PBEM Articles

With over ten years of experience with Play By EMail (PBEM) games, we have a lot of material to share with you. We have also gathered material written by other authors (with their permission, of course). Select from the categories below:

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Getting Ideas

Manage your time, find ideas and use them. >>

Writing

Both how and what you write in your posts for your PBEM game is important, we show you how to do it! >>

Character Development

Giving your character life is complex, these articles will help you. >>

Running your own PBEM game

Learn how to run your own game. >>

In the Spotlight

A closer look at PBEM players and games. >>

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Using NPCs (Non-Player Characters) in your PBEM
Published: October 23, 2005

A character that is not primarily and actively played by a player is called an NPC. Even though they are not the primary character of a player, they can be quite important to the story and to the game.