Monday, February 06 2012

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Development updates and news

Keep up to date with what is happening with the development of the PBEMPlayers website! From time to time there may be other posts heer too, about the PBEM community in general or about other things relating to things I think PBEM Players will be interested in!

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Recent updates


New version of PBEMPlayers.com!
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 14:57
After a long time, the new version of PBEMPlayers.com is finally online! With brand new design and an updated list of features it secures its place as one of the finest PBEM resource websites/portals on the web today.

DragonCon and PBEM games
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 15:06
It's nearly time for DragonCon again, the huge convention in Atlanta with everything from SciFi to comics to gaming. This year the PBEM (and simming) community will be represented! A group of people are hosting a panel discussion on Star Trek and...

Changes are coming...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 19:59
To prepare for coming changes to the website, I have updated the way the PBEM links are displayed. You will soon be able to create your own account here and submit links and articles to the website!

D&D Game Day!
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 17:11
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!

I've been looking for PBEM games...
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 17:11
I have been searching for interesting PBEM games to read and follow lately, without much luck. I have mostly been searching for games with a fantasy setting, but I am open for other types too. Found a lot of Startrek games, but I would like to...

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 you are interested in joining a, or even running your own, Play By Post game you should read the Lone GM blog posts "How to play by post" and "Building Characters that Work"

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loneGM (not verified)

Thanks for the shout out.

Thanks for the shout out. There are a lot of similarities between pbem and pbp games, particularly when it comes to post formatting and writing style.

Compared to pbem games, pbp tends to be faster, and you have the benefit of being able to read an entire 'thread's' worth of posting at once.

Unfortunately, the quality of the writing itself can suffer, and you end up with sometimes a bit more of a "conversation" than a cohesive narrative.

I'm going to advise that my readers come here and take a look around - there's a lot they can learn!

Submitted by loneGM (not verified) on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 17:51.

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