Re: PBM Game Recommendations

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 20:46:44 +0000

ddo@wmod2000.larc.nasa.gov (Dale Ohmann):
>If any of you have any other games that you think are just great,
>could you post a brief description and the address of the company?
>I prefer complex multi-player type games with emphasis on conflict.

I'm also in Legends, and I've also been in Alamaze, so I may have a
good handle on the kinds of games you'd like.  Let me suggest something
different, that I found surprisingly enjoyable.

"Space Combat" is described, correctly, as "a game of pure tactical
combat".  The setting is amusing:  You use space-going monsters instead
of typical weaponry.  The game design is incredibly good:  You are
constantly becoming aware of how different the game would be if this
critter could go just *one* unit faster, or if that attack just had
a *little* more power.  There's precisely as much diplomacy as you'd
like:  You can go it alone or you can ally with other players.  And
each turn consists of nothing but combat or preparation for combat.
I wouldn't play this as my only PBM game, but it's cheap, it's fun,
and it's a great change of pace.  To try it, send $1 Twin Engine Games
for the rules (they won't sign you up until you've read the rules).
The address is  Twin Engine Gaming/Dept 432/3254 Maple Leaf Ct/
San Jose CA 95121.  The typical game runs about a dozen turns, at
$3.50 per turn.

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Dani Zweig
dani@netcom.com

'T is with our judgements as our watches, none
   Go alike, yet each believes his own
		--Alexander Pope

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PBM Game Recommendations
ddo@wmod2000.larc.nasa.gov (Dale Ohmann)
Fri, 09 Oct 1992 13:47:42 +0000