Re: 'Freeflow games'

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

Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000

(copied to newsgroup and mail)

In article <4rerqd$1nh@snow.btinternet.com>,
Malcolm.Hulme@btinternet.com (Malcolm Hulme) wrote:
>After such a long break I'd like to start pbm again, and this is the
>sort of game that I'd like to take part in. If anyone knows of a
>'freeflow' game that I could join I would really appreciate an e-mail
>with the details.

What you're really looking for is a roleplaying game.  Most of
what gets called "roleplaying" in pbm is really no more than a
wargame where you control individuals instead of tactical units.
"Real" roleplaying requires human moderation, and is more what
you describe.  It's well-nigh impossible in pbm because of the
time lag, but pbEm can support it, and does so quite well.

Irony Games runs one of the bigger lists at www.pbem.com.  The
Phoenyx site, at www2.southwind.net/~phoenyx, covers only our own
games (which are, we like to think, somewhat screened for quality
and GM reliability), but we also have a mailing list for PBeM
announcements that's (for the most part) restricted to
roleplaying PBeM's, which I will endeavor to have my
usually-random .sig show...  :}

Most human-moderated RPGs are free... there's no custom software
required, so there's no real expense to the GM.  All the Phoenyx
ones are free, and 99% of the Irony-announced ones are.

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References

'Freeflow games'
Malcolm.Hulme@btinternet.com (Malcolm Hulme)
Wed, 03 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000

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'Freeflow games'
Malcolm.Hulme@btinternet.com (Malcolm Hulme)
Wed, 03 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000