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Re: FT PBEM

From: Jon Davis <davis@a...>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 15:07:36 -0500
Subject: Re: FT PBEM

Denny Graver wrote:

> I wondered if anyone has played a PBEM game of FT in a day or less.  I
> realise that not everyone has access to the web instantly available,
but
> I am sad enough to want to try a large battle with many players at
some
> point in the not too distant future.

I'm with Indy.	***THUD***  :-)

A large battle with 2000 points per side can take two hours to process a
turn.
That's for a limited intelligence game with sensors and scanning.

Two players with two or three cruisers on a side with full intelligence
can be processed fairly quickly, but you won't be able to complete a
game in a day.	It could be done in a week....	at great expenditure of
spouse and family points.

> PBEM: SG2 or Dirtside
> Has anyone tried these as PBEM ?

It's doable, but it would be even slower than a FT game because of the
phased nature of the rules.  You could make orders contingent on the
enemy's actions, but it could bog down.  It would have to be a small
game
of either rules set.

Jon

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