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Spec Me an PBEM bitches....
Posted: February 17th, 2007, 23:57
by Anhamgrimmar
as most of you know i'm off for a holiday to sunnier climes in the not too distant, and i'm definatly not getting chance to log into EvE/CS/Beef/COD/Shartak/Urban Dead/HOBOwars/etc
I should however have accsess to email. so i was wondering, do any of yas have ideas on decent play by email type of games?
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 0:53
by Dog Pants
Tricky without a client. Laser Squad Nemesis is supposed to be good, but it needs a client installing and I'm pretty sure they won't let you.
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 0:58
by spoodie
Chess? You'll need a board and I'm not playing you.
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 1:09
by Anhamgrimmar
Dog Pants wrote:Tricky without a client. Laser Squad Nemesis is supposed to be good, but it needs a client installing and I'm pretty sure they won't let you.
ah, but wouldnt i be able to install it on my laptop, and save it to a floppy? thus allowing me to take said floppy to the internet cabin (i'm on a yank base this time, so they should have better facilities than i'm used to this time round)
oh, and spoodie, chess? i laugh in your general direction. dont you know i'm the 1972 sussex fremasons chess champion!
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 1:14
by spoodie
Anhamgrimmar wrote:oh, and spoodie, chess? i laugh in your general direction. dont you know i'm the 1972 sussex fremasons chess champion!
I did, which is why I said I wouldn't play you.
The horsies can fire lasers, right? But only diagonally.
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 1:25
by Grimmie
Dear anham - Go download Mojopac at
http://www.mojopac.com/
It allows you to make your MP3 Player / Portable hard disk / whatever into a virtual computer that plays games. You should thus be able to install any game that fits onto your device and run it from that
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 2:19
by FatherJack
Doesn't it require admin privs to run on the host computer? And won't any ports/websites required still be blocked?
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 3:19
by Grimmie
Uuhrrhm..
Dunno!
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 8:49
by Dog Pants
Anhamgrimmar wrote:
ah, but wouldnt i be able to install it on my laptop, and save it to a floppy? thus allowing me to take said floppy to the internet cabin (i'm on a yank base this time, so they should have better facilities than i'm used to this time round)
Ah, very possibly. Well then LSN might be just the man for you. I'm not sure if you can play Combat Mission PBEM too...
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 10:44
by MrGreen
The last PCGUK mag had a page on e-mail games, If my memory serves me right, the best was made by the guys who did the x-com series, also, CIV4 allows e-mail play.
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 11:41
by Dog Pants
MrGreen wrote:the best was made by the guys who did the x-com series
That's Laser Squad Nemesis
Posted: February 19th, 2007, 0:28
by Joose
Dog Pants wrote:
That's Laser Squad Nemesis
I am interested. I wish to play this. Now please. Now.
/wierd english sponsored by Lack of Sleep inc.
Posted: February 19th, 2007, 8:23
by Dog Pants
It's quite good. I played the trial against a computer opponent and it feels very X-Com. There isn't the depth of the X-Com series (no campaign mode, it's just sort of deathmatch I think), but it has the same turn-based feel. It's probably quite cheap now too so I'd give it a go.