Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators

From: Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Karen J.Cravens wrote:

>> News to me,I guess

You're asking me to break this down? That's easy. Flagship lists all
PBM charges in the UK. I'll have to give them in GBP, but the current
exchange rate is approx 1.6 dollars to a GB pound. Taking the games
rated top in our reader surveys, where Anticipation was the criterion:

1 - Fantasy wargame: Adventurer Kings from Ventura costs 2.00 a turn; 2
- Non-fantasy wargame: Agamemnon from Kelem costs 2.00 a turn;
3 - RPG: State of Decay topped the poll, but as that's just changed
ownership and under playtest I'll move down to Chaos Trail from Simon
Williams at 1.25+SAE per turn; 4 - Sports: No Holds Barred from
Laughing Dog at 2.00 per turn; 5 - World Games: Cities of Olynthus from
Timewyrm at 4.00 per turn; 6 - Space Operas: Star Empires from geoff
Squibb at 2.50 per turn; 7 - Miscellaneous: Godfather from Pagoda Games
at 3.00 per turn.

Assuming that most of these run 2-week turns (though I think the most
expensive of them is monthly), it's possible to play a good game for
4-6.00 GBP a month and three good games for 12.00 a month. Compare this
with the price of a meal in a restaurant, a visit to the cinema, a
night at the pub or even a CD ROM based computer game (which also needs
a computer)...

I'd argue that this makes PBM a cheap hobby. Nothing's cheaper than
free, of course, but any commercial GM who overcharges his players
simply won't last - Carol

References

Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
"Scott R. Turner" <srt@pbm.com>
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
dulceetdecorum@my-dejanews.com
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
"Scott R. Turner" <srt@pbm.com>
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
dulceetdecorum@my-dejanews.com
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000