Re: PBM costs

From: cisco@src.honeywell.com (Cisco Lopez-Fresquet)

Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

>I've got a general question for all PBM players.  How do you
>afford it?  I used to play just one game, at $7.50 a turn it cost
>$15 a month, plus usually another $30 a month on phone bills.
>For that price I can buy a brand new computer or board game every
>month that will almost certainly give me more play time than the
>two PBM turns did, plus I'll have them forever and I can probably
>sell them to someone else eventually.  I guess I could afford it, but
>it seems I can get a hell of a lot more value for my money elsewhere..
>
>And never mind trying to play 3 or 4 games...that gets close to costing
>as much as my car payment!
>
>I've thought on and off about playing again, but the costs involved are
>just way too high to really even consider it.

Well, I would suggest finding one of the free games out there, then.  Some
games you might look up include Galaxy, FoodChain, Imperium, Age of
Discovery, or Worldwide Diplomacy (all of these are free games).

I have looked over all these games --  I haven't played them all (I _do_
 have to make a living...), but they all look very professional.

The only game I pay to play is Olympia, and at $2.50/turn it is quite a
reasonable habit to support.

- cisco
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References

What is MEPBM?
Brendan Speer
Tue, 22 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: What is MEPBM?
dcd@nasa.kodak.com (Dennis DeYoung)
Tue, 22 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

What is MEPBM?
Brendan Speer
Tue, 22 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: What is MEPBM?
dcd@nasa.kodak.com (Dennis DeYoung)
Tue, 22 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000