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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neo" data-source="post: 713371" data-attributes="member: 4139">Play by Mail games (read: Play by Post or Play by E-mail)Are simply games RPG, or games specifically designed for postal or e-mail via PDF or HTML format format have been around for eons.Most of the traditional ones work by allowing you to enter orders for whomever you are playing, which then dictate your actions for that turn.e.g.  M 5 order would be Move South, or A <char id> woul;d be attack whomevers character ID you enter... and so forth.there are also the RPG type PBM's where you simply write narrative for your actions based on a description or scene described by your GM and send them to him based on everyones replies he then writes a new description or scene including everyones responses and the cycles continues again... slowly moving you through an adventure.  By the end you have had a good adventure and crafted an interesting narrative, you can look back on in the years to come.A couple of my favourite traditional PBM companies, that do play by post AND play by e-mail (but not narrative type RPG described above)Are Madhouse[urlhttp://www.madcentral.com/index.htm[/url]who offer many games (especially check out DungeonWorld) and even offer free introductory positions so you can check out the game.Its GM Steve Tierney is a great guy.and alsoSilver Dreamer<a href="http://www.madcentral.com/silverdreamer/" target="_blank">http://www.madcentral.com/silverdreamer/</a>Whose main game Aspects of Might is wonderful and also offers a single character free for life position in order that you can find out about the game.Its GM Justin Parsler is also a really ace guy.Oh and both companies cater to play iregardless of global location, so ANYONE can play!</blockquote>

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