My typing fingers are getting itchy. I need to get involved in a new PBeM.
The two I’ve been playing for quite some time while are both, sadly, growing moribund, heavily impacted by RL brouhahae in the respective GM’s lives. That’s also kept yet another PBeM that it looked like I was getting involved in a few months ago from getting off the ground.
I know, I know … the last thing I need is something else on my plate. But sitting here, right now, pondering it …
… it sure would be fun.
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Are you talking about PBeM of the RPG persuasion only? I’ve been using CyberBoard to play some of my old board games (Starship Troopers, Gladiator) by e-mail, and NetMECCG to play the Middle Earth CCG online. There’s also CCG Workshop, which now has several CCGs (that are no longer being produced, such as BattleTech and NetRunner) available for online play. All very useful for somebody whose opponents have scattered themselves upon the winds (Dave…).
Most likely of the RPG variety, but that is interesting info …
Actually, I shouldn’t have mentioned Netrunner, as it hasn’t been implemented yet. There are six CCGs currently playable, though.
I’ve played Paths of Glory (WW1, in its entirety) on Cyberboard, and it’s fantastic (and tense!).
I’ve used Aide de Camp II for Totaler Krieg!, a WW2/European strategic game. Lots of fun in that one.
I’ve actually never played more than a couple of weeks in a PBeM — the one time I did was in an aborted Glorantha/RQ game that was shaping up to be a blast before the GM flaked out. That was roughly a decade ago, on GEnie . . .
How does one get involved with a PBeM RPG?
It sounds very fascinating.
I’ve played Diplomacy via e-mail but never an actual RPG.
Well, you can find a friend who’s involved in one, and ask them if there’s an opening.
You can Google on PBeM, especially if you can add in the genre or system you want to Google under. (Obviously some RPGs, such as ADRPG, are much better suited to PBeM than others.) Then you find out if there are openings.
You can find one of the PBeM clearning houses on-line and check there.
Or you can put a note about it in your blog and see if anyone responds to it. That’s the slacker way of doing it.
Or you could just take your PBeM time and do NaNoWriMo…
Huh? Where’d this devilish little red guy sitting on my shoulder come from?
Hey look, there’s an identical one on the other shoulder…
My muse is snickering at me. Thanks, Doyce.
Doyce – Misery love company!
So, what sort of game are you interested in getting involved in, Dave?
Well, now my muse is poking me in the ear with her pitchfork. Ow.
Let me get back to you …