Re: Moving to PBEM

From: graham@DELETETHISaffordable-leather.co.uk

Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:57:18 +0000

Hi There,

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:12:26 +0100, "Roy Pollard" <plod@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>With the advent of easier information exchange (mainly through the internet)
>we're looking to move away from clumsy and clunky printed turns sent via the
>Postal System and instead branch-out into play predominantly through email.

>'My question to the panel is' should producing PDF-format turns etc. be seen
>as a replacement or an enhancement to the game, or should I carry on sending
>out Laser-printed turns wedged in envelopes with far too many stamps for
>anyone to count?

Ok, first point, I *like* "clumsy and clunky" printed turns, you can't
mark with highlighter or scribble notes on a  computer screen! (Well,
you can, but you'll look pretty silly...!)

So, anticipating the next point, yes, I can print them out myself, but
this means that *you* need to ensure that the documents are easily
printable and that you don't go OTT on fancy (and unreadble) fonts,
graphics or ink hungry pictures

Also as I've mentioned elsewhere and when, I've had too many bad
experiences with badly designed and laid out pdf files which make them
a pain to try to read on screen and can't easily be printed, so you do
need to think carefully about what you do.

Now yes, of course, this saves you money on printer consumables,
paper, envelopes and stamps (not to mention the time stuffing
envelopes), but what are you going to charges and what are your
players going to think if the costs aren't notably cheaper because
they're not paying for them.

So go for pdf if you want, but don't expect everyone to go wild for
them.

Cheers,
Graham.

References

Moving to PBEM
"Roy Pollard" <plod@ntlworld.com>
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:12:26 +0000

Referenced By

Moving to PBEM
"Roy Pollard" <plod@ntlworld.com>
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:12:26 +0000