Re: Newbie seeks info on PD games

From: pyrich@news.delphi.com (PYRICH@DELPHI.COM)

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 23:04:09 +0000

>In article <1994Oct19.154504.14559@mojo.europe.dg.com>,
>phild@mojo.europe.dg.com (Phil Davidson) writes:

>I'm very new to this group and I'm looking for a little guidance.
>Can someone tell me (or point me in the right direction) whether
>or not there are any free pbm setups available.

There are usually free rules and set-ups for PBeM (Play-by-email) games.  The
PBsM (Play-by-snail-mail or just PBM) usually have a cost at least for a
hard copy of the rules although a lot of companies are making their rules
available electronically.

>I'm looking to setup a small pbm game for my friends, and was wondering
>if there were any PC/Unix based packages that would allow me
>to manage such a small venture.

I know of one sharware game called VGA Planets.  This program allows up to
eleven (I think) players to play and any one of those players (or a third
party) could host the game.  The registration fee for the game is only
$15 US and is not required to host the game.  The unregistered version
will not allow a player to increase his tech level over six.

John