Play-by-email strategy games

[Riverwalker]

Hi all,

My firends are currently scattered all over the world (New Zealand, Australia, US, UK) but we still want to play a strategy game together.

What we are looking for is a turn based computer game that allows you to send turns via email. Don't want a moderated game or an on-line one with 20 other players - just a way for us to play a game with each other at our own pace.

Ideally it'd be WWII, but also keen on ancient or medieval.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Drengy]

wargaming.net has two play-by-email-like games available. Massive Assault Network and DBA Online. I've only played Massive Assault, and it's pretty fun.

Both have free demos available.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Try The Diplomatic Pouch. It got automated judges for PBEM Diplomacy games of all flavors, if that game is appealing.

The old Advanced Civilization pc game also has PBEM, but getting hold of copies for your friends may be difficult.

 

[Gorok]

We had a group playing and sending turns back & forth for "Warlords 3", when it came out. I believe the current incarnation, "Warlords 4", also allows turns to be saved and sent as data files.

Warlords 3 was quite fun, by the way. We had some good fights going back & forth. I haven't tried Warlords 4 yet.

 

[Gorok]

I re-read your original post, and realized that Warlords 3/4, although fun, are not "historical" (although they are still fun).

For historical, try Korsun Pocket. It supports e-mail turns.

http://www.matrixgames.com/games/korsunpocket/

 

[Lefferts]

We had a group playing and sending turns back & forth for "Warlords 3", when it came out. I believe the current incarnation, "Warlords 4", also allows turns to be saved and sent as data files.

Warlords 3 was quite fun, by the way. We had some good fights going back & forth. I haven't tried Warlords 4 yet.

I'm not sure if Warlords 4 supports email, but it is not nearly as good as Warlords 3 was. There are some balance issues that can occur after you play for along time (ie. virtually unkillable units).

3 was great though. Wonder if it will work on XP?

Lefferts

 

[Riverwalker]

Great thank you. I'll check these out. Personally I am more than happy to play a fantasy based game, but a couple of the others will only play historical stuff.