Re: New to PBM..Question about turns in open-ended FRPG?

From: "H. Barker" <hb239@cus.cam.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 07:49:17 +0000

On 17 Jul 2002, M. Smith wrote:

> Hi, thanks to any who might respond. You can email me at
> mhy6363@yahoo.com if you like.
>
> I am interested in PBM and PBeM fantasy role-playing, and I am curious
> as to what a fairly standard turn consists of. What type and how many
> actions can a player submit, and how is this handled by the GM
> (assuming the game is human moderated).
>
> Is it mostly narrative as in a tabletop RPG? Is it less narrative. If
> anyone has any examples they would be willing to share, that would be
> great! Thanks in advance!
>
> Happy that I found out about PBM and I'm trying to learn all I can
> before I delve in ;)
>
> Matt.
> mhy6363@yahoo.com

Hi Matt,

PBM RPGs are my own personal fave, and am currently running a PBeM version
of a long-standing relatively well-known PBM. I don't have a wealth of
time to banter, but here's a link to a couple of older turns I sent out a
few months ago; they aren't amazing by any standards, but they might help
to give you some kind of indication of how a turn might read or look in a
PBM/PBeM RPG. I hope it helps.

(Just tried the link I was going to give you and it doesn't work properly,
so instead go to this link:

http://pub10.ezboard.com/bfelbin

and click on "Turns" which will take you to the last few I posted, many
moons ago.)

In actual fact, this game revolves around one or two groups of player
characters, so it may not be *that* representative, but I hope it helps a
bit.

Good luck!

References

New to PBM..Question about turns in open-ended FRPG?
mhy6363@yahoo.com (M. Smith)
Thu, 18 Jul 2002 03:47:46 +0000