On-line Play The format of the Universalis rules makes it ideal for PBEM or chat room play.  In fact, our first play tests of the game were exclusively through chat.  Its exceptionally good with chat rooms with a dice server.  This means that any of the above ideas for using Universalis can be expanded to groups that can’t meet face to face.  Universalis can also be used to provide some formal structure to persistent free form chat room or forum based role-playing for groups that would like a few more rules to work within.  Universalis is so well suited for chat-room play that the rules don’t need to be modified at all except that references to “clock-wise” player order should be changed to “alphabetical screen names” or something similar.