Re: Tactical Spaceship Combat?

From: kmgraphiks@aol.com (KMGraphiks)

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

A "traditional" PBM game you should look into is Death By Starlight from
Twin Engine Gaming. Their ad copy in Paper Mayhem reads "DBS is an arena
game of tactical space combat. You control a single ship and its crew of
four as you fight to gain fame and fortune on the Tri-Video Network show.
Combat is fast and furious, so it's a good thing you've got clones ready
in the wings." This game has to be played by snail mail since it has very
graphic turn sheets that show your ships instrument readings and image
scans of enemy ships. Turns are $3 each.

A "free" PBM game you might like is VGA Planets by Tim Wisseman. It's a
game of 11 unique races, each with their own kind of ships and special
abilities. You explore, develop your empire, build your ships and destroy
your opponents. This is all done in a GUI that you can d/l free as
shareware (limited level advancement) or pay $15 to register for no
restrictions. Everyone who plays the game does their turn in their GUI
which then compresses the info into a file which you upload to the game
host (which can be anyone who wants to). The host collects the files and
runs the turn. He then sends the players turn files to them attached to
email for the next turn. This game is played worldwide and there are a
bunch of internet sites and BBS's dedicated to providing info, hints and
access to well-hosted games.

Hope this helps. You've got some tough choices to make <G>.

Ken Mitchell
The PBM Report

References

Tactical Spaceship Combat?
dkass@cco.caltech.edu (David Michael Kass)
Mon, 30 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000