Steph and Stu are back for a bonus episode of Control Panel! Joined by guest Maggie, we discuss an exciting new format- the PBEMRPG. Stu has recently run one of these combination PBEM and RPG games with Steph, Maggie, Mickey, and Kyle as players. Join us as we discuss how it went and how you can make one!

Steph and Stu are back for another bonus episode of Control Panel! In this episode, we review the PBEM submission rubric for submitting PBEM games to OMEGA. We'll go through each of the categories on the rubric and talk about our rationale for including them, what we're looking for in terms of top scores in each category, and what made the accepted games for the first half of 2023 successful.

Pitching PBEM games for the second half (July through December) of 2023 is now open! You can pitch games here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFPpjhBBuqpNpPFxasnSBH0YlKH3VmTJbzIKR9Q1NoUqf-vg/viewform Pitches are due by February 19th and you should find out within a few weeks if yours has been accepted!

You can review our rubric and successful pitch examples here:

PbEm Pitching Rubric: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D7yCjlKM3Cw-lSHYPXadzkfJTA9-bRZ2mYYW7nua7F0/edit#gid=0 Successful PbEm Pitch Examples: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xtxjSxXBGsYGTCcF8OY8dkiMmzzgb9ePwv76r-lls8I/edit?usp=sharing

A special thank you to Guest Editor Will who did all of the lovely editing for this episode!

Steph and Stu are back for a bonus episode of Control Panel! Tempest is OMEGA's most recently completed play by email game, run by Stu, and assisted by Steph (as well as Kyle, Mickey, Maggie, Shona, and Ben D.) In this episode, ee review the pros and cons of the game's mechanics, vision, and themes. It is an in depth look at creating a PbEm game, which focuses more on building a game than the stories and fun contained within (though there was plenty of this that was had!)

A special thank you to Guest Editor Will who did all of the lovely editing for this episode as well as Guest Musician Justin who played the accordion music featured on the episode.