Re: Requesting a PBM/PBEM recommendation

From: ColinForbes <timewyrm@suilven.demon.co.uk>

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Morten,

> Could anyone recommend their favorite game and tell me WHY they
> like playing it ?

The Chevian Chronicles (run by Rob Harper os State of Mind Games) is
excellent. It's a bit difficult to pin down exactly what sort of game it
is, but I guess a hand-mod adventure game or possibly a structured
roleplaying game is about as close as one is going to get. Basically you
play a character in the world of Chevia, adventuring around a nicely
detailed world, interacting with non-players and players alike. You have
five actions per turn, but these are relatively free-form so you can do
quite a lot. For your money (currently two pounds fify) you get a
hand-crafted character report, a page of character stats showing how all
your skills have improved etc, a newsletter running to several pages
(including some impressive writing by players and GM alike) - oh and
usually a nice friendly letter from the GM on the front of the turn.

I like being in what is effectively a roleplaying game, without having
to write reams, or indeed having to wait several weeks for a turn (as is
often the case with hand-mod games). Turnaround is *always* prompt - you
get the turn two days after the deadline (every two weeks) - a lot
better than some computer mods out there!

Colin.

References

Requesting a PBM/PBEM recommendation
"Morten Schjelle Larssen" <mslarsen@online.no>
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Requesting a PBM/PBEM recommendation
"Morten Schjelle Larssen" <mslarsen@online.no>
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0000