Re: anything else like VGA Planets?

From: llucky@crl.com (Bob Thomson)

Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 16:18:26 +0000

Procter.Craig@DSTO.Defence.Gov.Au writes:

>Greetings everyone, ok well I know this may not be the right area to ask,
>but I was wondering if anyone knows if there are any other computer/bbs
>PBM games like VGA Planets?  I've looked around a lot, but cant seem to
>find any.. surely there must be similar ideas though?  ie: multiplayer
>strategy games where you can grab your turn, send yuor turn back to the
>host of the system?   Many thanks in advance if anyone can help out!
>
There are a number of multiplayer strategy games available, both commercial
and non-commercial.  VGA Planets is different from most because of its
interface.  Most pbm games are still using printed text or ASCII email as
their major form of output.  Our game, You Rule!, for example is a fantasy
based multiplayer strategy game.  It is available by email or by snail-mail
with a custom map showing your current position.

More and more games are offering some sort of computer interface for their
players.  Gamer's Den, as well as refereeing VGA Planets games, has a
front-end for their cool game Phoenix.  There are still some features of
the front-end that are under development, but what they've got so far is neat.
We are hoping to have programs like that available someday, too...

Greg Lindahl maintains the FAQ for this group and keeps up a list of pbm
games.  This list is quite comprehensive. You can ftp it from:

ftp.erg.sri.com:/pub/pbm
ftp.funet.fi:/pub/doc/games/play-by-email (or something like that)

- Bob Thomson

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   Ask about You Rule!, the cool new strategy Play-By-Mail game.

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anything else like VGA Planets?
Procter.Craig@DSTO.Defence.Gov.Au
Wed, 17 Aug 1994 02:17:26 +0000