Re: want to learn

From: dag@chem.ucla.edu (Great Cthulhu)

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 01:06:44 +0000

suicide@will.apana.org.au (Paul) writes:

>I see that there's alot of new players posting, and being one of them would
>like someone to tell us a little about PBM's. I would like to play something
>relativly easy to learn, and fun.  Could someone please tell me about such a
>game?
>thanx
>        suicide
>--
>                                            "We would've believed it was an
>  suicide@will.apana.org.au                  accidental shooting if he hadn't
>      ;-]                                    changed magazines ......TWICE"

Well, I'm fond of Adventurer's Guild.  I just sent in my ninth turn today.
It costs about $9.75 (I say "about" because you can earn small discounts) per
turn, with a turn every two weeks.  For this price you get to play one
character, who fights seven other characters of similar power level (plus a
possible challenge fight) OR goes adventuring alone or with other characters.
I think it's fairly easy to learn; the rulebook tells you a lot of what you
need to know, and if you try different approaches on your first few turns
there's a good chance you'll figure out what works.  My first three turns were
abysmal, but I was able to place first in my group of eight on my sixth turn.
I'm still in the process of trying out adventuring (only one under my belt,
and that one didn't go off as planned; we were missing the leader due to a
late turn!), but perhaps others can comment more meaningfully on that.  I
think it's a lot of fun.  You can send private messages to other players, or
public ones in the newsletter, and the general atmosphere is pretty friendly.

If you'd like more info, email me.  I don't have the address for Entertainment
Plus (the company that runs Adventurer's Guild) handy, but I can look it up at
home.  Also, you can look at the messages with an 'AG:' in the subject; those
are about Adventurer's Guild.

Hope to see you there,
-Galen Ironfist (#607, in Antar)
--
-Doug Gibson                      dag@wiffin.chem.ucla.edu

"I didn't like the way he was bleeding, so I made him stop."
                              -from Mutant League Football

References

want to learn
suicide@will.apana.org.au (Paul)
Thu, 02 Dec 1993 19:50:54 +0000

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want to learn
suicide@will.apana.org.au (Paul)
Thu, 02 Dec 1993 19:50:54 +0000