Re: The old question, PBeM or PBM:)

From: "Roy" <roy@the-isles.demon.co.uk>

Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Sam, drop me your postal address and I'll send you some bits and bobs
for Day One to show you how I go abut running it PBM - this won't be of use
for the finance side but should show you what type of stuff you might want
to do to get a decent output etc

ROY
www.the-isles.demon.co.uk
ICQ 4848998

MindShift Design wrote in message
<#qJRhph69GA.79@ntdwwaaw.compuserve.com>...
>Sam Palmer wrote in message ...
>>I have a succesful PBeM game. I was wondering how you go about setting
>>up a snail mail PBM and if it is worth it:) I need to know COST, TIME.
>>stuff like that. Ceers.
>
>Spam - might as well ask how long is a piece of string ... every game is
>different.
>
>It depends on the game, the GUI, how reports are entered and processed.
>Mostly it's just a case of doing what you do normally with an email game
but
>printing the results out to hardcopy and posting them off.
>
>Costs: Stamps, envelopes, paper, ink, and other misc.
>Time: time to print out results, fold them and stick em in envelope. Lick
>stamp and post em all. Also input time if the game is computer moderation
>(which I don't think yours is).
>
>What you need is players who want to play by mail. Then you have to sort
out
>the format of your turn results. You'll want to take a little time making
>them nice and groovy. For an RPG PBM, you'll want to use a word processor
to
>layout turns. Mail players expect more than a simple printout of a .txt
>file.
>
>That's it in a nutshell.
>
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References

The old question, PBeM or PBM:)
Sam Palmer <SAM@homeway.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The old question, PBeM or PBM:)
"MindShift Design" <mindshift@usa.net>
Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000