Re: Finding new PBM games

From: burgesmw@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 20:58:42 +0000

In article <BxGHLB.Mz6@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, koziol@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Quincey Koziol) writes:
> After observing various people mention new PBM games which are starting
> in various areas of the globe, I've become curious about how people find
> out about PBM games?
>
> 	Thanks,
> 			Quincey
>

Well, I got into PBM games because a friend showed me a game he was in.
(Thanks Mike Lee, get me hooked on something that drains my checkbook.)  I
believe he started a game from an ad in Dragon magazine.  We discovered
Adventurer's Guild through Paper Mayhem.  It was mentioned in the magazine and
it sounded better than the game we were in.  I believe a majority of people get
into PBM games by being introduced to it by friends.  Sometimes an ad will
catch your attention (if it is something that you are interested in).  New PBM
games are sometimes hard to find.  Many advertise right away and try to develop
a player base, but mainly PBM games get customers through word of mouth.  An
example is AG.  The GM has not gone into a big advertisement compaign, but used
the players themselves to spread the game (through referral credits).  New PBM
games are always popping up, but don't stay around long due to lack of
commitment or the game just plain sucks and the GM decides that there is no
profit in it.

I could go on and on, but I might be banned from the newsgroup...  ;)

Matt
burgesmw@cnsvax.uwec.edu

References

Finding new PBM games
koziol@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Quincey Koziol)
Mon, 09 Nov 1992 15:55:56 +0000