Re: New Galaxy PBM starting

From: rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)

Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 17:40:45 +0000

In <1992Nov29.003946.14930@athena.cs.uga.edu> peiper@athena.cs.uga.edu (Garfield) writes:

>In article <1992Nov27.133028.28056@csd.uwe.ac.uk> ma_blase@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Fox) writes:
>>
>>                                   GALAXY
>>
>>                The game of galactic colonization and conquest.
>>
>>
>>Startup is &5.00 which includes the rules book and four free turns.
>>Turns five to ten are &1.25, turns eleven to twenty are &1.50, turns
>>twenty-one to thirty are &2.00 and subsequent turns are &2.50.
>>

>	What is it about this particular Galaxy game that should make us Pay
>to play?? there are numerous games that are free, Does this one offer something
>special... and with turns once every two weeks, This could last years....

Presumably people with net access aren't going to pay to play PBM games.
I imagine that the message was for readers who know people who'd like to
play Galaxy, but don't have net access.

--
"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie

References

New Galaxy PBM starting
ma_blase@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Fox)
Fri, 27 Nov 1992 13:30:28 +0000
Re: New Galaxy PBM starting
peiper@athena.cs.uga.edu (Garfield)
Sun, 29 Nov 1992 00:39:46 +0000