Strategy Guild provides free PBM games (PBEM also) for those interested in free play by mail or play by email gaming. This is a project initiated by a web development company that was founded by a once-upon-a-time computer game designer and longtime PBM and PBEM gamer. Strategy Guild's free play by mail game vision is to provide free online play by email games that allow people to interact in ways that are not otherwise possible -- whether conspiring together on PBM plans of galactic conquest or having a PBEM virtual beer in a café that is caught between two parallel dimensions. This is play by email gaming at its very best.

Free PBM and PBEM Games

StarCon was modeled on StarWeb's basic gameplay but goes far beyond, with revisions and additions calculated to enhance combat, including new character types and powers, new ship types, and more extensive "ancient" technologies. In addition, our PBM gaming turnsheets and order validation are accessible 24x7 via a PBEM web interface.

Strategy Guild is currently running one play by mail game, StarCon, and is developing two other strategic, play-by-email, turn-based games. Members will be notified when these new games are ready to play.

Strategy Guild gaming is being offered at NO CHARGE to registered members -- it's completely free. And registration is completely free.

StarCon PBEM Game: Free PBM Gaming with Interstellar Conquest

StarCon is a free, turn-based PBeM game in the classic PBM (play-by-mail) style. Players compete against one another to gain control over worlds, ships, evergy, and alien artifacts. Turn results are text-based (non-graphical) and can occur with weekly and biweekly turnaround times as a result of Strategy Guild's proprietary client-server PBM gaming technology. To read the rules for StarCon, go to the Games page. To play the play-by-email game, simply JOIN us and then LOGIN as a member.

Play by mail games which include PBM gaming online. Free games that are computer moderated, science fiction and other games that are turn-based.
Free-Radical Pencil games which are PBM, including Acryllic Waste-Disposal. If you like play by mail PBM games, Bronchial Precipitation playtest free games. Welcome to Strategy Guild's new web site layout.
Here you'll find all of the latest information on our PBeM games and a bit more. Long in coming, and still very much in the making, we hope that you'll find the site everything that you could hope for and more.
Strategic PBM gaming, free games and incredible online gaming.
And although PBM may be exciting all by itself, there are some plans to include bits and pieces from other play-by-email gaming sources just to make your trips here worthwhile. StarCon, StarWeb, and other games are great examples of play by mail and play by email game strategy possibilities.
Strategy Guild games are being offered at NO CHARGE. Whether in playtest mode or full production, Strategy Guild games are absolutely free. For more information on StarCon, or to join and get on a waiting list for a game, use the navigation above.

Strategy Guild Announces StarCon

Originally built in the early 80s by a fan of FBI's popular StarWeb,* StarCon began as a strategic PBM game for members of Compuserve that provided a subset of StarWeb's overall complexity. Turns were computer moderated with turnsheets available for download via the gaming forum, but running a turn still involved a certain degree of human involvement (scheduling the turn processing, and so forth). Eventually the developer was unable to invest the time needed to keep the game running.

Nearly 20 years later, StarCon lives again. Built entirely in .NET, the game processing is completely automated, running as a Windows Service application with SQL Server 2005 database integration. Players interact via the Strategy Guild web site, permitting them to post orders and review turnsheets at their leisure from anywhere. The new game exceeds the old in complexity, with a much higher potential for strategic gameplay and diplomacy.

* StarWeb is a registered trademark of Flying Buffalo, Inc. For more info on the relationship between StarCon and StarWeb, visit the About Us page.

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