About forum game

Forum game is text-based multiplayer game, played on Internet forum. Examples : "Count to a Million", "what are you listening to", etc.

Many games take advantage of the linear nature of certain forums. One example is "Person Above You", in which users write about the user that posted before them. A variant is "Person Below You", in which users write about the next poster, who replies with "true" or "false". On the other hand, multiple instances of some games, such as word association, can run the threads of forum.

Forum game can be expanded into more complex. It's included strategy, combination or role-playing, or one player can lead a team of members. Each forum have rules and themes. moderators usually preside over and update the status of the game world and each player every turn. In some cases, board software itself may have added features pertaining to the game, ranging from simple granting of "experience points" for posting in threads related to games, to complex systems handling multiple aspects of a game (for example: budgeting, unit management, and map generation.


from :en.wikipedia.org/wiki/forum_game
By : Jennifer Leo