Barren Realms Elite or BRE

 is a multi-player bulletin board system stratagy game.
Barren Realms Elite is a 25-player strategic war game originally by Mehul Patel.
The setting is in the future -- nuclear destruction has spread throughout the planet,
and now only a vast barren void exists. As a baron under a great king,
you must expand your barony throughout the planet and become the ultimate baron.

One feature of the game is the ability for a bulletin board system to compete against other BBSs.
Each BBS functions as its own distinct planet in a universe of planets,
where the universe comprised all of the BBSs that agreed to host the game together.
Messages and attacks travel from planet to planet on a regular basis as the BBS systems
called each other to transmit and receive data.

The game is based on Solar Realms Elite (SRE), and is considered by many to be SRE's successor.
The focus on inter-BBS play completely changed the game dynamics,
and both BRE and SRE continued to be developed for several years.
In modern times, Barren Realms Elite has managed to maintain a fair number of players,
most of whom connect to BBSes via Telnet in order to play.

Currently Battlnet is Running six Interbbs BRE leagues.

Falcon's Eye or FE

 is a multi-player bulletin board system stratagy game.
The game was created by Mehul Patel, author of Barren Realms Elite,
but is now owned by John Dailey Software.
Gameplay is similar to BRE in a different setting. In Falcon's Eye,
a player controls a county within a mythical, medieval world.
Players must develop their county's economy, employ their people,
construct buildings, create a military and expand their lands.

Falcon's Eye has more variables than BRE.
A player's county can belong to one of many races;
workers can be employed in various types of jobs;
different buildings may be built on a county's land;
and various types of spells may be cast.
Players compete for the "Falcon's Eye,"
a glass eye from a famous sculpture of a falcon.
It is awarded each day to the player with the highest score.
The player who possesses the Eye gains several advantages
over other players, though his population will become more demanding,
which results in a lower approval rating.

Currently Battlnet is Running Two FE Leagues.