Not so silly - but I barely know about the existance of the role-playing games that go on. I assume this by-mail game is one of those?
Not exactly, It is more along the lines of a very complex board game, mixed in with aspects of Advanced Civilization, and, well, yes some amount of rpging.
check it out at
Middle earth games The reason I asked, is that I am currently playing there, and maybe if we could get a bunch of Freepers, it may make for a fun team game. If you are interested, check out the site or Freepmail me.