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<blockquote data-quote="Wednesday Boy" data-source="post: 5362388" data-attributes="member: 53678">The five play by e-mail games that I've played in have all been free form.&nbsp; The characters have stats and skills and generally the GM makes a judgment call on whether your character can do it or not, with &quot;What would make for the most interesting situation?&quot; thrown in.&nbsp; &nbsp;They have been some of the best roleplaying experience I've been a part of.&nbsp; In face-to-face games one of my friends always wants to be the guy who is awesome in combat and does tons of damage.&nbsp; But in those freeform PBEMs he comes with a deeper character and really get into the roleplaying aspect like I've never seen him do at the table.&nbsp; It was a direct result of the free form nature of the game.&nbsp;&nbsp;Great suggestions--especially points 1 and 4.&nbsp; In our games #3 isn't a criteria because (due to the nature of playing by e-mail) the PCs aren't part of the same party and are sometimes have opposing goals.&nbsp; But it still links to your #1.&nbsp; The PCs can be opposed but the players still have to trust each other and remember that everyone is there to tell an interesting collaborative story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wednesday Boy, post: 5362388, member: 53678"] The five play by e-mail games that I've played in have all been free form. The characters have stats and skills and generally the GM makes a judgment call on whether your character can do it or not, with "What would make for the most interesting situation?" thrown in. They have been some of the best roleplaying experience I've been a part of. In face-to-face games one of my friends always wants to be the guy who is awesome in combat and does tons of damage. But in those freeform PBEMs he comes with a deeper character and really get into the roleplaying aspect like I've never seen him do at the table. It was a direct result of the free form nature of the game. Great suggestions--especially points 1 and 4. In our games #3 isn't a criteria because (due to the nature of playing by e-mail) the PCs aren't part of the same party and are sometimes have opposing goals. But it still links to your #1. The PCs can be opposed but the players still have to trust each other and remember that everyone is there to tell an interesting collaborative story. [/QUOTE]

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