTER TEAM DATA FILE: ( v1.23, June 7th, 2005 )

• AutoMinister will help all team members, but will be especially useful for team captains and market coordinators.
• XML Data Importing: AutoMinister obtains data like AutoMagic, by importing XML files. However, since AutoMinister is a TEAM data file, it requires access to your entire team's XML files, (or as many as you can obtain).
• STANDARD FEATURES:
  • ECONOMY: AutoMinister collates the team's economic data, including commodities, taxes, and deficit/surplus for all allied nations.
  • CHARACTERS: AutoMinister collects data on all friendly characters, and such enemy character data as is available in the XML files. You can add your own notes to this, which will be retained from turn-to-turn.
  • ARTIFACTS: AutoMinister also collects data on all artifact info available in the XML files, (which means only artifacts CURRENTLY POSSESSED by friendly characters. But just like the character info, you can add your own notes to this, which will be retained from turn-to-turn.
  • RUMORS: AutoMinister filters all the nation messages and displays only those most important ones. Rumors about friendly character actions are filtered out, leaving only the more relevant ones.

DOWNLOAD whichever of the below files best suite you. Remember to RIGHT-CLICK on the link and choose Save Target As... You will encounter less problems by doing it this way.

• AutoMinister.zip: This is a Zipped folder which contains AutoMinister.xls. You will need to un-ZIP it to a folder on your hard drive. (Zipped ~175 KB)
• AutoMinister.exe: This is a self-extracting compressed file. Once you download it, all you need to do to is double-click on the file, and AutoMinister.xls will be placed in the folder you specify on your hard drive. (Compressed ~308 KB)

MePBM 4th AGE NATION SETUP ASSIST FILE: (Rev 2006.a9, 05/14/2006 - Compressed ~200 KB)

This file is called Setups_NEW_a9.zip, and is a compressed (zip) file.

Each of the 3 files contained in this zip file is similar, but one is for the North Kingdom setup, one is for the South Kingdom setup, and the last is the generic Nation setup file. Each of these files will automate much of your nation setup work, and include:

• Nation Setup Sheets that look very similar to MeGames new Nation Setup Sheet, and so can be printed out.
• A Setup Sheet that you can copy/paste into an E-Mail containing the NEW pre-setup info.
• An E-Mail sheet that converts the Nation Setup info into a plain-text friendly format, so that you can E-Mail your setups directly to MeGames.
• Various useful setup info in non-printing notes.

EASY-VIEW MAPS

These are maps I made up in a format I find easier to read, and more legible when printed on 8.5 x 11 inch (letter size) paper. I've been asked several times, (by allies in 4th Age games), to provide these to the public, so here they are. (1650 and 2950 maps will be coming in the future.)

NOTE: These are for your information and enjoyment. I DO NOT guarantee their accuracy, nor do I intend them to be "official" play aids for MePBM, so there won't be any revision numbers. If you find inaccuracies, please bring them up to my attention and I'll simply fix the files.

Map Icon file: (GIF file ~ 6KB) PC & Improvement Icons for use when editting the maps, (ie; copy/pasting).

4th Age MAP: (GIF file ~ 198KB) This is a BLANK 4th Age map, showing Twin Kingdom starting PC locations, strategic PCs, and locations "not available at game start" for PC placement.

Battle Of Five Armies MAP: (GIF file ~36KB) - This is the map cut down to represent just the BOFA area and starting PCs.

MePBM Regional Map

Middle-earth Regional Map: (GIF file ~ 33KB) I made this map mainly for 4th Age game setups. The map divides Middle-earth into 18 regions (2 of which are the 5-hex exclusion zones that belong to the twin kingdoms). This might be useful for any fiction you may wish to write for your games, or for dividing up locations for nation setups in grudge games, variant scenarios, etc.

Thanks,

Mike Mulka