Re: play by mail,E-mail games.
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> I have been running a PBEM for getting on for 10 years and I
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> > know Jane has been running her game for 5 or 6 years at least.
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> I took over as GM in 2005, it's been running since 2002 at least. Started with the party having just left Whitewall, and now we're heading back there.
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> I'd suggest non-crunchy/narrative rules, as otherwise turnaround is far too slow, and one combat can take months of real-time. Two to maybe six players. Running it through a Yahoo group or similar, with a Wiki to store chronicles so you can easily check what's happened without wading through pages of messsages.
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> If you'd like to lurk in mine and see how it works, the wiki is here
> http://jane-williams.me.uk/glorantha/swords/wikka/wikka.php?wakka=HomePage
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> and the Yahoo group is here
> http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SwordsDeath/
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> Rules are HQ-lite. Most GMs are probably a lot stricter than I am about "controlling" players. I don't have munchkinism to worry about, so can let them have much looser rein.
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Thanks for that i will have a read.
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