Re: Hand-moderated role-playing PBM?

From: dpanchyk@hotmail.com (Dave Panchyk)

Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 00:10:39 +0000

Thanks again for responses, folks. Here are some thoughts:

Colin:

>>Postal mail, huh?  Is that reliable?<<

[Potentially contentious statement] Yes. I hesitate to trust them with
packages, but considering the size of the area they cover, the amount
of mail they move, and the exceptional efficiency and speed with which
they do it, the United States Postal Service is the most amazing
postal service since the days of Britain's penny post.

>>This is such a novel (to me) opinion that it prompts me to evaluate
my own ideas about role-playing!<<

Ever since visiting the Forge (www.indie-rpgs.com), I've left no
assumption unmolested.

Carol:

>>Well, you could try Ulaidh Games - post-only, with a very reliable
GM and little contact with other players.<<

That was one of the ones I was looking at. Your Rumours entry left me
wondering where Einstein's lot falls on the "X-Files to Cthulhu" scale
of how "ordinary" their paranormal stuff is.

It's cheering to me that there is at least one postal-only game making
a go of it; I was going to try to "incentivize" (a term I learned at
the Microsoft jargon-factory) players to go post-only.

In this country, folks are extremely cyber-oriented, and it's hard to
convince many of them to accept "snail" mail. I was thinking about
this, looking through Flagship. I have to assume that Britain had been
slow to adopt Internet technology on the individual level, partly
because of the expense. I started to construct a scenario in my mind,
which I may post from work tomorrow.

Steve:

>>There are many ways to satisfy the roleplaying experience.  Other
players are often one of them, if they are good players.  I'd love the
opportunity to prove it to you.  If you have *time* (being a prime
factor in good roleplaying) email me directly and I will set you up in
a DungeonWorld position completely for free with a bunch of free turns
and a position that demands roleplaying right away.<<

I'd be an ingrate and a fool not to take you up on such a generous
offer. Consider it done.

Dave

References

Re: Hand-moderated role-playing PBM?
dpanchyk@hotmail.com (Dave Panchyk)
Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:07:55 +0000
Re: Hand-moderated role-playing PBM?
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:43:19 +0000

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Re: Hand-moderated role-playing PBM?
dpanchyk@hotmail.com (Dave Panchyk)
Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:07:55 +0000
Re: Hand-moderated role-playing PBM?
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:43:19 +0000