Re: Lost Forever Games

Side note: the other day I learned that the classic 4X strategy game,
"Alpha Centauri" still supported PBEM gaming. You'd play a turn, then
email a special file to your friend, who would import the file into
his game to see what you did, and then react accordingly and send you
back a new file.

The advantage to this method was you didn't have to remain connected
through an entire match (as any 4X player will tell you, a campaign
can take a /long/ time to finish). You also aren't reliant on a
third-party server to connect; all the communication is done by email
(heck, if you really wanted you could put the file on a floppy and
send it back and forth by postal mail!). But it was slooow.

I wonder if there are any modern games still offering PBEM support.