Re: PBeM

From: finn@convex.com (Tom Finn)

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 13:50:57 +0000

jim@world.std.com (James D. McNamara) writes:

>On the brighter side, some "PBM-style" (combat/simulation) games have been
>run via email that I know of.  Galaxy comes to mind.  I believe the author
>hails from Ireland, but others have run games.  Would anybody with more
>information follow up on "Galaxy" or other computer-moderated, combat/
>simluation games run via email?

Galaxy was written by Russell Wallace, who does indeed come from Ireland.
He runs a limited number of games, and is the only regular GM I know of.
His address is listed in the PBM list that gets posted here occasionally.

It simulates several races in a restricted area all arriving at the point of
interstellar travel at the same time.  Economic and technology investment
are important areas, as are ship design and construction.

The basic game gives each player a lot of information about all the other
players.  I have modified it to limit the information available, but haven't
had time to run a full game of my modification.  The only time I tried my
hard drive hiccupped and destroyed the data files.  Work load has stopped me
from trying again.

There are several modifications other than this that have been suggested.

tom

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References

PBeM
dbrandt@cs.utexas.edu (David Brandt)
Tue, 09 Jun 1992 20:31:53 +0000
Re: PBeM
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Tue, 09 Jun 1992 21:18:41 +0000
Re: PBeM
jim@world.std.com (James D. McNamara)
Thu, 11 Jun 1992 04:36:50 +0000