email support/ RPG'S

as a spinn off thread from this creative thing, has anyone heard of email RPGS?

has anyone tried them?

or to get support from an email support group

despite what you might think, they are both very popular.

i've been using email support groups since a very young age, RPG'S not so much, but i've been on a few

The most common usage of RPG is "rocket propelled grenade," which is what they're using in Afghanistan & elsewhere these days. Be careful if one shows up at your door.

I did try one in the early years of email/fidonet; but the latency always seemed to kill the game play to me. There was a forum based one for a while that was pretty good, but could still get "hung up" if players didn't respond regularly.

I just play warcraft now, RP when I want, just do mechanics when I don't. I did carry over one thing that I liked. In DnD you had to account for your chars subsidence; so in warcraft I earn enough gold each month to buy a month of game play with gold. Makes it more tangible, though not a good $/hour/play time choice economically.

I've never heard of an email version of RPG. But it sounds interesting.

I do RPGs through yahoo group and google docs. Though from time to time I do a solo email one with a buddy where we go back and forwards through email.

OK...I'm officially old. I don't game & had never heard of an RPG. What does that stand for?

RPG - Role Playing Game.
eg... Dungeons and Dragons (paper); World of Warcraft (MMORPG) online.

Role Playing Games. I've only ever played around a table. We met every week using the Warhammer rules, but played an historical narrative. Our characters were individuals in King Henry V's entourage on the Agincourt campaign.

I recently tried to run a game for my sons using the Pathfinder rules, but it proved too difficult to manage with ECT messing with my memory of what had happened and what I planned to do.

In general, no matter what rules you're using, it's a structured way to socialise. It makes interaction easier as you're playing a character according to a template, yet tweaked with personal flair.