Hi. I want to run a Play-by-Email game which is quite unlike the Trav
PBEM going on now. Each player in the game will take command of a
small scoutship voyaging into an unknown part of the galaxy. Players
will probably never encounter other players, but will, er, seek out new
life forms and new civilizations, to boldly go... etc. The main purpose
for this game is to try out my universe-generating software. Some
long-time readers on this list may remember the Universe Simulation
Mailing List from 1988; I have written enough software to generate 90%
of the information needed for this type of game automatically. The other
10%, generated by hand, contains probably 90% of the most interesting
material to a player. I will be using the game to improve the software;
I may make available some reader-type programs. The best players for this
game will be those who have an interest in world building and SFRPG, and
can program in C. Assuming I'm not the only one in the world, of course :->
If you are interested, send me e-mail with your address. Tell me a little
about why you are interested in the idea. I will send you 400 lines
or so of ship / crew design info and universe background, along with an
example of play. If I get a lot of interest, I will post the whole thing
to the list. However, due to limits on my time, I will probably only
pick three players at a time and keep the others on a waiting list.
Thanks for your time!
Dave Allen (note new address) [email removed]