"...if you were playing on one computer, put the monitor and keyboard on a lazy-susan and spun it between you on a table on different turns, THEN it would be as you describe."
Yes, and there's even a word for that because it used to be that games were actually designed to be played that way before ubiquitous connectivity. That style of play is called "hot seating." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
