Re: play-by-mail strategy games?

From: peters@physics.ubc.ca (Dan Peters)

Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 20:56:53 +0000

Craig Sanders writes:

>i'm curious to know if there are any play-by-email strategy games
>available.

The PBeM strategy games which I have seen are all board games in origin,
adapted for the medium of email.

Diplomacy (which someone else has already mentioned) is already so well
suited to PBeM that no "adapting" is really necessary.  IMHO, the game
really belongs in PBeM, and is better that way than as a board game.  Ask
about it on rec.games.diplomacy.

People have tried to adapt other board games for PBeM, with varying degrees
of success.  Republic of Rome works reasonably well.  A PBeM game of
Empires in Arms has been underway for about a year; they're about one-
twentieth of the way through.  (Chuckle.)  Of course there are many others.
Ask about them on rec.games.board.

As for games made specifically for email (as opposed to adaptations of board
games), I bet there are some, but I'm not familiar with any.  Try asking on
rec.games.pbm.

Drin
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References

play-by-mail strategy games?
cas@muffin.apana.org.au (Craig Sanders)
Sun, 14 Nov 1993 09:43:31 +0000

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play-by-mail strategy games?
cas@muffin.apana.org.au (Craig Sanders)
Sun, 14 Nov 1993 09:43:31 +0000