So where do i get a game

[jiraf]

Hi guys i'm looking to get a few pbem games going where should i look?

[Johnny Canuck]

Since they haven't provide any in-game capability, this is as good a place as any.

Feel free to email me at atuline at gmail dot com.

I strongly suggest you setup a free Dropbox account in order to exchange files. I hear they're big. And no, I haven't PBEM'ed with CMBN yet.

Cheers!

[Ankh Morpork]

Hi guys i'm looking to get a few pbem games going where should i look?

In your email?

Actually, if you provide your email I can assure You that there are LOTS here who'd love to play with you. Infact, we should make a thread where people sign up!

Typing your email in the actual post is a bad idea since there are programs that search the net for emails just to sign them up for spam.

If you do provide it in your post, make sure you add something to make it harder for the "bots" to use it

[GreenAsJade]

I was going to start a thread about this. Clearly here is one place. However, there are clubs of gamers where you'll have a much better chance of an audience guaranteed to want a game and more likely to finish it. It's a sad fact that the drop rate for games "with a stranger off the street" is high.

Each club has it's own emphasis and feel. Some major variables are the range of games played and the competitiveness of the place (how much of a "ladder club" is it").

Off the top of my head, I know about:

We Band Of Brothers

This is the one I like, where I hang out mostly. It is "BFC WWII Combat Mission Only" in terms of games played, and in the middle of the range of "competitiveness". Players are ranked, but it's not a "ladder club" with a fierce battle for who's at the top.

It has a very strong emphasis on completing games that are started. If you drop games, you're out ... so you know that generally when you get an opponent at WeBoB your game is going to complete (there are _always_ exceptions no matter what, of course :S )

They regularly run tournies (friendly) and have a "challenges" forum for opponent finding. The only slight downside is that the signup process for this group is a bit involved. This is to make sure that members really will finish their games.

The Scenario Depot

This is "the" place on the web for CMx1 scenarios, and it also has a friendly opponent finder function. Totally not a competitive place.

The Few Good Men

I know less about this group. There are some well known CMx1 figures who hang out here. They have a forum and a ladder. They play at least all the BFC games, and a few others.

The War Gamers Club

I know that this club exists, but that's all that I know. It's actually hard to google for because there are so many unrelated hits on those words.

HTH. Maybe others will add more. If you like PBEM, it's definitely worth checking some of these out.

GaJ

[aewert]

Ooo!Ooo! I wanna play!!....

I'd be totally willing to start up up a PBEM or 3 I'm not too sure about this Dropbox thingy though...could someone explain that to this old Luddite....

[user38]

http://www.dropbox.com/

[Abn Air Cav]

The one I've PBEM'ed with is a group of wargamers that started as LeadEaters, then kinda migrated to become the "The Blitz", http://www.theblitz.org/

They have been around for years, and have support for opponents for a number of wargames, in addition to Combat Mission: http://www.theblitz.org/rules_of_engagement/Games-Supported/rid=4

The Combat Mission ladder is at http://www.theblitz.org/ladders/Combat-Mission/action=ladder&lid=1, and the Combat Mission forum is at http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/forumdisplay.php?fid=10

The "Combat Mission Welcome Letter" is posted at: http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/showthread.php?tid=55613

Hope that helps!