Email game?

slappy

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Does anyone know of an online community whose members indulge in the occasional PBEM game of SMAC or SMAX? The Person's thread on things you love about the game has me hankering for a match but I don't have time for a real time game these days. I figure an email game with 4-6 human players would move at a suitably glacial rate.
 
I wouldn't mind playing such a game...sure it would take a long period of commitment, but then I can do that and do so with diplomacy games.

I would advise some rules put into any such multiplayer game as certain aspects of the game are open to abuse. For one...no data-links, way to go any eliminate any surprise.

In one multiplayer game with my brother, he was Morgan, I was the University he was doing much better than myself, in great part due to Morgan being brilliant and the Believers giving me quite a few little headaches.

Essentially the situation was this, that he had datalinks with me so he could see in each of my bases. He had several planet busters...I had one, hidden away. He threatened war if I build any more. 1 planet buster wouldn't be enough to separate our landmasses so I needed the second. As he had data-links I had to opt for the option of naming my planet-buster "fusion rover" to avoid detection by means of a brief scan of my cities.

How sad it was that a turn before completion, my brother stumbled across the true nature of this "fusion rover" and sent in the troops having discovered the airbase my other planet buster was stored on by means of an exploratory probe team.


There are a few areas of the game that work particularly poorly with MP, especially as he who strikes first in a war has such a vast advantage...


Perhaps an easier/better option would be another Civ/Smac succession game done with the same level of quality as "Sparta: Glocks for all" that myself Dreadhead, Hippo and company played in.

Link to that classic thread:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=4577


:king:
 
That looks like a lot of fun KOC, but--speaking for myself-- I wouldn't have the time to create the ongoing journals and keep up with the board discussion.

I'd still like to try a regular PBEM game with a few human players, if there are any more takers, or if anyone knows an online community where they happen now and then.
 
Thanks, KOC. I'll wait around here to see how many (if any) want to try a PBEM game here and, if there aren't enough takers, I'll try my luck over there. I'd like to have at least 4 human players.

PS: I gave your name as the referrer when registering. I hope they send you a free T-shirt or something :)
 
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