Badger wrote: > --- In [email protected], "John Vinal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> --- In [email protected], "Badger" <badgeroonie@> wrote: >>> >>> I've often wondered about this. Do both players of the game need > to >>> own a copy? If you play face to face, I suspect not. Why would it >> be >>> any different if playing via the internet, or by snail mail? >>> >>> Badger >>> >> Keep in mind, though, that each player needs his own set of rules, >> charts, etc. Pbem modules generally provide only the "board" and >> the "counters". >> > Why? If I buy a game and want to play it with my brother, he doesn't > need his own set of the rules and everything, as I'd explain the game > to him. If he were to then move so that I could only play him online, > what would've changed?
The fact that two copies of the game box occupy two different CPUs. Although I note with some humor, if you were playing on one computer, put the monitor and keyboard on a lazy-susan and spun it between you on a table on different turns, THEN it would be as you describe. -- BT Tracy Johnson NNNN
