Snow and Ice - a 6 person silent pbem

[Beta]

I'm just stating facts.

And I am starting this game.

[Paddy]

good value old chap

so you being an outb of the closet Aquarian, well what relation are you then to the Aquaman himself?

[Beta]

Diddly squat. Aquamen and Aquarians are worlds apart. I think.

[Beta]

Finally - got some extra time. My apologies for the delay in getting this going, and for being a bit snarky about it earlier.

The game is up and running. The starts, if mine is any indication, will be ... a challenge. But that was what the game was supposed to be about.

Good luck to us all!!

Here is the turn tracking thread:

Snow and Ice Turn Tracker

[Rommel2D]

Originally posted by Beta
Finally - got some extra time. My apologies for the delay in getting this going, and for being a bit snarky about it earlier.

I believe that should be "apologizes"...

[Beta]

Originally posted by Rommel2D

I believe that should be "apologizes"...

Excellent.

[Dominae]

[Dominae]

I'll send as soon as I know where to send the save (missing jshelr's address).

[Dominae]

This will undoubtedly sound dumb but: what exactly does a "silent" PBEM entail? I'm assuming no communication between or among players is allowed other than by in-game diplomacy interface. Is that right?

[jshelr]

sounds right to me

[jshelr]

sent the address to dom awhile ago, by the way

[Rommel2D]

Beta in a few other silent PBEMs:

This PBEM thread will only allow "sent to ABC". No smileys or comments or the like which could be a form of communication. And no code on the trade table either. Given the bright and creative bunch we are, I can envision we would soon have a barter language similar to contract bridge. (An opening of 7 gold means I want an alliance ... ) Let's play this straight up to see how it works.

In practice, we've been rarely able to hold our tounges/fingers to that extent, but I don't think anyone has gone the contract bridge route...

BTW, sorry if I distracted anyone by posting here, but Beta has a link to the tracker thread up above.

[Dominae]

I take it renaming units to things like "AttackPersiaRightNow" is not allowed!?

[jshelr]

you had better hurry

--> down under

[Beta]

Originally posted by Dominae
I take it renaming units to things like "AttackPersiaRightNow" is not allowed!?

See what I meant about 'creative'.

And Rommel is correct, that we have not kept to the pure letter of the law. A bit of trash talking always creeps in, as long as it does not give away anything substantive that is happening in the game.