Re: PBM paper questions

From: tmccrack@charlie.usd.edu

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 16:30:27 +0000

In article <thomsonCGC5yD.11s@netcom.com>, thomson@netcom.com (Deb and Bob Thomson) writes:
>This is a question for those who play by snail-mail as well as email:
>
>We're programming a PBM game with a fantasy war-game theme.  The printout
>is basically linear, showing a list of provinces, forces, characters, etc.
>that this player can see, followed by several summary sections, battle
>reports, etc.  Our questions have to do with the physical presentation of
>the turns:
>
>How do you prefer your turn be printed?  Do you prefer individual sheets
>of laser-printed paper, or a continuous fan-fold dot-matrix printout?
>
>Are you willing to accept a slight reduction in paper quality if the
>paper is recycled?
>
I agree that fan fold is a good idea,(I love it!), however, won't this make the
entire package significantly larger, i.e. more expensive to mail, because you
can't print on both sides, like you can with a laser printer.
>Bob and/or Debbie Thomson                                   Llucky Llama
>The opinions above do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my spouse.

References

PBM paper questions
thomson@netcom.com (Deb and Bob Thomson)
Thu, 11 Nov 1993 16:32:37 +0000