Re: Old PBM Rulebooks

From: "Tony" <tony15@charter.net>

Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 00:17:32 +0000

Well I did have Nuts and Bolts, in fact it was my 'first', blush and I also
had a few D2 reports.  Other than those and what I've listed earlier I must
concede the collection to you.    Never got interested in any of Flying
Buffalo's offerings although I had friends who enjoyed some of Loomis's
early stuff like battle plan.    I have played a couple games with Wakefield
but never acquired his newsletter.  District Judge huh, man you just never
know!.

Tony

"Bob McLain" <mclain@voicenet.com> wrote in message
news:1054252139.799692@newshost01.voicenet.com...
> Tony:
>
> So, young whippersnapper, you want to pull out yours and compare it to
mine?
>
> Your PBM magazine collection, I mean. Have you got:
>
> * Rich Buda's Nuts & Bolts of PBM, the very first general interest PBM
> magazine, dead and gone by 1984?
>
> * Flying Buffalo's Favorite Magazine, the one published on a mimeograph
> machine in the early 1970s? I remember an issue that had a grainy photo of
> the huge Raytheon computer that Flying Buffalo used at the time to process
> Nuclear Destruction and Battle Plan turns. They even had a pet name for
the
> Raytheon. I don't recall the name, and I'm too lazy to look it up, but if
> anyone is interested, I'll notify the proper mental authorities on their
> behalf.
>
> * Frank Wakefield's Campaigner's Notes, another mimeographed newsletter
that
> began with coverage of the old PBM game World Campaigns IV but then
branched
> out into more general coverage. When Frank began the newsletter, he was
just
> entering law school; now he is a district judge in Kentucky. Just to be
> safe, I avoid that part of Kentucky.
>
> * Dan Dias' D2 Report, a Paper Mayhem competitor that featured Dan's
> rancorous yet enjoyable editorials.
>
> A whole 'nother collection might feature non-PBM magazines that ran PBM
> articles. I can think of quite a few, including Analog (written by Matt
> Costello, an unknown at the time, but today the author of a bunch of
horror,
> science fiction, and fantasy novels), Games (the glossy magazine published
> by Playboy), Dragon, Space Gamer, Breakout (an Australian magazine), and
> many others. Twenty years ago, PBM was really something, let me tell you.
>
> Bob McLain
>
>
>
> "Tony" <tony15@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:<vcnq3qmicogv3f@corp.supernews.com>...
>
> > Geez, then you have a lot of stuff. Do you have Paper Mayhems from the
>
> > beginning. I go back to Jan/Feb 1984! If you have those 'real paper'
Paper
>
> > Mayhems then I am impressed.-) Do you have the 'Who's Who Among
>
> > Play-By-Mail Gamers'? How about the few American Gamers by Greg Moore?
Bob
>
> > McLain's one, maybe two and only PBM Universal? I have some Flagships
back
>
> > to issue 5.
>
>

References

Re: Old PBM Rulebooks
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:51:28 +0000
Re: Old PBM Rulebooks
"Tony" <tony15@charter.net>
Wed, 21 May 2003 20:58:43 +0000
Re: Old PBM Rulebooks
"Bob McLain" <mclain@voicenet.com>
Thu, 29 May 2003 23:54:05 +0000
Re: Old PBM Rulebooks
"Domestos" <Domestos@rahrahrandel.fsnet.co.uk>
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 23:56:58 +0000