Re: The GM/player ratio

From: Rodger Coghlan <rodger-@-oup-usa.org>

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

> In article <mhGa8nApYPszEwi8@phildee.demon.co.uk>,
> Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >Can we talk about PBM now...? I would still like to see some postings
> >from *players* talking about the games they play, what they're like to
> >play, and why they like them playing them - any takers (*not* GM's
> >plugging their game!)?
>

I have been playing pbms since 1976 (?), I started with Flying
Buffaloe's StarWeb and I liked it a great deal but you had to run huge
phone bills in order to allie effectively as Snail mail was just too
cumbersome and time consuming.  I started MUDing in 1988 and have never
left computer gaming since (at least while I had access to a modem and a
university shell account).
  I am playing Olympia now and I love it!!  I started on the first turn
of game 2 and after thrashing around without a clue, I've settled and
joined a large federation and even seem to be headed towards war.  I
like it because it seems to balance all the aspects of gaming without
going overboard: it has resource management, level progressions, skill
progressions, secrete things to find, off-map places to go; and even
options to by-pass normal rpg conflict and interactions and go it
alone.   There is enough complexity that I can think about the game
without the rules handy, not everything is explained so it pays to spend
time thinking about what you are doing.

Rodger

References

Awright, let's get this straight, people
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Awright, let's get this straight, people
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 25 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000
The GM/player ratio
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Wed, 25 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000