PBEMs

Brice Manuel · Post by **Brice Manuel** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:25 am

Any PBEM fans here?

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:13 am

What's PBEM?
Public Bearded Emergency Men?

Sorry, couldn't help myself

Brice Manuel · Post by **Brice Manuel** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:29 am

PBEM= Play By E-Mail

Games like the old XCom, or 4000 A.D., etc.

Usually they are turn-based strategy games that are played via email.

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:33 am

Aaaa I see. Never tried it before but it sounds like fun.

ricardo · Post by **ricardo** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:40 am

Brice Manuel wrote:PBEM= Play By E-Mail

Games like the old XCom, or 4000 A.D., etc.

Usually they are turn-based strategy games that are played via email.

He he

I was thinking it was some of that online-pharmacy stuff that they try to sale by e mails all the time

Pharmacy By E Mail

:roll:

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:38 am

ricardo wrote:
Brice Manuel wrote:PBEM= Play By E-Mail

Games like the old XCom, or 4000 A.D., etc.

Usually they are turn-based strategy games that are played via email.
He he

I was thinking it was some of that online-pharmacy stuff that they try to sale by e mails all the time

Pharmacy By E Mail :roll:

<SARCASM>
The guys just saw the guys face and offered some viagra.. whats the big deal? great service if they offer it to who needs it. People always getting such kind of spam... Never had any about pharmacy stuff, perhaps if people ever quits browsing pr0n sites and giving away their contact data..
:roll: :roll:
</SARCASM>

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:27 am

done that long time ago, don't recall what it was, something with galaxies or such, using a graphical interface and sending moves by email

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:12 pm

I like PBEM but in most of them you need to pay to play

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:18 pm

pbem would also cover rpg's such as d&d, vampire, amber etc?

in that case i played a *lot* of pbem but that was in the fido era... (and who still knows what that was)

Brice Manuel · Post by **Brice Manuel** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:07 am

I like PBEM but in most of them you need to pay to play

I never cared for the $$ aspect either.

I was mainly guaging interest because I am adding PBEM capabilities to a couple of the games I am working on and will be needing beta testers.

pbem would also cover rpg's such as d&d, vampire, amber etc?

Yeppers, it would also include sports games. Many of the PBEMs evolved out of the old snail mail games.

pbem but that was in the fido era... (and who still knows what that was)

I do. *puts a hat over his gray hair*

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:57 pm

you still got hair?!? wow!