# To The Last Man - pbem anyone?

**URL:** <https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/to-the-last-man-pbem-anyone/7282>\
**Category:** Opponents Wanted\
**Created:** [October 31, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/to-the-last-man-pbem-anyone/7282 "2014-10-31T20:31:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![xsquared](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/xsquared/32/3161_2.png) [@xsquared](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/xsquared)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/to-the-last-man-pbem-anyone/7282/1 "2014-10-31T20:31:04Z")

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Looking for a pbem opponent for TTLM. Haven’t yet played it but have recently bought a second-hand copy. The rules and play aids are all available for download and I can send the links for same by email. Anyone fancy a try? The rules are short, very clear, low piece density, and a great little piece of “fog of war” whereby the exact units in your armies are “hidden” until point of combat.

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**Author:** ![JoelCFC25](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/joelcfc25/32/2687_2.png) [@JoelCFC25](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/JoelCFC25)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/to-the-last-man-pbem-anyone/7282/2 "2014-10-31T20:47:10Z")

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I’ve tried PBEM once (and I made the module for this game, by the way). Unfortunately, my opponent and I abandoned the game by mutual agreement with just 3 turns in the books. I really underestimated the amount of back-and-forth in the combat resolution, which turned out to be fairly excruciating. So much hinges on whether a player is going to take losses from units or by playing ersatz cards, and then there are choices about retreats, retreating before combat, etc.

However, I think a live game would work quite well. I don’t mean to dissuade you from trying PBEM, you may well find it works just fine for you. But I thought you might want to hear about my experience.

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**Author:** ![xsquared](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/xsquared/32/3161_2.png) [@xsquared](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/xsquared)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/to-the-last-man-pbem-anyone/7282/3 "2014-11-01T07:36:51Z")

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Thanks Joel,  
Funny but soon after I posted the thread, I had a sudden jolt as to how the combat sequence is resolved due to one’s choices! I checked this post just now with a view to editing/adding same to my post. Oh, well, not such a convenient pbem game after all. But no less of a game for all that.  
I have an online opponent and we’re due to start a ftf in a week or so, but was impatient to this a go sooner!  
Thx for the module by the way!

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**Author:** ![PzrLehr](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@PzrLehr](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/PzrLehr)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/to-the-last-man-pbem-anyone/7282/4 "2014-11-01T16:53:12Z")

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Yea…Squad Leader is kinda like that too.