Possible tool for campaigns.

[shortreengage]

I found an interesting site/tool for playing old boardgames PBEM. It also looks like it may have some uses for editing or Campaign management. A poor man's COCAT? It's Cyberboard.

http://cyberboard.brainiac.com/index.html


And here is a site for games to upload.

http://zappa.brainiac.com/yankeeap/pbem.htm

I'm working with SPI's Oil War! an old fav of mine from the 70s.

You need to find copies of the rules online though.

[Epoletov [SPR].]

Perfectly, can be useful!

No monopoly COCAT. :)

[keif149]

As a compulsive collector of wargames, (I still have my Avalon Hill games), I think my brain just fried!:happy:

[Fubar]

Good God does that mean i could finally play BattleTech against someone. LOL

[shortreengage]

Good God does that mean i could finally play BattleTech against someone. LOL

Ummmm, you did'nt say you wanted to play Battletech before.....I have a program... It is a little jerky but I played some Aussie fellow.

http://megamek.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=main

It is, however NOT a PBEM. It is live. So someone loses sleep.

[Gris]

Gentlemen,

Another useful program and some links,

Vassel - Java program with many modules for old and new games, very active community.

http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php

Also another site which list just about every program to play games via the internet or email, can be tough to navigate, but worth a look.

http://pbem.brainiac.com/

Wargamer's Academy -
These guys makes some excellent mods for the vassel program.

Hope this helps,

Good Luck
Wartwo

[Fubar]

Ummmm, you did'nt say you wanted to play Battletech before.....I have a program... It is a little jerky but I played some Aussie fellow.

http://megamek.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=main

It is, however NOT a PBEM. It is live. So someone loses sleep.

OMFG...(picks himself up off the floor). Thats awesome, i'll have a look at that when i get the time.

Many thanks mate....just for that i don't mind you killing my tanks with such ease now.

[RedDevil]

Many thanks mate....just for that i don't mind you killing my tanks with such ease now.

I wish you'd let me KILL some of your freaking tanks mate...

[DoubleDeuce]

I'm using CyberBoard for the Operation Compass Campaign. Of course you have to create the maps and all the icons/markers but it's not too much work if you keep it small.

I had some others tell me how they are using TOAW as a sort of substitute for COCAT. Players cannot really move their forces BUT it allows tracking of location and force OOB's to some degree.

[Epoletov [SPR].]

TOAW never used.

There there are greater opportunities for editing ?

In what difference from COCAT.

What advantages TOAW in comparison with COCAT ?