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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Lost Forever Games
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:13:15 +0100
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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.