PlayByMail.Net

From: Charles <GrimFinger@GrimFinger.net>

Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:23:30 +0000

I recently decided to start a new website up, one whose focus is the
play by mail genre of gaming. My name is Charles, and while I have
intermittently browsed this forum for a long while, I've decided that
maybe now is a good time to begin posting here. I hope that the few
souls remaining here don't mind having some new company.

The new website's address is: http://PlayByMail.Net

It's not the most colorful of names for a website, but I hope that the
domain name that I chose for this new site clarifies what its core
focus is to be about.

I began playing play by mail games back in the 80's, around 1986, if
memory serves me correctly. The first play by mail game that I tried
my hand at playing was Hyborian War, and it remains my favorite PBM
game to this date. Like many others, there are things about the game
that I wish that RSI would change or update, but all things
considered, Hyborian War has been my primary focus as a PBM player
from 1986 until now.

I have tried a few other PBM games over the years, but not as many as
you might think. Setting-wise, my favorite PBM game was probably
Galaxy: Alpha, which was run by Intergalactic Games operating out of
the Salt Lake City, Utah area.It wasn't my favorite PBM game, but the
setting, itself, replete with its history and backstories, is
something that continues to capture my imagination. Does anyone have
any current contact information on the former moderator of
Intergalactic games, B.J. Lockhart? I think that his first name was
Bruce.

I can't seem to get some of the oldest messages listed in this thread
to load, though. Can anyone enlighten me as to why? Did Google absorb
UseNet? I'm a little behind the times, on some things Internet-
related.

Any former PBM company game moderators or former PBM players, I would
be interested in hearing from you. Drop by the site, if you get a
chance, and maybe, together, we can breath a little life back into the
hobby of Play-By-Mail.

- Charles Mosteller -