Recommended Games From: Colin Forbes <colin@timewyrm.co.uk> Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 14:59:41 +0000 In a desperate attempt turn the converstaion onto the unusual subject of PBM / PBeM, I thought I'd mention my current favourite game ... Star Kingdoms www.starkingdoms.com A web based game running in real time - though I should stress that in no way do you have to spend all day on line to play the game successfully. I normally log on twice, or three times at most, daily and am faring pretty well. Its a space game which would appear to have several thousand players - not sure about this as there's a lot to explore, but there are certainly hundreds. Primarily you can expect to spend a good deal of time building a position, though there's plenty of interaction (all nations are part of one of many many alliances) - but as time goes on warfare will start to take up more of your time, especially as part of a sector or alliance effort. Be careful early on as there are a number of conventions and matters of etiquette you will need to learn. Happily most alliances have websites which include useful newbie guides. If anyone else has played this, I'd be interested to hear from you. If you haven't come across SK, then go have a look - it's free after all. :-) Colin Referenced By Up