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December 17th, 2003, 07:32 PM
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Shrapnel Fanatic
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Pbem guide needed
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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.
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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
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December 17th, 2003, 08:28 PM
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First Lieutenant
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Re: Pbem guide needed
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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.
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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...  ] |
December 24th, 2003, 10:10 PM
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Second Lieutenant
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: Pbem guide needed
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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... ]
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Just use VASL
http://www.vasl.org/ |
December 29th, 2003, 05:11 PM
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First Lieutenant
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Re: Pbem guide needed
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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... ]
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Just use VASL
http://www.vasl.org/
Looks nice, but that was WAAAAY before VASL's time. |
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