Re: The Broad Axe Tavern

From: gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)

Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1989 14:05:34 +0000

<name deleted, unless he wishes to acknowledge himself>,
  Of the numerous times that I have been reading the bulletin boards
I have never (doesn't mean you have never) seen an article published
to rec.games.pbm that is not a game move or call for games.
I have, however, read dozens (or more) articles on PBeM RPG
experiences in rec.games.frp, which has always prided itself
to discussing all aspects of RPGing.

I posted what I perceive to be the first (maybe it isn't)
discussion about pbem games in :
Article <Jun.24.09.21.28.1989.19834@paul.rutgers.edu>
I'm curious how many people do you think
would respond if I had put it under the heading
Help! rather than Re: The Broad Axe Tavern

But, I did put in under Re: The Broad Axe Tavern
because I know that the number of people that
are interested in playing is much, much, much larger
than I imagined; and I figured that most of what is published
(oops, posted) to rec.games.pbm has only concerned
groups of 6-9 players and those that read the white-washed
turn descriptions, that lose the thought and feel of
the strategy and planning that went into the making of great
moves and great mistakes.

I've been waiting 2 years, before I felt that I understood
enough about writing, control-theory, parallellism, reasoning
with uncertainty, and display systems  to run a proper
pbm game.

would you care to discuss any of these topics?

I'm posting this to rec.games.pbm if you are serious about
actually discussing pbm styles, as well as writing back to you.

Take care and have fun,
Steven D. Gabai

References

The Broad Axe Tavern is now open for busy
gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)
Sat, 17 Jun 1989 13:51:03 +0000
Re: The Broad Axe Tavern
gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)
Sat, 17 Jun 1989 15:52:24 +0000
Re: The Broad Axe Tavern
gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)
Sat, 24 Jun 1989 11:46:32 +0000
Re: The Broad Axe Tavern
gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)
Sat, 24 Jun 1989 13:21:28 +0000