RufusTFirefly -> RE: PBEM Question (6/5/2011 10:20:37 PM)
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It does not make sense that you are online all at the same time and wait for the next player to perform and send the turn. I am playing a pbem of WaW as player of Germany, Italy and Japan, my opponent has Britain, Russia and USA (not yet in; France is already defeated). Normally it takes around an hour to do the turns of Germany and Italy, while Japan is awake but not yet at war and could be done quickly. But it will change and turns will take more time than an hour soon. I think my opponent needs as much time as I do. The advantage of a pbem is that you can decide when you want to perform next turn and send it. Maybe a talk in Skype is just interesting, so stay ther and execute the turn later. But you should make sure that every player tries to execute his trun the same day he gets it. So maybe you will manage to have a turnaround in a day, otherwise two or three days would be normal as well in case four players are involved and are reliable. Please make sure to have pbem protection activated and each player knows that a turn should only be opened once. When it is opened you have to execute all movement and save the turn. Saving inbetween and reopening the turn is looked upon as cheating, as well as using the undo option (is there any in this game? not sure at the moment). So the social part is the talking behind the screen to make some appointments with another player to form an alliance or to write some note about successful battles or make some comment on opponents moves in the mail with turn attached.
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