Re: Play by email FT

Geoff wrote,

> I'm interested in potentially running a small game for a few
>  friends who don't get to meet half as often as we would like,
>  (sound familiar ?) but I'm not sure how to go about it.
>  
>  Would anyone with experience of doing this drop me a line to
>  give me some idea of how to organise the whole thing ? I would
>  greatly appreciate any hints you may have to offer, particularly
>  in the area of keeping track of relative locations of ships
>  and headings etc.

Hi Geoff, I'm one of the guys Jon and Mark mentioned as currently
running a
PBeM FT game. I am also one of the last sentient being without a web
page, so
I can't just tell you to go to such-n-such URL to see how I run things. 
;-)


Like Jon, I also use Excel spreadsheets to plot ship movement, calculate
range and firing arcs and generate maps. The turn reports I word-process
by
hand; it's too hard to do with the format I use. (A sane man would
change the
report format to make it easier, but then sane men are in such short
supply
around here....) I also do all die-rolling myself, but I believe some
people
smarter than me have automated this.

If you want more information, e-mail me direct and I'll be happy to
answer
your questions. If you like, I can also add you to the "lurker's" list
for my
game (currently on turn 8 and just starting to get bloody!) so you can
follow
along.

>  Thanks,
>  
>  Geoff (who clearly has too much time and not enough sense.)

Both essential job requirements for a PBeM ref!

Scott Field
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