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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 6866571" data-attributes="member: 11146">The acronyms you seek, sir, are play by e-mail (PbEM) or play by mail (PbM).&nbsp; True grognards know this.&nbsp; Not that I am a grognard.&nbsp; But I know one.&nbsp; Or knew one, once.&nbsp; He died when he slipped and fell after throwing his cane at a passing Millenial.FIFY.&nbsp; I voted &quot;On-line, friends.&quot;&nbsp; I do PbP with, admittedly, people I met online but as I'm choosy about who I spend time around, I now regard them as genuine friends.&nbsp; I'd certainly meet up with any of them for a beer over dinner if the opportunity to do so presented itself.&nbsp; I also have a Saturday morning chat game conducted via Google Hangout with a pack of Canadians I met online who I definitely regard as good friends.&nbsp; A small sliver of my gaming time goes to tabletop gaming with my children and husband...not very much or very often, however, as we're all too busy with sports activities on weekends and evenings.&nbsp; (I can often be found camped in my natural habitat--the vehicle--enjoying a bit of PbP on my smart phone while I wait to chauffeur children to and from events)&nbsp; I'd love to have a regular in-person tabletop game.&nbsp; Probably not in the cards, though.&nbsp; Say more about the comment that broke your grinchy heart?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 6866571, member: 11146"] The acronyms you seek, sir, are play by e-mail (PbEM) or play by mail (PbM). True grognards know this. Not that I am a grognard. But I know one. Or knew one, once. He died when he slipped and fell after throwing his cane at a passing Millenial. FIFY. I voted "On-line, friends." I do PbP with, admittedly, people I met online but as I'm choosy about who I spend time around, I now regard them as genuine friends. I'd certainly meet up with any of them for a beer over dinner if the opportunity to do so presented itself. I also have a Saturday morning chat game conducted via Google Hangout with a pack of Canadians I met online who I definitely regard as [I]good [/I]friends. A small sliver of my gaming time goes to tabletop gaming with my children and husband...not very much or very often, however, as we're all too busy with sports activities on weekends and evenings. (I can often be found camped in my natural habitat--the vehicle--enjoying a bit of PbP on my smart phone while I wait to chauffeur children to and from events) I'd love to have a regular in-person tabletop game. Probably not in the cards, though. Say more about the comment that broke your grinchy heart? [/QUOTE]

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