Re: Why play PBM RPGs? (Was: Re: Why play open-ended games)

From: study <study103@u.washington.edu>

Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1994 04:04:36 +0000

On 29 Oct 1994, Sampsa Hario wrote:

> I won't comment the original question, I'll just ask a new one.
>
> Is there any role-playing in role-playing play-by-mail games or are they
> just as pathetic as computer RPGs? To me the biggest problem seems to be
> the slow game speed of PBM RPGs - you can't play your character if you can
> forget between turns what he's thinking!
>

Hopefully you have a game that allows you to think about what method you
are going to use to reach your goals.  If the game is too narow I think
it will get boring fast,; a good game gives you lots of choices to
acomplish your goals.

The biggest reason I have for playing PBM is having reached college, me
and my friends were scattered all about the state.  We can still play
games together.  Plus, if you get a week to decide what to do and
respond, you have plenty of time to get your orders figured out.  AND
unlike playing a computer game at home with friends, you don't all have
to get together at the same time to play!

There's a lot of veriety in these games, and unlike the anoying computer
games, your opponents REALLY want to kill you!

References

OLYMPIA: Why do you play?
morrow@romulus.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)
Fri, 21 Oct 1994 01:02:11 +0000
Why play open-ended games (was: OLYMPIA: Why do you play?)
pasquale@diku.dk (Morten Larsen)
Mon, 24 Oct 1994 17:10:52 +0000
Re: Why play PBM RPGs? (Was: Re: Why play open-ended games)
shario@mits.mdata.fi (Sampsa Hario)
Sat, 29 Oct 1994 02:28:09 +0000

Referenced By

OLYMPIA: Why do you play?
morrow@romulus.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)
Fri, 21 Oct 1994 01:02:11 +0000
Why play open-ended games (was: OLYMPIA: Why do you play?)
pasquale@diku.dk (Morten Larsen)
Mon, 24 Oct 1994 17:10:52 +0000
Re: Why play PBM RPGs? (Was: Re: Why play open-ended games)
shario@mits.mdata.fi (Sampsa Hario)
Sat, 29 Oct 1994 02:28:09 +0000