Re: Illuminati question

From: minnotte@masc.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte)

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 22:33:18 +0000

In article <1993Oct11.122255.1@cua.edu> murphyj@cua.edu writes:
>
>By the way, does anyone remember the PBM Illuminati? I never played it, but I
>was thinking it might be fun to run a game manually by email.

If you mean the commercial PBM run by Flying Buffalo, as far as I know
it's still available (email me for address and somewhat out-of-date costs).

It was fun and well done, but fairly different from FTF Illuminati.  All
the groups were available from turn 1, and you could vary the charactersitics.

The lack of a map (like most PBMs) makes it possible for anyone to attack
anyone.  A coordinated attack can be really devastating (especially since
the flexible turn structure usually allows an attacker 2 attacks before the
defender knows what's happening and can respond).  Overall, one of the
better PBM games I've played.

While an email game of (Steve Jackson) Illuminati would certainly be fun,
I think the changes FBI made really improve it for PBM play.  Anyway,
anyone into both commercial PBM and Illuminati might want to give it
a try.

Mike Minnotte