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On 5/29/06, JimD <Jim@×××××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Does anyone have any suggestions for some fun email based games? I have |
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> never played any before, I don't know if any exist. |
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> I guess I have some turn-based strategy like game in mind. I wanted to |
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> see If I could get a friend to play across the Net. |
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> The requirements are it needs to run on Gentoo(me) and Windows(him) (or |
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> be able to run fine in vmware for me). Oh, and it needs to be fun : ) |
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> Thanks, |
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> Jim |
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There's an entire website devoted to over a hundred such games. |
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Check out Richard Rognlie's gamerz.net. In particular the PlayByEMail |
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(PBEM) section at http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/ |
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Some of the games are pretty active -- renju often has a score of games |
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starting or ending each day. You'l also have no problem finding |
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chess or go opponents. |
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For a similar turn-based experience, you can try the web-based |
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LittleGolem at http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/index.jsp -- the pace |
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is very similar, and you can get email notifications when it's your |
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turn, but viewing the game and making moves is done via a browser. |
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There are not as many distinct games as exist on gamerz, because |
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that system allows third parties to write the game engine, so there |
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are contributors who've added to the collection. |
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Enjoy! |
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++ kevin |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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