Sir Elbridge
Chieftain
I like PBEM because it fits my schedule and my playing style.
But the games can lag. People often have good a proper reasons for not playing their turn. Job, school, travel, illness, love, whatever. Games involving several human players are the most difficult of all.
One suggestion would be to reduce the number of human players - just two humans with a random complement of AI players. These could be set at varying difficulty levels, and the humans would face each other as well as the other usual AI opposition. Perhaps the humans would cooperate with each other, perhaps not . . .
The turns would move more rapidly between two players than they do between six. So the games would move ahead, the Civs would develop, and some games would actually be played to a conclusion.
Anyone wanna try a two person PBEM game?
But the games can lag. People often have good a proper reasons for not playing their turn. Job, school, travel, illness, love, whatever. Games involving several human players are the most difficult of all.
One suggestion would be to reduce the number of human players - just two humans with a random complement of AI players. These could be set at varying difficulty levels, and the humans would face each other as well as the other usual AI opposition. Perhaps the humans would cooperate with each other, perhaps not . . .
The turns would move more rapidly between two players than they do between six. So the games would move ahead, the Civs would develop, and some games would actually be played to a conclusion.
Anyone wanna try a two person PBEM game?