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In <1993Nov14.094331.15300@muffin.apana.org.au> cas@muffin.apana.org.au (Craig Sanders) writes:

>i'm curious to know if there are any play-by-email strategy games
>available.

>if there are any, then :

>	- what are they called?
>	- are they fantasy/space/historical/other genre?
>	- where can i get them from?

Yes, there are a few around.  Diplomacy is a big one (purists note: he said
strategy game not wargame, no flames please!), with its own newsgroup
rec.games.diplomacy.  See the FAQ for that group there or in news.answers
for more info about PBeM diplomacy; there are several "judges" (electronic
adjudicators) running games (moderated and unmoderated), including
one judge in Australia.

If you are not familiar with it, Diplomacy is a game for seven players
where the players use negotiation and military strategy to try and
control Europe.  The mechanics are quite simple, although they offer
enough scope for strategic and tactical thought, but much of the richness
in the game comes from the negotiation (diplomacy) with the other players
which is essential for any measure of success.  The fact that it is difficult
to get together seven players for the time required (a face-to-face game can
typically take somewhat more than four hours) has resulted in thriving
PBM and PBeM Dip scenes.

Dip is not the only one, there are others, which I am sure other people
will mention.

Rgds

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Craig Sanders writes:

>i'm curious to know if there are any play-by-email strategy games
>available.

The PBeM strategy games which I have seen are all board games in origin,
adapted for the medium of email.

Diplomacy (which someone else has already mentioned) is already so well
suited to PBeM that no "adapting" is really necessary.  IMHO, the game
really belongs in PBeM, and is better that way than as a board game.  Ask
about it on rec.games.diplomacy.

People have tried to adapt other board games for PBeM, with varying degrees
of success.  Republic of Rome works reasonably well.  A PBeM game of
Empires in Arms has been underway for about a year; they're about one-
twentieth of the way through.  (Chuckle.)  Of course there are many others.
Ask about them on rec.games.board.

As for games made specifically for email (as opposed to adaptations of board
games), I bet there are some, but I'm not familiar with any.  Try asking on
rec.games.pbm.

Drin
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In article <2cjbul$60n@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, peters@physics.ubc.ca (Dan Peters) writes:
> Craig Sanders writes:
> 
>>i'm curious to know if there are any play-by-email strategy games
>>available.
> 
> As for games made specifically for email (as opposed to adaptations of board
> games), I bet there are some, but I'm not familiar with any.  Try asking on
> rec.games.pbm.

	I know of one called LDB which is a by-email backgammon thingy..
	I have it here somewhere...  yeah..
	tango.cchs.su.edu.au  in [ftp.vms.ldb]  (it's for UNIX & VMS)

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In article <1993Nov14.094331.15300@muffin.apana.org.au> cas@muffin.apana.org.au (Craig Sanders) writes:

>i'm curious to know if there are any play-by-email strategy games
>available.

>if there are any, then :

>        - what are they called?
>        - are they fantasy/space/historical/other genre?
>        - where can i get them from?

I have been palying VGA planets with emailing the *.trn files around
Its quite fun except the guy who runns it is always running after missing 
*.trn files

>if possible, i'd like to get a few different sorts of games going 
on my>system - it's mostly idle during the night, so it could be doing some
>good work processing turn-sheets etc.  Anyone with an email address could
>play for free.

I'd be really keen

tell me when you start something.
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