Pbem guide needed

PhilD · #1 December 17th, 2003, 08:28 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:

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Originally posted by Pillin:
Btw, you mentioned that you can't control combats. Isn't this the case no matter what? Set your orders and hope for the best.

Yes sorry. I broke out into an explanation of what a PBEM game is. Non-control of combat is a standard thing for most PBEM type games

Hah! Obviously, you've never played PBEM Advanced Squad Leader!

[For those who don't know about it: ASL (Advanced Squad Leader) is a great, but very complex "real cardboard" wargame where, every time you move a stack of counters, your opponent may choose to fire at it with any number of units, some of which may be hidden. Can you think what playing it by email can be like? Well, I have...

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ceremony · #2 December 24th, 2003, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by PhilD:

[For those who don't know about it: ASL (Advanced Squad Leader) is a great, but very complex "real cardboard" wargame where, every time you move a stack of counters, your opponent may choose to fire at it with any number of units, some of which may be hidden. Can you think what playing it by email can be like? Well, I have... ]

Just use VASL

http://www.vasl.org/

PhilD · #3 December 29th, 2003, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by ceremony:

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Originally posted by PhilD:

[For those who don't know about it: ASL (Advanced Squad Leader) is a great, but very complex "real cardboard" wargame where, every time you move a stack of counters, your opponent may choose to fire at it with any number of units, some of which may be hidden. Can you think what playing it by email can be like? Well, I have... ]

Just use VASL

http://www.vasl.org/

Looks nice, but that was WAAAAY before VASL's time.