09-08-2021, 01:53 PM
BTW, your comments about the retro feel are well taken, but I think that part of what that means has a lot to do with how S&D was named in the first place. One of the big reasons that PBMers like to play these games is embodied in that slower reaction time... the anticipation of waiting for your turn results to arrive (however that happens these days), the excitement of poring over the results to see what happened, and the extended time spent contemplating what you should do next. That has a lot to do with the feel of the game.
I wrote a page on my web site that discusses the benefits of this sort of slower play in more-complex games in the hopes that it would attract others to try it out. If anyone hasn't seen it and would like to read my description, it's at http://www.talisman-games.com/about_turns.
I wrote a page on my web site that discusses the benefits of this sort of slower play in more-complex games in the hopes that it would attract others to try it out. If anyone hasn't seen it and would like to read my description, it's at http://www.talisman-games.com/about_turns.