[PBEM BOARD] La Grande Guerre - gloriously great WW1 game

[Berkut]

OK, I totally studied and completely understand all the rules. Let's get started.

[Tamas]

Everyone else seems to have lost the will.

I am thinking we should switch to Fire in the Lake once I have that and organise a PBEM we will never start on that one.

[Berkut]

I don't think the COIN games are well suited to PBEM.

[Berkut]

Whatever happened to our Totaler Krieg game?

[Tamas]

Whatever happened to our Totaler Krieg game?

I kind of half-assed it and ruined it

[Tamas]

I don't think the COIN games are well suited to PBEM.

I have only played Andean Abyss so far, but there is like zero interactivity during a player's turn.

[Habbaku]

I don't think the COIN games are well suited to PBEM.

And your reason for thinking this?

[Tamas]

I don't think the COIN games are well suited to PBEM.

And your reason for thinking this?

Puzzling indeed. LGG is heavily interactive especially in 1914, but in COIN you just do your thing without opponent decisionmaking involved, then pass it on to the next guy.

[Habbaku]

Proper COIN play does see some discussion amongst the players, but not anything near to something that would stop PBEM.

[Tamas]

Proper COIN play does see some discussion amongst the players, but not anything near to something that would stop PBEM.

Well yeah but that can happen between moves, can't it? Stuff that slows down PBEM are stuff like interceptions and other things the active player must stop halfway in turns.

[Berkut]

It just seems like a game that relies on a lot of table interaction to really capture what is interesting about the system, and the sort-allies, sorta-competitors nature of the game.

[Tamas]

It just seems like a game that relies on a lot of table interaction to really capture what is interesting about the system, and the sort-allies, sorta-competitors nature of the game.

I would imagine that is easy to have if we are not breathing down the neck of somebody to make a move after an hour.

[Berkut]

It just seems like a game that relies on a lot of table interaction to really capture what is interesting about the system, and the sort-allies, sorta-competitors nature of the game.

I would imagine that is easy to have if we are not breathing down the neck of somebody to make a move after an hour.

Not really. There is a lot of casual interaction that I suspect in PBEM just won't happen, because it isn't seen as worth it. And a lot of that talking is very informal, and hence cannot really be defined as being part of a discreet "diplomacy phase". So should people wait? Not wait?

Do we need to talk about whether or not I should pass so I can have a shot at that event that is coming up? Meh, whatever just go....

[Berkut]

Whatever happened to our Totaler Krieg game?

I kind of half-assed it and ruined it

I want to do TK again. Mainly because I just traded for the AE version.

[Tamas]

Whatever happened to our Totaler Krieg game?

I kind of half-assed it and ruined it

I want to do TK again. Mainly because I just traded for the AE version.

Meh. I'd rather stick to LGG. WW2 is teh bore