Play by email game

**chequers** · 03-17-2017 10:59

Hi everyone,

I'm thinking of starting another play by email campaign which i did a few years ago. Looking at starting with early war again with around 20 players but will gauge interest first. Once i have enough players I will be looking to start around Easter hols with the game lasting 12 turns.
Players will need to email their orders once a week and then once I have completed the turn then I'll send turn photos out so people know what happened. I'll email everyone the rules and details of their planes before we start the game.
Any one interested can pm me and we'll go from there?

Cheers

Mark

**Mike George** · 03-17-2017 11:58

I would love to play.

**horsepyre** · 03-17-2017 12:01

I would be interested!

**SgtRock57** · 03-17-2017 13:33

I'm in, I'm in

**Jager** · 03-17-2017 14:07

Oh, count me in, Mark.
I'll need your email address, though. Using web mail since Outlook locked me out

Karl

**matt56** · 03-17-2017 14:53

I will jump in on this opportunity, too, Mark! Count me in

Do you need a PM on top of this, or will responding here suffice?

All the best,
Matt

**flash** · 03-26-2017 02:55

How did I miss this ! I'm in again Mark, good to see you back in the circuit, we must get something organised at the club again this year.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 03-26-2017 04:12

Count me in as well.
Rob.

**Teaticket** · 03-26-2017 06:54

I'd love to join in Mark.

**Stumptonian** · 03-26-2017 09:25

I will give this a go.

**tikkifriend** · 03-26-2017 09:30

book me in again please Mark

**chequers** · 04-19-2017 11:33

Hi all,
Unfortunately I'm going to have to postpone this for a month or so. Will message again once i know when i can start. Thanks for your interest and I'll keep you posted

**Jager** · 04-19-2017 11:58

No problem, Mark. We'll be here when you're ready.
Karl

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 04-19-2017 14:26

True.
A bit longer wait will do us no harm.
Rob.

**flash** · 04-20-2017 10:30

No worries mate, whenever you can fit us in.

**7eat51** · 04-20-2017 10:35

Mark, please include me when you run your game. I would love to have the opportunity to be shot down once again by friends here.

**Jager** · 04-20-2017 12:09

Originally Posted by 7eat51

Mark, please include me when you run your game. I would love to have the opportunity to be shot down once again by friends here.

We can give you your fill of that at Origins, Eric

Karl

**NewFlyBoy** · 07-31-2017 17:33

Did this campaign ever get off the ground? If not, when it does I'd like to give it a go...
Bill

**Teaticket** · 07-31-2017 17:37

Originally Posted by NewFlyBoy

Did this campaign ever get off the ground? If not, when it does I'd like to give it a go...
Bill

I don't think it is going on at the moment. I am also waiting patiently for this to start.

**NewFlyBoy** · 07-31-2017 19:15

Originally Posted by Teaticket

I don't think it is going on at the moment. I am also waiting patiently for this to start.

Thanks, Peter -- I've never done this kind of thing before and would love to be involved.
Bill

**flash** · 08-01-2017 01:20

Originally Posted by NewFlyBoy

Did this campaign ever get off the ground? If not, when it does I'd like to give it a go...
Bill

Mark says he'll be in touch when he's able to continue this. I've played in a couple of them and they're good fun.

Originally Posted by chequers

Hi all,
Unfortunately I'm going to have to postpone this for a month or so. Will message again once i know when i can start. Thanks for your interest and I'll keep you posted

I've not seen him for a while but if I do I'll ask.

**Teaticket** · 08-01-2017 04:07

[QUOTE=NewFlyBoy;452754]Thanks, Peter -- I've never done this kind of thing before and would love to be involved.
Bill[/QUOTTE]

I've been in a few and have to say playing in one of these is great fun. On the other side, I ran one and it is a lot of work! When I retire I will run more but because of the time involved I won't run these till then.

**zenlizard** · 08-01-2017 07:48

Hm, missed this when it came around in March. Since this is posted in the WW 1 portion of the Aerodrome, I assume we're talking about "early" WGF. Never hurts to be sure, though. Yes/No?

ETA: I tried the PM, and got the message:
chequers has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.

So, is anyone else organizing (Flash, pursuant to your post above), or is it simply a matter of wait and see?

Hey, life happens.

**NewFlyBoy** · 08-01-2017 08:32

Originally Posted by flash

Mark says he'll be in touch when he's able to continue this. I've played in a couple of them and they're good fun.

I've not seen him for a while but if I do I'll ask.

Thanks for the update, Dave. I hope I'll be included if this does take off.
best,
Bill

**flash** · 08-01-2017 08:56

I'm sure when Mark's ready he'll check out the thread And message us all again. Case of real life interruptus I believe.

**Gladeius** · 12-31-2017 18:59

Hi,

I would be interested in playing.

Thanks,

Jim

**SgtRock57** · 12-31-2017 19:59

I’d love to play

**fast.git** · 12-31-2017 20:55

Were this to happen, I'm in.

**Naharaht** · 12-31-2017 22:21

If another play by e-mail does run, I should like to join in. The problem is finding someone who has the time and a vacant room to run it.

**Jager** · 01-01-2018 01:46

What we really need is someone to make a Vassal Module for WoG. Permission to use the artwork on this site is probably a must, to save time with artwork.
I was working on a graphic-driven system using CorelDraw a few years back. Having gotten the new version in the PC last month, I will start working on it again.
Maybe I can get it running this spring.
Karl

**BellMW54** · 01-01-2018 12:02

Sounds interesting ... never done anything like this before. I'd like to try it out!

**Karo7** · 04-02-2019 12:53

Play by mail sounds interesting. I could set up a playing table in the basement. But I would start in a smaller scale - maybe about 6 players maximum.

How is the overall process:
1. Who decides where are the starting positions?
2. What about situations when there are multiple possible targets?
3. Isn't the originator advantaged, as he could measure his maneuvers better than the other participants?
4. How long is the interval between the maneuvers with 12 turns? I assume a participant have a week to decide his three maneuvers, but then a game would last for months.
5. Are the altitude rules commonly used?

**Jager** · 04-02-2019 15:18

If you are running the game, you are the impartial moderator, not playing any of the planes, unless your scenario has robo-bombers.
In the games I've played, 3 days was allowed for a move to be emailed to the moderator.
The moderator comes up with the scenario, plane placement etc.
Altitude was used in all of them.
Karl

**Mike George** · 04-02-2019 18:23

I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY

**Stumptonian** · 04-02-2019 18:32

Over 2 years since the original post, so I won’t be holding my breath.

**Naharaht** · 04-02-2019 19:41

Teaticket wrote some rules for his PBeM games back in 2014 but I have not been able to find them in the Files section so far, only his record sheets.

**Naharaht** · 04-02-2019 19:54

I have found his rules on my backup hard drive and am attaching them.

PBEM_players_RULES[2].docx

**Karo7** · 04-03-2019 00:23

David, thank you for the rules. It's a good starting point. Maybe I organise a fast "play by telegram" with my clique first, for training purposes.

**Karo7** · 04-08-2019 00:16

Here is a short GIF-summary of our "play by Telegram"-scenario:

Next time I will use a simpler mat, for easier recognition of the planes.

**zenlizard** · 04-08-2019 05:24

"Invalid attachment specified".

Unfortunately, this happens, see if you can get the system to cooperate on the edit, Florian.

**Karo7** · 04-08-2019 06:10

Originally Posted by zenlizard

"Invalid attachment specified".

Unfortunately, this happens, see if you can get the system to cooperate on the edit, Florian.

Hm, the system let me upload the gif-file, but transforms it into a jpg.

**Karo7** · 04-08-2019 13:24

Fixed the issue. The actual images for the participants look like that:

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**tikkifriend** · 04-08-2019 13:34

Originally Posted by Stumptonian

Over 2 years since the original post, so I won’t be holding my breath.

**flash** · 05-02-2019 07:00

Originally Posted by Stumptonian

Over 2 years since the original post, so I won’t be holding my breath.

I've not been able to make contact with Mark who ran this campaign, his last activity was fairly recent but he has not posted since he created this thread.
I believe real life got in the way and I've been told he has sold off some of his kit by another club member who purchased same.
I'm unlikely to see him now as I've moved away from the area but if I do I will see if he's up for hosting this again.

Originally Posted by Karo7

Fixed the issue. The actual images for the participants look like that:

Very tough to see planes & gauge distances with that background Florian, Mark used a plainer background so that the machines were more visible, plus he marked them with their identifier & their Alt but he did also fill the battle space !