Re: Lost Forever Games

On 19/06/2025 16:01, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:06:05 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

On 18/06/2025 16:51, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 

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

 

The Field of Glory II games do have a PBEM option but it's more
integrated into the game and uses Slitherine's servers to exchange the
'e-mails' for each turn.

 I don't know why, but that makes me weirdly happy that such an old
game-play model is still supported. I'm halfway tempted to install the
game just to try it out.
 It's a shame it relies on Slitherine's servers though, although I like
how its integrated the capabilities into the game itself. That was
always one issue I had with other PBEM games. You always had to drop
out of the game to use your email client to send the save-file rather
than their integrating the feature into the game itself (preferably
allowing you to specify your own mail-server information).
 

PBEM style like multiplayer does make sense as it's been a staple of wargames for many years. Standing around a table watching you opponent make their moves is fine as it's both a social activity and both players get to roll some dice. Siting on a PC doing nothing for five to ten minutes not so much fun. The other advantage, wargaming is quite niche so the last thing you want to do is shrink the available playerbase even more.