Re: PBEM computer games

From: "bob" <bob_calver@totaliseSPAM.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000

You can take a Blitz style approach to Stars! to minimise time.

In blitz's you set up the smallest possible universe and go for it. It
may take a while to  find the best specs but in the original the idea
was to play a whole game in a day. Normally in Stars! it can blow up
to hours of time to put the orders in and conduct diplomacy, etc. But
if kept v.small it could take only minutes.

You might have difficulty finding the game though

Bob

Andrei Jirnyi <a-jirnyi@northwestern.edu> wrote in message
news:39D20DC1.3D1B@northwestern.edu...
> Adastra wrote:
> > Galaxy and VGAPlanets look like they would be similar to Stars.
Am I right?
>
> Galaxy is _immensely_ easier on the time commitment side than either
> VGAP or Stars!, VGAP being the worst in that respect.
> But it will probably still take you more than 30' in the
middle-to-end
> game, unless you are willing to sacrifice much of the quality of
your
> orders (something that may be OK if the rest of the players play it
over
> the dinner as well ;) ).
> Galaxy also has by far the best client side software (and last time
I
> checked, Stars! had (subjectively) the worst, VGAP'a VPA being
somewhere
> in the middle). Galaxy is also free :)
>
> --aj

References

PBEM computer games
"Adastra" <adastra1960@hotmail.com>
Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBEM computer games
Andrei Jirnyi <a-jirnyi@northwestern.edu>
Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000