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PBEM is a monthly(?) fanzine devoted to free, computer-moderated, email wargames. It contains a few articles and some lists of games, which quickly grow dated. The latest list of games can always be found in the PBM List. You may also go back up to the PBM Homepage. And there's another good zine you should visit which is about postal games in the UK, Mission from God.

Here's a list of still-relevant articles from back issues. At the bottom of this page is a listing of all the back-issues themselves.

Playability and Game Design (Bill Jordan) (22Feb97)
Advice from C++Robots Players (13Mar95)
A First Look at Atlantis 2.0 (Chris Conley) (13Feb95)
C++Robots Introduction and Example (Richard Rognlie) (13Feb95)
An Introduction to Ultra Cricket (Ken Sproat) (10Jan95)
A First Look at C++Robots (Greg Lindahl) (31Oct94)
An Introduction to Play-By-eMail Soccer (Doug Ingram) (31Oct94)
Survey: What's the most hated PBM game? (Greg Lindahl) (30Sep94)
So you want to run your own PBM game... (Greg Lindahl) (29Aug94)
Ship Design in Galaxy and Blind Galaxy (Howard Bampton) (17Jul94)
A Look at Atlantis 1.1 (Jay Shaffstall) (15Jun94)
Modern Core Wars (Greg Lindahl) (10May94)
Atlantis 1.0: A Retrospective (Greg Lindahl) (10Sep93)
A First Look at Atlantis (Greg Lindahl) (15Apr93)
Exploring the Nature of the Simulation Game (Mel Nicholson) (15Mar93)
Converting Face-to-Face Games Into PBEM's (Mel Nicholson) (15Jan93)
Players -- The Most Valuable Asset (Luis Sequeira) (15Jan93)
A Review of VGA Planets 2.1 (Matt Bakaitis) (15Dec92)
Role-Playing in PBMs (Luis Sequeira) (15Nov92)
A Beginner's Guide to Galaxy, Reprised (Alan Mead) (15Oct92)
Diplomacy vs. Strategy in PBEMs (Luis Sequeira) (15Oct92)
Game Automation for PBEM (Mel Nicholson) (15Oct92)
Game or Simulation? (Luis Sequeira) (15Sep92)
A Beginner's Guide to Galaxy (Greg Lindahl) (15Sep92)
The Playtester (Mel Nicholson) (15Sep92)
The PBM Habit (Van Norton) (15Aug92)
Drafting a Game (Mel Nicholson) (15Aug92)
The Search For The Holy Grail (Greg Lindahl) (15Jul92)
Game Administration of Semi-Automated Games (Mel Nicholson) (15Jul92)

And here's a list of the back-issues themselves. Keep in mind that the information about `current games' is out of date; consult the PBM List for the most up-to-date information. Also, note that these files are compressed using the `gzip' utility; your WWW client may or may not automatically decompress these files. For example, older versions of Netscape are too stupid(tm) to do it.

Volume 97
- Number 1 (22Feb97)
Volume 95
- Number 3 (13Mar95)
- Number 2 (13Feb95)
- Number 1 (10Jan95)
Volume 94
- Number 7 (31Oct94)
- Number 6 (30Sep94)
- Number 5 (29Aug94)
- Number 4 (17Jul94)
- Number 3 (15Jun94)
- Number 2 (10May94)
- Number 1 (10Apr94)
Volume 93
- Number 7 (20Dec93)
- Number 6 (05Nov93)
- Number 5 (10Sep93)
- Number 4 (15May93)
- Number 3 (15Apr93)
- Number 2 (15Mar93)
- Number 1 (15Jan93)
Volume 92
- Number 6 (15Dec92)
- Number 5 (15Nov92)
- Number 4 (15Oct92)
- Number 3 (15Sep92)
- Number 2 (15Aug92)
- Number 1 (15Jul92)

If you're interested in e-zines in general, this index is about the best.

Greg Lindahl (lindahl@pbm.com)