I have the notion to try and play some rpg here on the board. Make up a very simple system which can be complemented by the random number generator the board supports. Starting with a very simple story with very schematic heroes. This idea had a further push by the proposition of the Ameribernd to play a little Freeciv.
My problem is that how could we play it smoothly. Ofc it would be slow, but any one of us could potentially ruin the pace if he can't post for a while. For example a combat starts and it needs turns so we have to wait until every player declares what his character does and stuff like that but then one player doesn't post for whatever reason, then either the combat halts and makes us lose interest or we skip that player but then it isn't fair on him.
Maybe I approach this wrong and there can be a simple solution. But then we don't even have any system yet to examine it's pitfalls.