Greetings!

Today is the opening day of the House System. The House System represents
the medieval families and gives you the opportunity to found houses and
see your house prosper. Although it has some similarities to our secret
society system, the idea is not to mimic it in anyway. House is a small
community; you can get a house channel, the house members can get bonuses
if the house prospers and it will also cost the house some money. How
much bonuses? How much money? How does it prosper? All questions are
something that only you can ultimately answer.

Once you read the helpfile (help houses), you will quickly notice some
limitations to your wishes, probably coming from the fact that there is
a designated slot system which is likely to not give you the chance
to found a house with all your old friends who have been playing since
1994. While some bonuses provide something tangible to many players,
there's so much more to look for. This could be a new opportunity to
gain new friends from new players and it could also offer an interesting
community to newer players who are just starting their career in BatMUD.

The system might be a little bit complex to comprehend in the beginning
so read the helpfile carefully and try to understand what it says. Also
please take some time to think about the name of your house (unless you
want it renamed by someone else).

As a final note I must say that this House System comes to the game as
something that may be altered into some direction in the future. It may
still have bugs regardless of testing and any bonuses or variables that
are part of the system may change in the future as it might take a while
to search for proper balance for the system.

Therefore, if you immediately found a house now or in near future, please
remain patient and accept that things may change a bit.

I wish good fortune for your houses and hope you can all find something
interesting in this system.