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Post by jmccann on Feb 27, 2013 20:05:38 GMT -6
It seems like whenever AH or SPI boardgames come up in one of the forums there is a lot of chatter and interest. So I'll ask here...
There are several fans of SPI's old Swords & Sorcery wargame. that post here Would people be interested in setting up a ladder, or just informal PBEM or PBP play? I tried to set up a ladder on the yahoo SnS group but there were not enough interested parties.
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Post by makofan on Feb 27, 2013 21:17:08 GMT -6
I'm not sure how this would work?
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Post by jasonzavoda on Feb 27, 2013 22:30:44 GMT -6
It is a turn based game isn't it? It should be easy to play by post though a bit of a pain keeping the board set-up somewhere unless you have the spare space for it.
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Post by jmccann on Feb 27, 2013 22:36:41 GMT -6
all the old SPI games have an id in each hex making PBEM play easy. It is turn based and I have played it PBEM w/ no trouble at all. Several of the scenarios are small and don't take up much of the board, and since you have all the positions written out, you can always clean up the game and set it up later.
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Post by makofan on Feb 28, 2013 15:22:01 GMT -6
I do too much travelling to really participate, but hope you get a game going
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2013 15:45:23 GMT -6
There is a cyberboard file for this game on boardgamegeek. That should make it pretty easy for PBEM. Count me in.
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Post by jasonzavoda on Feb 28, 2013 16:19:59 GMT -6
What do you have to do to access this cyberboard and how do you use it?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2013 10:49:22 GMT -6
What do you have to do to access this cyberboard and how do you use it? It's free program. People create a file for a game, called a gamebox, with the map and all the counters and cards. Each player takes turns moving their counters and then email the results of their turn to the next players. It doesn't do any rules checking or anything like that but you can add annotations or die rolls during your turn. When your opponent get's the file, he can view your moves one at a time and if you make a mistake he can accept a partial turn and send you the file back to correct. I haven't played a multi-player game with it but I have played some complicated games like Totaler Kreig or Magic Realm with it. There's a similar program called Vassal. |
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Post by doctorx on Mar 5, 2013 16:14:17 GMT -6
As a complete self-confessed technophobe/idiot, talk of cyberboards, ladders and similar stuff scares the heck out of me!!  That said if I can figure out how it all works (don't hold your breath) I'd be very interested! Quest, Army game, or some combination of the two?  |
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Post by jmccann on Mar 5, 2013 17:17:38 GMT -6
I am not that keen on vassal etc, preferring to just exchange moves as text and keep a board set up.
a ladder is not really technical, it is just a way to pick opponents and keep a ranking. That is not necessary if people don't like it.
I have never tried the quest game, would it work as pbem?
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