Re: Spellbinder Games - best avoided!

From: "Johan van Niekerk" <johanvn@mail.petech.ac.za>

Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

I feel a frontend is NOT necessary, in fact it may prevent possible players
who do not have the correct system configuration, from playing !
eg. If I wrote a frontend it would be win95/NT only (cause that what I use),
what about players who have macs ?
A PBeM should however provide certain information to enable players to
format the messages into a more readable form, eg. tell them howmany columns
in text, whether or not they recommend word wrap, possibly supply an html
version etc.
All of these are things thats completely cross-platform.

Johan van Niekerk

GGShaw11 wrote in message <19981126133454.04196.00001035@ng06.aol.com>...
>Hi Frank,
>
>>I understand the situation but I'm sure there is more to consider than a
>>single email. We should invite Spellbinder Games to explain their
position.
>>BTW, I never though about a PBEM as a game to be played with a front end.
A
>>lot of my friends have no time, including me, to start up a fancy front
end
>>and spend an hour in front of a computer. We usually print out the reports
>>and look at it during the day.
>>
>A good front end will give you the facility for a hard copy as well. If
there's
>more to consider than a single email, I'm interested to hear what it is
too!
>
>
>John

References

Re: Spellbinder Games - best avoided!
"F. Nagy" <nospam.fnagy@hotmail.com.nospam>
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Spellbinder Games - best avoided!
ggshaw11@aol.com (GGShaw11)
Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000