PBM Items

From: wolf@mel.cipl.uiowa

Date: Tue, 19 Jun 1990 18:00:26 +0000

This has three parts:
	1: Question on PBM players
	2: Mailing list
	3: A PBM game which I am working on

I was wondering how many people out there play PBM games, what are the most
popular types (space,AD&D type fanatasy, etc) and what players like best.  I
might also like to know how much people pay to play and what they consider a
reasonable amount.  Also, what do players like best and worst in PBM games.  Do
players have preferences of what type of print outs they receive (color maps,
typeset sheets, dot matrix printouts, none, etc)

Is there a mailing list available, perhaps by the PBM association, which
would give addresses of possible people who might play or have shown interest
in PBM games?

I am working on a PBM game which is 100% computer moderated.  For those who
have played PBM's what type of turn recording options do players prefer.  Punch
cards, word identifiers.  What type of response for turn resluts do players
prefer, verbose ones which conform to natural sentence structure, or brief
simple tabular displays for results (or both?).

Thanks to all that will reply, it is greatly appreciated.

MJW