pbem

[Fyron]

PBW is a lot better than PBEM, because it automates all of the tedious tasks of hosting.

[Hrothgar]

Thanks for the info. I hope I can make it work.

Yeah, PBW does sound like fun, but I just don't have the time to play real-time like that right now. A PBEM turn can be done whenever it's convenient. I'd like to give PBW a try someday, though. Just reading these Posts makes it clear how much I've been missing, playing against he AI.

Thanks again.

[DavidG]

PBW is not really that much different from PBEM. You just e-mail or upload your turns to the PBW site It is not 'real time'. Many games give you up to 72 hours (or more) to send in your turn.

[Fyron]

PBW is not real time. It _is_ PBEM, except the PBW server handles the collection of plr files, turn execution, and distribution of turn files. It plays exactly like PBEM.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Hrothgar:
Thanks for the info. I hope I can make it work.

Yeah, PBW does sound like fun, but I just don't have the time to play real-time like that right now. A PBEM turn can be done whenever it's convenient. I'd like to give PBW a try someday, though. Just reading these Posts makes it clear how much I've been missing, playing against he AI.

Thanks again.

PBW is the same thing as PBEM besides the fact that the host has to manually run the turns himself.
If you play PBW you can play a turn whenever it is convenient for you as well. Put the game on Last Player Upload and the game will not run the turn until you have uploaded your turn file to the server.

[Fyron]

3 Posts about the same thing, at nearly the same time. We are on a roll!

[Hrothgar]

Thanks. I had the impression that PBW was for live play over the net. I didn't realize that you could play a turn whenever it was convenient, like PBEM. If it's simpler to PBW, I'll have to try it that way.