Re: Survey of PBM games: email, snail mail, and prices

From: "MindShift Design" <mindshift@usa.net>

Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl wrote in message <6um9po$hnh@news1.newsguy.com>...
>"MindShift Design" <mindshift@usa.net> writes:
>> Making the allowance for mail as well as email turns, even if you don't
>> actively run these, is a good idea generally. Means your target market is
>> larger.

>
>I agree with this, too. However, snail vs. email also enters into the
>game design. Many email games take so much input that they would be
>too expensive to do by snail. So it can be tricky to design a game
>today which fully exploits the possibilities of email play while still
>being efficient to run via snail mail.

That's why our games are written with a easy-to-use command and turn
structure. Both email and mail players get the same results, in digital or
hardcopy format.

The trick to it is  designing an easy-to-use frontend/GUI with a game
command system with a quick learning curve, but with loads of permutations
on gameplay.

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Jason Paul McCartan
MindShift Design
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Re: Survey of PBM games: email, snail mail, and prices
"MindShift Design" <mindshift@usa.net>
Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Survey of PBM games: email, snail mail, and prices
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000