(03-24-2011, 03:41 PM)Sardarthion Wrote: thom
Thom - I looked at your site. $25 is a pretty high paywall to scale, just to enter the game (which then costs $25/3 turns). I am not necessarily opposed to this if it's an exceptional game with active players. In a way, the high cost will probably cut down on the dropout rate. (Dropouts have been a problem in almost every PBM game I've played. I remember one game tried to address this by holding a $10 deposit from every player, returnable upon completion. The winner would get all the defaulted deposits. But still dropouts persisted.)
Any further info I can get on your game before making such a big commitment? At this point, I'm inclined to try Hyborian Wars first, just to get back on the PBM horse, and then perhaps return to your game down the road...
(03-24-2011, 01:00 AM)4am Wrote: you will probably need copy of En Garde! but the house rules cover most things about the game, but things like how to duel are not covered in detail. It is based on a old table top rpg but suits PBeM better. Briny is just starting up i think that you will need to join both the Briny En Garde forum and the Briny yahoo Group or ask on the forum on how to start. Yup it is free.
how it plays you have you turn is broken down into 4 weekly orders (courting, training ) + orders that don't take anytime (e.g. buying, dueling)
the GM will then follow the orders and you get a email back telling you how your turn went. say that if you went to a club in week1 and a member of rival ship was there at the same time then you may have insulted each other and have to fight a duel next turn.
The GM will also take everything that happen that turn and write it into the form of a news paper. So that all the players can see what the other players were doing.
At the hart of of it, its a pretty simple game. But all the politicking as you rise up into high society. asking favors, giving favors, climbing over people, risk your life on the battlefield, slandering your enemy's in the paper and and so on. its this that brings in the rp.
Looked at a description of the game on boardgamegeek. Looks like you play cards during duels. Is all that handled by the gamemaster? I was also able to find sites with the rules posted. Would that be sufficient? Or is it truly necessary to own the game itself? (Not opposed to that -- I can use it at my local game night to add to our options on friday nights...)