assistance...

Greetings, I have been run to play a multi-player scenario for a REALLY
long time. I was wondering if anyone has any type of idea on how on earth I
can go about getting players.

             Grant - USA
" I'm going to be honest, I had a pre-show cocktail "

 ----> Welcome to Earth <-----
INDEPENDANCE DAY
   Eh-hem, who beat the aliens.

bobafett,

> (something to the effect of) "how on earth can I find players?"

You _are_ kidding, right?!

Out here.

        -monty

> At 7:50 PM 7/20/96, bobafett@indy.net wrote:

Well, I'm one of the people who has been playing Full Thrust via email for a
while now. (3 complete games, 2 partial) and have a few words of advice.

1) Design a scenario. Personally, I think an email game takes enough effort to
play that an interesting scenario is requried to hook me in.
Also, decide how often you want to run turns. Two a week _can_ be done,
but once a week is more realistic. Also, be prepared for flexibility in due
dates, moving them around when necessary keeps players happy.

2) Prepare your bookeeping system (speadsheet, paper, map, etc.) and set up a
web page for the game and keep all the background, player contact, special
rules and turn reports there.

3) Then, and only then you post a message here. Describe the scenario, and set
out the options clearly. First come first served is the usual system for
choice of sides and ships.

4) when the game is filled and ready to run post a message here.

A good example of how to do things is:

<http://scivax.stsci.edu/~kochte/ftgame.html>

(gotta remember the brackets these days)

A pbem game depends heavily on the referee of the five games of FT I have been
in, only three went to completion. All three were run by Mark Kochte.

Do the work, keep good records, allow for mistakes on all parts... and most of
all, have fun.

> At 7:50 PM 7/20/96, bobafett@indy.net wrote:
Wow, you guys must have *REALLY* misunderstood me. I was wondering on how I
can get people in my area interested in LIVE games. I never had much use for
playing by email. (read as: I quit playing VGAP a LONG time ago) Let's try
this again, shall we?

             Grant - USA
" I'm going to be honest, I had a pre-show cocktail "

 ----> Welcome to Earth <-----
INDEPENDANCE DAY
   Eh-hem, who beat the aliens.

> bobafett@indy.net wrote:
Let's
> try this again, shall we?

Try running a demo game at a local game\hobby store to get interest.  We
discussed this not too long ago. If your interested, I could send you a copy
regarding running a demo game.

> bobafett@indy.net wrote:

> Wow, you guys must have *REALLY* misunderstood me. I was wondering on
Let's
> try this again, shall we?

Most hobby stores have "opponents wanted" bulletin boards; that's usually a
good place to start.

There's also a players-looking-for-player web page: