[Freeciv] Re: play by email version

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 03:45:53PM +0100, Marco Colombo wrote:

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> The point isn't technical. The point is that the game is based on
> the fact you see the *effects* of your actions (and of the ones of
> your opponents) in the *same* turn. Game internals do take into
> account this fact, and this implies that the order of the actions
> *in the same turn* is important, too. So you can't just collect
> all players actions (without any inter-action) and "play" them
> at the end of the turn.

The game is based on games (Civ I and Civ III) in which
this wasn't the case.  So turn-based playing definitely makes sense.

-- 
Reinier