mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) (12/10/85)
Just taking a poll on how many people would be interested in a FRP news-
group where you don't talk about FRP games, but you PLAY them. This could
easily be set up like the AD&D by mail seen in Dragon Magazine tm., etc, where
you are given a verbose description of your surrounding, objects, monsters, etc,and you respond with your actions. The number of turns would be 5 or 6 per weekand it would be a lot cheaper than playing by mail.
All in favor, flood the net with replies and suggestions...
All against, keep quiet...
signed,
GM in search of a Campaigncc100jr@gitpyr.UUCP (Joel M. Rives) (12/12/85)
In article <128@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) writes: > > Just taking a poll on how many people would be interested in a FRP news- > >group where you don't talk about FRP games, but you PLAY them. This could >easily be set up like the AD&D by mail seen in Dragon Magazine tm., etc, where >you are given a verbose description of your surrounding, objects, monsters, etc,and you respond with your actions. The number of turns would be 5 or 6 per weekand it would be a lot cheaper than playing by mail. > > All in favor, flood the net with replies and suggestions... > All against, keep quiet... > > signed, > GM in search of a Campaign -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are currently two such games underway at this time. The games were solicited for in net.games.frp and net.games.pbm. They are being conducted both through E-mail and net.games.pbm. As you have already posted to net.games.frp, you might simply ammend your post- ing to mention that you definately want to start a campaign and outline the information that you would like to recieve from each prospective player. the never-present whisper spirit Joel Rives Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!cc100jr "Remember, no matter where you go, there you are!" << Buckaroo Banzai >>
hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) (12/12/85)
In article <128@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) writes: > > Just taking a poll on how many people would be interested in a FRP news- >group where you don't talk about FRP games, but you PLAY them. This could >easily be set up like the AD&D by mail seen in Dragon Magazine tm., etc, where >you are given a verbose description of your surrounding, objects, monsters, etc,and you respond with your actions. The number of turns would be 5 or 6 per weekand it would be a lot cheaper than playing by mail. I vote against. There are already several pbm games going on over the net using e-mail. This seems to me to be the appropriate way to implement such a thing. I see no reason to further burden the net by sending game scenarios and moves all over the world to sites where no one's even reading the group, let alone playing the game. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp(+)TTI The more I work with C, the more I 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. appreciate the simple elegance of Santa Monica, CA 90405 FORTRAN. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe
bem8435@ritcv.UUCP (William "Power-Chord" Trainor) (12/13/85)
In article <128@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) writes: > > Just taking a poll on how many people would be interested in a FRP news- > >group where you don't talk about FRP games, but you PLAY them. This could >easily be set up like the AD&D by mail seen in Dragon Magazine tm., etc, where >you are given a verbose description of your surrounding, objects, monsters, etc,and you respond with your actions. The number of turns would be 5 or 6 per weekand it would be a lot cheaper than playing by mail. > > All in favor, flood the net with replies and suggestions... > All against, keep quiet... > > signed, > GM in search of a Campaign That would be real interesting, but my guess is that it would take forever, and the game would lose its interactive excitement. I'm willing to give it a try, however. I think teleconferencing would be REALLY great (but REALLY expensive :^{)!!!!!! ****All opinions within these few bytes of tranmission mean absolutely nothing to the REAL owner of this account, seeing that he doesn't know about them anyway! Bill Trainor *Voted "World's Worst Guitarist" by the entire dorm....... *Proclaimed "Most Likely to Die This Time" by the D+D gang... *Last in charge in the Rochester Wargamers Association and Guild.... "You can't possibly exist, so go away!"
rimbold@ulowell.UUCP (Rob Rimbold) (12/13/85)
I am MUCH in favor of starting interactive gaming across a new net newsgroup! This type of play could be beneficial to people who don't know much about FRP games, and would like to know more. It would also (more importantly) be FUN. I would enjoy a nice diversion to my day. -- -> Rob Rimbold "But running in parallel is more fun!" UUCP : decvax!wanginst!ulowell!rimbold ARPA : rimbold@ulowell.CSNET AT&T : (617) 452-5000 x2233
mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) (12/14/85)
> > Just taking a poll on how many people would be interested in a FRP news- > > group where you don't talk about FRP games, but you PLAY them. This could > easily be set up like the AD&D by mail seen in Dragon Magazine tm., etc, where > you are given a verbose description of your surrounding, objects, monsters, etc,and you respond with your actions. The number of turns would be 5 or 6 per weekand it would be a lot cheaper than playing by mail. > > All in favor, flood the net with replies and suggestions... > All against, keep quiet... > > signed, > GM in search of a Campaign Sorry, but I can't keep quiet. There are already several games going on using electronic mail rather than the net. This way only people actually involved in the game get the messages. There's no point to sending messages all over the net that only really concern 5 or 6 people. This idea should be dropped. Mark Modig ihnp4!sfmag!mom
roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (12/14/85)
In article <128@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) writes: > Just taking a poll on how many people would be interested in a FRP news- >group where you don't talk about FRP games, but you PLAY them. As I pointed out a while ago on net.games.pbm, it is absurd to use a newsgroup to communicate with the small number of people in a particular game. Not only is it far more expensive than email, it's slower and less reliable. Use the newsgroup to look for players, but once you have the game organized, use email to distribute each turn's results. No reason why this has to shut out kibbitzers and onlookers; they can be on the game's mailing list as well. BTW, I've added a "Followup-to: net.news.group", where this type of discussion belongs. If you care about this and don't already subscribe to net.news.group, do so now so you don't miss out. -- Roy Smith <allegra!phri!roy> System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016