Casual PBEM (Full & playing)

Baalz · #1 January 22nd, 2007, 11:59 AM

Oops, sorry for the delay guys, forgot I signed up for this. Slim pickings on the nations left, guess that's what I'll get. I'll give the monkey men a try, sending pretender now.

johnarryn · #2 January 22nd, 2007, 03:45 PM

I know that it takes some time to get all pretenders together and start a game, but I do hope the actual turns will run a bit more quickly... I know this is supposed to be a relaxed, casual game, but will there be any deadlines in terms of turns? It always is annoying to wait a day or two on one person.

Dedas · #3 January 22nd, 2007, 03:53 PM

I think there at least should be a deadline of at least 4 days.

Baalz · #4 January 22nd, 2007, 04:01 PM

Yeah, I agree it'd be nice to have a set host schedule, maybe 2 to 3 times a week (or whatever the consensus is of what "casual PBEM" means) that we all try to have our turns in. With a long term game like this and this many people, it's unfortunately likely somebody is gonna be real tardy regularly or just up and disappear on us.

Ewierl · #5 January 22nd, 2007, 04:17 PM

My vote would be for a reasonably prompt baseline schedule (every 2-3 days or whatever), but with lots of flexibility for times when people can't get their turns in on that schedule.

There are limits, though. If one person is consistently being late without warning/explanation, we and our esteemed host may want to deal with that.

Dedas · #6 January 22nd, 2007, 05:03 PM

I agree.

Agrajag · #7 January 22nd, 2007, 05:46 PM

My concept of a "Casual PBEM" is along the lines of no hosting schedule at all, but if everyone agrees that X is taking too long, the turn is hosted anyway. (which figures out to 2-3 turns a week)

Reverend Zombie · #8 January 22nd, 2007, 06:04 PM

I think a set schedule of some sort is best--anywhere from once to 3X per week?

Leaving things indefinite is going to encourage straggling.