May I remind everybody that many people on the internet are blind. So every possible effort should be done to permit those to play with us. Not that ASCII art is easy to read on a one line braile tablet. ;-)
Or would an external website as exists for example on Paul Wamelen's site be acceptable to the anti-graphics (not meant as a perjorative :-)) faction?
PS: Many people do play off-line for good reason. Connect. Download your mail. Make your move. Connect. Send your mail.