Stupid question

[Mouzafphaerre]

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What is PBM?

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[econ21]

PBM - play by mail, otherwise known as PBEM, play by e-mail.

In MTW, it means that one player plays one king's reign and when that king dies, they send the save game by e-mail to another player to play the successor.

In turn-based multiplayer games (ie not MTW), PBM means playing your turn and then sending the savegame to your opponent to play his and return it to you etc. With the rise of real-time games and networks/internet connections, PBM is getting rarer. Before, it was very common amongst wargamers.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Thanks Sounds very interesting. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif
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[Chimpyang]

Why not join any of the current PBEM going on at the moment and experience the fun factor in it?http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I suggest Kingdom of Aragorn as the situation is very delicate in that. (plus it needs a king..)

[Mouzafphaerre]

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I'd like to... But I've made a set of modifications to my game (basically on unit availability and factional behaviour) that I don't think I would give up. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-confused.gif
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[Tricky Lady]

Then install a second MTW session on your hard disk for PBEM games http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif Believe me, it's fuN.

[Chimpyang]

Indeed, i have 5 copies of MTW on my HDD

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Free space on the master partition: 463M; on D: 490M; on E: 123M http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif

I had to remove four of my favourite games to reinstall MTW when I got VI. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif
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