Adventures by Mail

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.

Adventures by Mail

Company type	Play-by-mail
Founded	1981
Fate	Not active
Headquarters	Cohoes, New York
Key people	Robert Cooke, Michael Popolizio
Products	Beyond the Stellar Empire, It's a Crime, 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 games such as 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

• List of play-by-mail games