I am starting to run out of screen space with the theme I am using for pbemplayers.com so I need to start thinking about making a new theme for it.� I would like to make a liquid layout that stretches along with the webbrowser window. I would also like to maintain pretty much the same color scheme, at least the green color!

If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let me know!

A visitor commented on my “Interesting game concepts” post a few days back, I only noticed it today since the comment had been caught in the spam filter - I’m sorry! The visitor provided two very interesting links to forum posts listing all such games “known to man” .� Check them out and thank you for the comment!

Chas of simmingleague.com emailed me about a new section on their webpage: Essays! They have collected some articles about simming and pbem games. I have also given them permission to post some of my articles there, if they want.

At the time I write this, there are nine articles on that site, most of them well worth reading.� They are mostly centered around setting up and running you own club, but there are also articles about posting and such.

I welcome all efforts to improve the PBEM community, even if it is a website with basicly the same purpose as pbemplayers. I just hope the readers will find them both!

I came across a very interesting game concept today. There was an ad for a “Congressional simulator” game in the rec.games.pbm discussion group. While I did not go on to look at the game itself since the ad lacked a link to it, I found the idea very interesting. It is just too bad I do not know enough about politics to actually join, even though I have slowly made my way through the first 4 seasons of “The West Wing” boxed dvd sets. And I am not sure if any political party I would have voted for would be represented in the congress in 2010, the year the game was set in.

In general, I am intrigued by games that are outside the common sci-fi or fantasy settings. Games that are unique, games that go out into uncharted territory. I really would like to see more of those around!

Today is the Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day! There are a lot of roleplaying events going on in stores and other locations all around the nation, even all around the world!