Английская Википедия:Adventures by Mail
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox company Adventures by Mail is a company that published play-by-mail (PBM) games. The company was founded in 1981. It published various PBM games including Beyond the Stellar Empire, It's a Crime, and Monster Island.
History
The company—based in Cohoes, NY—began publishing PBM games in 1981.[1] In 1982, the company hired another gamemaster, Michael Popolizio.[2] In the January–February 1985 issue of Paper Mayhem magazine, the company announced a significant expansion of one of their main PBM games, Beyond the Stellar Empire (BSE) had occurred the prior December.[3] They asserted in 1993 that they were the largest PBM company in the United States.[1] At the time, their game offerings included BSE, It's a Crime, Monster Island, and Quest.[1]
In 1983, readers of The Space Gamer voted Adventures by Mail the top PBM publisher of the year, due to the popularity of Warboid World and Beyond the Stellar Empire.[4]
Published games
- Beyond the Stellar Empire
- Capitol
- Crasimoff's World
- Isle of Crowns[5]
- It's a Crime
- Monster Island
- Smuggler's Run[5]
- Quest: World of Kharne[5]
- Warboid World
See also
References
Bibliography
- Шаблон:Cite magazine
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- Шаблон:Cite magazine Games listing is on page 52 with codes for game companies which are listed on pages 50–51.
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Paper Mayhem 1993. p. 9.
- ↑ Cooke 1982. p. 38.
- ↑ Adventures by Mail 1985. pp. 17–18.
- ↑ Adventures by Mail 1983. p. 44.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 Flagship Magazine 2002. p. 52.
