Re: Help for starting a PBEM??

From: kiwif@southeast.net (Mrkiwi)

Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000

phoenyx@southwind.net (Karen J. Cravens) wrote:

>Are we talking about the same thing here when we say "RPG"?

>Insofar as the rules go, there's no "converting."  RPG's make the
>transition fairly well, although the style of play leads to a
>stance that's more Author than Actor (for those who read
>r.g.frp.advocacy).  Obviously, one wants to minimize the rules
>(especially combat) as much as possible or the game bogs down
>(I've seen by-the-book Champions combat done PBeM, and it's not
>pretty), but that's minor.

RPG and PBEM or PBm are basically the same thing except that PBEM and
PBm are just extensions of a RPG, except that it is done in the
Electronic median, But then you could say that all CDROm based RPG's
are based on the electronic median too?

However it is the way the games are done that either makes or breaks a
game. It does seem that most PBM or PBEM are either Homegrown, based a
on an existing set of rules of many commerical games.

It does depend on the type of Game that the GM is running, if the
Rules have to be simple, especailly in Combat. I did play one Board
game, where the rules dealt heavily on Combat, this was a starship
combat game where such rules had to beheavy to get the effect.

Mrkiwi

References

Help for starting a PBEM??
kiwif@southeast.net (Mrkiwi)
Thu, 03 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Help for starting a PBEM??
Beowulfe <beowulfe@mindspring.com>
Thu, 03 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Help for starting a PBEM??
kiwif@southeast.net (Mrkiwi)
Fri, 04 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Help for starting a PBEM??
phoenyx@southwind.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Sun, 06 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Help for starting a PBEM??
kiwif@southeast.net (Mrkiwi)
Thu, 03 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Help for starting a PBEM??
Beowulfe <beowulfe@mindspring.com>
Thu, 03 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Help for starting a PBEM??
kiwif@southeast.net (Mrkiwi)
Fri, 04 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Help for starting a PBEM??
phoenyx@southwind.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Sun, 06 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000