Re: What sort of PBM game would you like to play...

From: rkrempel@hotmail.com (Ragnar Krempel)

Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 11:42:28 +0000

"Domestos" <Domestos@rahrahrandel.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:<aajfaj$tqu$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> All these games floating around, but are you searching for a game that just
> doesn;t exists ???
>
> What would you like to see in a PBM Game ????
>
> Let everyone know and reply to the group...
>
> Thanks
> Domestos

Well, I've actually given that some thought before and especially for
pbem, it would be nice if the steady turnover that is the focus of
most games were abandoned.

What I mean is that most games have a steady rate of 1 turn per week
or something. Some try to work around that by using some form of
"action points" or another, but personally, I don't see that as a
significant(albeit certainly worthwhile) innovation.

I was thinking of a game in which each player can pick his own pace,
but still compete with the others. Well, naturally, the first thing
that comes to mind is any kind of game that is essentially played
solitaire, but pherhaps that doesn't necesarily exclude player-player
interaction. Some of the games that use action points already tend
towards that, especially if you can "save up"  a lot of "turns", but
afaik, there is no game out there where your "turns" are truely
independant of realtime.

Such a mechanism, if it could be made to work(sofar I haven't hade any
really productive insights), would immediately solve a lot of the
usual problems of deadlines, players dropping out, etc.

Ragnar Krempel

References

What sort of PBM game would you like to play...
"Domestos" <Domestos@rahrahrandel.fsnet.co.uk>
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:46:17 +0000

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What sort of PBM game would you like to play...
"Domestos" <Domestos@rahrahrandel.fsnet.co.uk>
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:46:17 +0000