[Gandalf Parker]

Originally Posted by Lingchih

pbem has it's advantages. You have a whole list of old turns that you can look at, if need be. That's the main thing, I think.

Network games are nice, but they seem to be more suited to blitz type quick games.

True.
On the large games (such as all_nations megagames) Ive had users request to have their turns sent in email. They tended to still play their turns by direct connect but liked having their old turns stored in their mail folders by date.