i've found a new rpg game that's a text only chat room type rpg. the organization of the original command structure of the site is impossible to figure out but here's the site anyway. there's a zip download of the rules and units. maybe could be played via comnet on VE.

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/galacticempire
 
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blah909/Crewman in Viper Squadron
"Tu eres tostada." -Me (Means: you are toast)
"We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, We shall fight in the hills; We shall never surrender." -Churchill
"That gotz coolnessnes" -Me (again)
"The battle is won by whoever gets there the firstest and with the mostest." -Someone