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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: An alternative to FRP on the Net
Message-ID: <927@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 20:40:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 20:40:21 1985
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References: <128@mrstve.UUCP> <56@ttidcc.UUCP> <2054@phri.UUCP>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
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Quoted from <2054@phri.UUCP> ["Re: New Newsgroup (FRP on the NET)"], by roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)...
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| In article <128@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) writes:
| >    Just taking a poll on how many people would be interested in a FRP news-
| >group where you don't talk about FRP games, but you PLAY them.
| 
|     As I pointed out a while ago on net.games.pbm, it is absurd to use a
| newsgroup to communicate with the small number of people in a particular
| game.  Not only is it far more expensive than email, it's slower and less
| reliable.  Use the newsgroup to look for players, but once you have the
| game organized, use email to distribute each turn's results.  No reason why
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How about a program which maintains email-driven FRP games?  It might do so
via emailed game scripts (which are interactively modified by the game?) or,
more easily perhaps, simply act as a mail front-end to allow one to say:

	% netfrp
	Which game (RETURN for list)? net-adventure
	Last moves:
	Bungo (mark@mrstve.UUCP): strike the dwarf with his long sword.
	[DM: The dwarf swings his axe and misses.]
	
	Enter your move, end with ^D:
	throw my spear at the dwarf
	^D
	[Your move has been mailed to the net-adventure DM.]
	% _

--Brandon
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