03-14-2012, 06:30 AM
I did not know it started in Sheffield. I was there in the mid-1960s, but I began gaming in the second half of the 1960s, first as tabletop airfix figures then metal figures on bases, finally in board games like Avalon Hill, then the early interactive pbm games.
I still have Phil Barker's published Middle Ages game rules covering 3000 BC to 1485 AD and the three volumes of army lists, Book 1 (3000 BC-75 AD), Book 2 (55 BC to 1000 AD) and Book 3 (armies originating after 1000 AD). I think Sue Barker is still working on this, on her home page.
But what I liked most about PBM, PEBM, and Mass online games was to "sub-create" the backgrounds of the characters. A chance to write creatively about it. That was also true of The Known World.But that will require another post.
I still have Phil Barker's published Middle Ages game rules covering 3000 BC to 1485 AD and the three volumes of army lists, Book 1 (3000 BC-75 AD), Book 2 (55 BC to 1000 AD) and Book 3 (armies originating after 1000 AD). I think Sue Barker is still working on this, on her home page.
But what I liked most about PBM, PEBM, and Mass online games was to "sub-create" the backgrounds of the characters. A chance to write creatively about it. That was also true of The Known World.But that will require another post.