PBEM Players
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This website is dedicated to helping you increase your skills in writing posts for your PBEM (Play By EMail) game. We publish articles and guides that we hope can help you!
What is a PBEM (Play By Email) game?
A Play By EMail (PBEM) game is a form of creative writing where you continously continue to build on the other players stories. Together you form an ongoing story. Each participant's bit of the story is generally referred to as a post, named after the act of 'posting' a message to the e-mail list or message board where the stories are collected and distributed.
Where to start learning about PBEM games?
If you are new to PBEM games or are just interested to read more about PBEM games a good start is to read the article "Play By Email (PBEM) in a larger perspective". It talks about different types of games that can be played by email as well as different types of email roleplaying games.
Once you have a good understanding of the concept, you should continue with the article "The anatomy of a post". It will tell you what a player's contribution to a PBEM roleplaying game can look like.
Article categories
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. >>
Other articles
Other articles related to PBEM games or the gaming industry and community. >>
Latest Article
| Spotlight Interview: Andy Jones Published: February 24, 2008 This article was originally posted on the PBEM game Blue Dwarf's website, we thank our friends over there for allowing us to use it here. This spotlight article lets us hear what simmer Andy Jones thinks of his experiences in the PBEM world. Read More... |
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Latest Blog Posts
Here are the latest posts to the PBEM Players blog:-
Coming up: SciWorld 2008!
Posted 2008-04-26 14:28 in
It is almost time for the number one event for all of us online PBEM roleplayers out there: the SciWorld Online Convention! Last year was a lot of fun and I hope this year will be even better! Looking at the schedule, it looks like there are a couple of interesting seminars I will attend. What [...]
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The Lone GM Play-By-Post blog
Posted 2008-03-26 14:18 in
Although not entirely about the type of PBEM (play by email) games PBEMPlayers focuses primarily on, the Lone GM Blog is still full of interesting observations. He writes about another type of online roleplaying: what the Lone GM calls Play-By-Post games. So if rules, game systems and dice rolls are your thing, check it out! If [...]
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New Spotlight article
Posted 2008-02-24 19:38 in
Once again, our very good friends in the PBEM game Blue Dwarf stepped up and let us hear what interesting stories anotherone of their members, Andy Jones, tells us. In the article, Andy tells us a bit about his past in the Blue Dwarf group as well as his opinions about PBEM gaming in general. [...]