That Special PBEM Game

[Der Kuenstler]

Usually the only thing that makes a game boring for me is a really slow file returner - the files come so infrequently you've forgotten the game situation, and really no longer care. Then I alternate between the attitude of "Oh yeah? Make me wait, huh? Now YOU can wait." Or "I'm going to get this back out quick 'cause he'll take a week to return it."

If I know something is going to happen like I gave "shoot and scoot" orders the previous turn, I'll rush to that next file to see what happened.

If I'm playing a player who makes me pay for every oversight, (like you, Zemke!) I may put that off until I have time for more concentration.

Speaking of dragging out, variable ending games tend to do that way beyond the stage of deciding victory or not so I've been playing less of those lately.