Re: Is anybody still reading this?

From: John Geoffrey <gmkeros@gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:18:00 +0000

On 6 Sep 2012 07:46:31 -0400
nexus@panix.com (Jeff Berry) wrote:

> In article <20120905212028.0155d86a.gmkeros@gmail.com>,
> John Geoffrey  <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On 5 Sep 2012 19:00:05 GMT
> >vandys@vsta.org wrote:
> >
> >> John Geoffrey <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I was wondering how exactly people are doing rpgs by mail and if
> >> > there are any specific tips. I tried it once so far, but it
> >> > didn't really work out.
> >> I'm still here because I find the idea interesting, but it seems
> >> like you'll need to wait for the wheel of reincarnation to come
> >> around before it becomes popular again.
> >meh, I'm hoping for interstellar travel. That one might make people
> >interested in the usenet again. How else would discussion forums over
> >light years work?
> >of course for that I first would need to invent FTL travel so I can
> >get people to use this newsgroup again.
> >And then of course the posting frequency would be terrible.
>
> The lag would be terrible, that's true.
>
> Back to the original question, though.  System choice is important in
> PB(e)M rpgs, as is the flavor of the game.  Combat heavy campaigns
> tend to drag, as do games with lots of "interrupt" driven behaviour.
> Also, be wary of games with *lots* of players since the game tends to
> move at the speed of whoever is slowest at any given moment.
>
> On the up side, games with "complicated" calculations and/or
> activites that require significant planning outside of actual play
> time work well for PB(e)M.
>
> All, IMHO, of course ...
>
> JB
> ------------
> Jeff Berry - http://www.aspiringluddite.com - food, musings, etc.

Sounds like some good advice though.

I was thinking about moving my real life campaign into pbm, at least
for the time in between. We had one session last Saturday, and the
session before was in May. Considering I play with coworkers that's
just sad.

--
J.E.Geoffrey
Stuffed Crocodile Weblog
http://gmkeros.wordpress.com

References

Re: Is anybody still reading this?
John Geoffrey <gmkeros@gmail.com>
Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:20:28 +0000
Re: Is anybody still reading this?
nexus@panix.com (Jeff Berry)
Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:46:31 +0000
Is anybody still reading this?
John Geoffrey <gmkeros@gmail.com>
Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:37:24 +0000
Re: Is anybody still reading this?
vandys@vsta.org
Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:00:05 +0000