09-12-2013, 04:00 PM
Good ideas. I am lucky to live among a number of local gamers, so our Friday nights are never lacking in opponents. But I do remember a high percentage of PBM gamers from back in the heyday hailed from less urban and perhaps less gamer-populated areas. I also remember Avalon Hill's attempts at fostering a play-by-mail community for their board games -- trying to match people up with opponents. That sort of exploded with Diplomacy (which they bought), so it kind of worked.