Thunderdave wrote in PBM question:I've never played a Play-by-mail game, and am looking through some old Flying Buffalo Quarterlies, and just got to thinking what those games were like..?Does anyone have any recollections about how the games were run, were they enjoyable, good value, etc.?FBI was charging $10 for set up and five turns in 1978, which seems like a non-significant amount. Just curious about the experience.
Invincible Overlord wrote in PBM question:Before Flying Buffalo, another mom-and-pop company out of [Michigan?] ran Feudal Lords. The turns were run weekly. You managed resources, made alliances with other Lords, and attacked other's lands. You had a maximum amount of orders you were able to perform every turn (10 or 20... gods... it was more than 25 years ago...). I enjoyed it.
bclarkie wrote in PBM question:A few months ago, I was able to pick up a copy a set of PBM procedures for Feudal Lords from the early to mid 1980's, I believe. I don't know enough about it to speak definitively about what else may be out there or not, but the copy that I picked up was from Graaf Simulations, the owner of which was John Van de Graaf, the guy who wrote Quest for the Fazzlewood who was out of Michigan.ETA: I just checked it and the copyright is 1982. I also have a copy of 2 different errata sheets with are dated March, 1983 and July, 1983 respectively. I will load a picture shortly.
stylean wrote in PBM question:I remember playing Monster Island and um... I think Adventurer's Guild.Both were pretty awesome back in the day.... Adventurers Guild was more of a assign percentages to various combat actions and stances and reactions to opponents actions, then run through a series of automated arena fights. There were some automated dungeon exploration and non-combat activities as well.I went back maybe two years ago and the Adventurer's Guild game looked like it was still running but it was like $10 a turn via email. Seemed like a bit much considering it was probably 1/2 as much in the 80s. I looked again after I saw this thread and the domain has lapsed, so I guess that's done. Oh well.
By-Tor & SnowDog wrote in PBM question:...You controlled a US state of you choosing in a future scenario where everyone's out for themselves. You could engage in deficit spending, sneak your armies into Canada or Mexico, and occasionally run up against extremely powerful "Federal Armies" that would just kind of roam around. Great fun at what seems like it an unbearably slow pace today.
By-Tor & SnowDog wrote in PBM question:I remember that Pegasus Productions had a couple of games I played in the late 80's
sauromatian wrote in PBM question:I misread this at first. I thought you meant that the dissolution of the USA is happening too slowly for you!
