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KJC Games Ltd specialises in play by email (pbem) and play by mail (pbm) games. It runs space opera, sci-fi games (Phoenix, Space Troopers), adventure games (Quest, Monster Island), fantasy football games (Extra Time, Chairman Edition), strategy games (It's a Crime) and a wargame (Warlord).

         
 

Phoenix has been developed over four years. It is both an upgrade and a replacement to the long running space opera strategy game Beyond the Stellar Empire. This play by mail (pbm) game started with only a handfull of star systems on the edge of the human empire on a region of space known as the Peripheries. Since this time the game has developed both in terms of its complexity and as capability. The game was upgraded to play by email (pbem) status in 1996 and as a result gained favour with the american market.

The latest upgrade completely overhauled all aspects of the game. This included the incorporation of a front end order editor for player use and automatic processing of turn orders sent via email. This second feature allows the game to incorporate a nice free aspect to the game. New players can run have a taster, running ships without ever paying money to KJC Games. While this is not unique to pbem games, currently to the best of KJC Games' knowledge, no other commercially run pbem company offers such remarkably generous options.

 

The game is primarily concerned with the expansion of a number of factions known as affiliations. As each push for new territory they end up conflicting with each other. The result is that each faction is forced to deal with rival affiliations through the use of diplomacy and strategy. While skirmishes are common, all out war is quite rare on account of the cost in assets required to continue the aggression.

Players within the game often play online games. When questioned as to the differences in the appeal of each style of gaming, the most common response is that online games give a quick hit of adrenaline and excitement, but the strategy and tactics involved in play by email (pbem) games is more satisfying in the long run. As a consequence, they tend to stick with the same pbem game for years while chopping and changing online games within a few weeks.

 

Phoenix has been developed over four years. It is a completely new game using the history of Beyond the Stellar Empire that has been accumulated over the past decade. This play by mail (pbm) game started with only a handfull of star systems on the edge of the human empire on a region of space known as the Peripheries. Since this time the game has developed both in terms of its complexity and as capability. The game was upgraded to play by email (pbem) status in 1996 and as a result gained favour with the american market.

Phoenix completely rewrote all aspects of the game right down to the very core. This included the incorporation of a front end order editor for player use and automatic processing of turn orders sent via email. This second feature allows the game to incorporate a nice free aspect to the game. New players can have a taster, running ships without ever paying money to KJC Games. While this is not unique to pbem games, currently to the best of KJC Games' knowledge, no other commercially run pbem company offers such remarkably generous options.

The game is primarily concerned with the expansion of a number of factions known as affiliations. As each push for new territory they end up conflicting with each other. The result is that each faction is forced to deal with rival affiliations through the use of diplomacy and strategy. While skirmishes are common, all out war is quite rare on account of the cost in assets required to continue the aggression.

Players within the game often play online games. When questioned as to the differences in the appeal of each style of gaming, the most common response is that online games give a quick hit of adrenaline and excitement, but the strategy and tactics involved in play by email (pbem) games is more satisfying in the long run. As a consequence, they tend to stick with the same pbem game for years while chopping and changing online games within a few weeks.