[pbmserv-dev] BSW question

[Lyman Hurd <lhurd@yahoo.com>]

Here's a pointer to the link on how BSW is funded:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekjournal.php3?action=viewcomments&journalid=2002

Cheers,

Lyman

--- Lyman Hurd <lhurd@yahoo.com> wrote:

> To the first point, I would think that Carcassonne
> would be a dubious candidate for pbem since the
> board
> grows to unbounded size (okay it is bounded but not
> comfortable for email display) and secondly it is
> not
> a  game witha  high though to move quotient (okay at
> least the way I play it :-)).  I personally find the
> Trax ascii display unreadable (I cut and paste moves
> into a viewer) and for Carcassonne the situation
> would
> be much worse!
> 
> Settlers might have more promise.  It may even exist
> somewhere.  By the way, readers of this list may or
> may not know about the yahoo group:
> 
> spiel-by-web@yahoogroups.com
> 
> which provides links to lots of servers with
> turn-based and real-time interaction.  I plug our
> home
> here on a regular basis to anyone who will listen.
> 
> I did find out what they do on BrettSpielWelt based
> on
> a discussion at Boardgamegeek and I was frankly
> shocked.  They do not only get permission but they
> ask
> game publishers for a kickback in exchange for the
> publicity and recently pulled a game because the
> publisher was no longer interested in paying.  I
> expressed my shock that the holder of the copyright
> would be paying as they had already "contributed"
> use
> of their intellectual property, but many other
> people
> thought this sounded like a rational system!
> 
> My current target for a next game to implement is
> Gyges for which I am still trying to reach the
> company
> (SwissGames).  So far the email in their rulebook
> bounced, one of the websites in their rulebook does
> not exist and the second has only an "under
> construction" sign, but I will not rest until I have
> exhausted a snail mail letter and possibly a fax (to
> Switzerland).  That game is described at:
> 
> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10527
> 
> and I recently acquired a copy.  I think it has a
> Zertz-like flavor (combinations are king).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Lyman
> 
> --- John Williams <williams@tni.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Mark Ballinger wrote:
> > > Carcassone is nothing like Settlers, apart from
> > also being copyrighted.
> > >
> > > It would work nicely by email, but probably not
> > legally.
> > 
> > Anyone know how brettspielwelt handles the
> copyright
> > issues?
> > 
> > 
> > 
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