InterBBS games were games played between
BBSes on a large scale.
InterBBS Leagues sprang up with the spread of
FidoNET and InterBBS games such as
BRE. Add-ons were created for other games, such as
LORD to allow InterBBS play for games that weren't truely meant to be played on such a large scale.
InterBBS games were truely a unique experience, and embodied the essence of the
BBS. There was nothing like teaming up with your local pals to fight off the approaching foriegn menace, or working with those foriegn people to subvert your own local brethren.
Unfortunately, InterBBS gaming came way too late and just as the
Internet began to eat away
BBS mindshare. At first, the
'net allowed
SysOps to distribute their InterBBS data files with much lower cost and over greater distances than
FidoNET, but before long
users had their own internet access and
InterBBS became a moot point. Today, you can still play
I-BBS games on telnet boards and InterBBS concepts thrive in games such as
Utopia and
Earth 2025.