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<blockquote data-quote="Storminator" data-source="post: 732227" data-attributes="member: 305">I've been running an email game for 3 years now, and it works out pretty well. It's not the same, so if you really want a replacement for face to face, it doesn't work. It's its own deal, tho and it's pretty cool.Disadvantages: slow. 3 years, 4th level. One major adventure.Slow means you forget things, and all the problems that entails.Advantages: Time to craft. Scenes are really cool, and much more literary. All you have is what you write, so it takes a bit more thought. More thought means good gaming.A solid record. I know how NPCs speak, because I have everything they ever said on file. Voices, goals and attitudes are highly consistent.It's all the time. A face to face game you play once a week, and think about a bit more. In a&nbsp; PBeM you can get a message any day, and send one any day too. I find I think about my PBeM much more often during the week than my other games.I like PBeM a lot, but like I said, it doesn't replace real time with friends. I invited a bunch of cool posters from message boards to my PBeM, and I've come to consider them all friends, which is an added cool factor (nothing like emailing every day or two for years...), but it's not hanging out with the guys.PS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storminator, post: 732227, member: 305"] I've been running an email game for 3 years now, and it works out pretty well. It's not the same, so if you really want a replacement for face to face, it doesn't work. It's its own deal, tho and it's pretty cool. Disadvantages: slow. 3 years, 4th level. One major adventure. Slow means you forget things, and all the problems that entails. Advantages: Time to craft. Scenes are really cool, and much more literary. All you have is what you write, so it takes a bit more thought. More thought means good gaming. A solid record. I know how NPCs speak, because I have everything they ever said on file. Voices, goals and attitudes are highly consistent. It's all the time. A face to face game you play once a week, and think about a bit more. In a PBeM you can get a message any day, and send one any day too. I find I think about my PBeM much more often during the week than my other games. I like PBeM a lot, but like I said, it doesn't replace real time with friends. I invited a bunch of cool posters from message boards to my PBeM, and I've come to consider them all friends, which is an added cool factor (nothing like emailing every day or two for years...), but it's not hanging out with the guys. PS [/QUOTE]

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