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.Paper Mayhem 1993. p. 9. In 1982, the company hired another gamemaster, Michael Popolizio.Cooke 1982. p. 38. 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.Adventures by Mail 1985. pp. 17–18. They asserted in 1993 that they were the largest PBM company in the United States. At the time, their game offerings included BSE, It's a Crime, Monster Island, and Quest.
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.Adventures by Mail 1983. p. 44.
Published games Beyond the Stellar Empire Capitol Crasimoff's World Isle of CrownsFlagship Magazine 2002. p. 52. It's a Crime Monster Island Smuggler's Run Quest: World of Kharne Warboid World
See also List of play-by-mail games
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Games listing is on page 52 with codes for game companies which are listed on pages 50–51.