How do Online SE games work.

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Originally posted by President Lomax:
What is it like when you play by mail and play by uploading and downloading. I have never heard or done any of these and it sounds complicated. Do you send e-mails to everyone saying what you do?

It is actually a very simple process. All your doing is sending out game and plr. (player) files.

Game file has all the game information from the turn. Player (plr) files have all the info from your turn. You put the plr files into the save game directory and run the turn. Then mail out the game files, play your turn, and wait for others to play there turns and email the plr file back to you. Then you process the turn and do it all over again.

A game can go just as quickly this way or on www.pbw.cc (Recommended)

Also www.spaceempires.net has game hosting that works simularly except it is a bit more hands on. You have to download the player files that your players upload to the site, process the turn and then upload the new turn back to the site so your players can download it and play.

It is all very simple to do, even my grand mother could do it.