GM Participation (was Re: VOTE: Your primary method of diplomacy) From: David J Porter <porterd@netaccess.co.nz> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Greg Lindahl wrote: > > No. In many years of playing Olympia, I've never talked to any ally on > the phone. My trusted allies, for the most part, are people that I > played "nearby" in previous games... A GM must be fair, which also means that GM should not play in their own game. You might find this to be an obvious rule, but some GMs still break this elementary rule, including a few commercial GMs. -- Greg Lindahl "So you want to run your own PBM game..." (Aug '94 PBM Fanzine) Not that I'm being picky here or anything Greg, but does your quote above still hold. The reason for asking is that I was under the impression that you also GM'd games of Olympia. Is this article still available anywhere. -- And as we stand on the edge of darkness Let our chant fill the void That others may know In the land of the night The ship of the sun Is drawn by The grateful dead. -- Tibetan "Book of the Dead," ca. 4000 BC. Referenced By Up