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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 2566869" data-attributes="member: 21076">Play by Email is not for everyone.  But if your schedule is packed or you are having a hard time finding gamers in your area it can meet the fix you are looking for.  To address your specific questions regarding combat there are a couple of ways to do it.I tend to handle all the dice rollling on my side (as DM).  The players post a round or two's worth of action and then to make things a little easier list the bonuses in an OOC portion of the thread.  Then when I have people's actions I roll the dice and put it all to words.  This seems to work relatively well though the work load increases a touch for the DM.  I try to move through combat relatively quickly with at least one round done per day.  If someone doesn't post I generally continue their previous actions or decide for them based on how they have played the character in the past.  Most times though people in groups I have been in have been able to keep pace.The games are longer and one combat can at times take a full week to get through.  It is sort of the nature of PBeM games though.  It's not for everyone, but they can be fun.  The descriptions and character interactions tend to be more in-depth as the veil of email helps people really roleplay.  This pro helps make up for the con of slowness.Other DMs have the players roll the dice themselves - either using the honor system or using a site like <a href="http://www.irony.com" target="_blank">Irony</a> to have the dice rolls emailed to the DM.</blockquote>

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