PBM / PBEM List Index: abstract

Sub-Categories:  closed-ended (25)   commercial (13)   computer moderated (23)   computer/human mod (14)   economic (28)   email (187)   fantasy (88)   free (329)   german (5)   graphical client (17)   historical (39)   human moderated (306)   modern (89)   open-ended (318)   open-source software (6)   postal mail (5)   role-playing (278)   space (72)   sports (8)   star trek (113)   vampire/horror (12)   wargame (44)   web-based play (214)  Announcements in this category: New Game: Science City    May 11, 2025

Games in this category:

• A Study In Escalation (Free Form Strategy)
• Aeterna Roma (historical, political)
• Agora Nomic (Nomic)
• Alphasim Hockey Simulation (Web based Management Hockey Sim)
• Artemis Fowl- The Battle Begins (Fantasy Roleplaying)
• BattleTech Mercenaries (PBF and PBeM Science Fiction Warfare Fan Fiction)
• Birth of a Legend (Superhero)
• Boardgames (Boardgame abstract)
• BORDERLANDS: Federation and Empire (Star Trek PBeM RPG)
• C++ Robots (Dueling programs written in C/C++)
• Champions (Superhero)
• Chess (Chess)
• Chrestonim (Science Fantasy)
• Control Freak (money spending)
• Convergence of Dark (Cross Cannon Supernatural Themed RPG)
• Core Wars (King of the Hill Tournament / KotH) (battling computer programs)
• Covert Operations (defunct) (Conspiracy/wargame)
• Crastini Venient (Fantasy, light sci-fi)
• Dark Horizons X-Men RPG (PBEM/Yahoo Group RPG)
• Dark Marauders RPG (harry potter)
• Dark Motives (Supernatural)
• Dark World RPG (Free-form Fantasy)
• Dead Men Tell No Tales (fantasy, pirates, Royal Navy, Caribbean)
• Deathlands 2147 (Post Holocaust, Sci Fi)
• Decimated - A Post-Apocalyptic RPG (insanejournal, post-apoc, no zombies)
• Deutscherbundestag (German Political Webbased Simulator)
• Diplomacy (email version of Hasbro's pure strategy game)
• Diplomacy Ludomaniac (strategy diplomacy)
• Doctor Who: The RPG (Space, adventure, fantasy)
• Dragonfire Keep (fantasy)
• Dreamland (Historical, Mystery, Science Fiction)
• DSX Proteus (Space Opera)
• DUNE: Wheels Within Wheels (DUNE: Science-Fiction Roleplaying Game)
• Dungeoneer PBEM (free-form, fantasy, dungeon crawl)
• Elcor Theatre - A Mass Effect PBeM FF-RPG (Space Opera, Mass Effect)
• Elderon (D&D, Homebrew, Fantasy)
• Elenlond - Turn the Pages and Write Your Own Tale! (freeform fantasy)
• Emberverse PBEM (Post Apocalyptic Modern Fantasy)
• Empires of 1914 (Abstract, historical, roleplaying nation sim.)
• Empyrean Dynasty (space opera freeform strategy game)
• Fantasy Congress (modern politics)
• Federation Sim Fleet (Star Trek PBeM)
• Firefly: Maria- Rockets and Revolvers (space opers, firefly, serenity)
• Food Chain (evolving, competing organisms)
• Galactic Conflict (space wargame)
• Gamma39 (Star Trek)
• Ghoulies Ghosties and Beasties (Adult Fantasy)
• Greyhawk (Military Political )
• Halo: Rolling Thunder (Futuristic Warfare)
• Heart of the West (Western)
• Infernal Planes (Demonic strategy game)
• Iron Wind 2038 (Science Fantasy)
• Ishamael, a wheel of time RPG (epic fantasy, medieval, unusual physics )
• Justice For All (Superhero)
• Kingdom (world building collaborative simulation)
• Legion - Rise of the Metahuman (Superhero pbem)
• London Metas (freeform super heroes, open ended)
• MBST1 (puzzle, decypher)
• Michigan Marvels (Teen Heroes)
• Mizahar (fantasy roleplay forum)
• Moonbase Prime (Economic moon-colony sim)
• Morrow Project IL-MRX- 1 (Mars/Recon) (post-apocalyptic pbem)
• Morrow Project QP-11 (SPECIALTY QP-11) (post-apocalyptic pbem)
• Morrow Project Recon CA-4 (post-apocalyptic pbem)
• Morrow Project Recon Team A.G1 (post-apocalyptic pbem)
• Nation of Odrium (Fantasy Political Wargame)
• NCC-1764 USS Defiant (Star Trek, scifi)
• New Worlds Project (Original science-fiction, play-by-post)
• One-on-one gaming (or a small group)? (Open)
• Othello (challange your mind game)
• Outbreak (Pre-Zombie Apocalypse)
• Outlanders: Trials in the Deathlands (Science Fantasy, Horror, Post Holocaust)
• Outpost Foothold (Star Trek)
• Passing Through Twilight RPG (7th Year Canon Harry Potter)
• PBeM-Spiele - die Welt der E-Mail-Spiele (Web-Portal)
• Politics UK (Political simulation)
• Praetorian Training Academy (Superhero)
• Qpawn Panterra (Modern, political wargame)
• Quidam (free-form, open ended, fantasy, leaning mostly towards vampires and werewolves right now)
• Ragnarok (wolf, sled dog, human)
• Rancho Bonito Alliance - A Super Story (High School Super Heroes/ Slice of Life/ Teen Drama)
• Return of the Gods (Sci Fi, fantasy)
• Richard Rognlie's Abstract Games Server (2 or more player abstract games)
• Rivers Run (18+ afterlife, low-fantasy, survival)
• Room63: a post-apocalyptic survival game (Survival, open ended, post-apocalyptic, role playing game, human gm)
• RPG Forums Online (Free form fantasy and message board based RPGs)
• Science City (Super Heroic)
• Seven (Logic Board Game similar to Connect 4)
• Shadow Lancers Mercenary Group (BattleTech PBeM)
• Skyborn Warriors (Sci Fi, fantasy)
• Smallville: Shadows of Future Present (Superhero, romance)
• Star Trek, the Edge of Darkness. (Star Trek.)
• Star Trek: Black Ops (PBeM based on Starfleet Intelligence)
• Star Trek: Frontiers (Star Trek / Scifi Interactive Fiction)
• Star Trek: Renaissance (Star Trek, PBF)
• Star Trek: Resurrection (A group of writers who enjoy the interactive environment of the online Star Trek simming-verse.)
• Star Trek: Space Station Foothold (Star Trek)
• Star Trek: The Saints of Infinity (Star Trek)
• Star Trek: USS Acheron (Star Trek)
• Star Trek: USS Valkyrie (Star Trek, Sci Fi, Space Opera)
• Star Trek: USS Yggdrasil (Space Opera )
• Star Trek: Victory (Star Trek / Cross Genre)
• Stargate Nautis (Stargate Atlantis Roleplay)
• Stargate Triangulum (Space Opera)
• Starship Fawkes (Star Trek Roleplaying game)
• Stronghold (Civilization)
• Surviving the Horror (Survival horror)
• Tanis Year One (Space Opera)
• Tanis: Year One (Space Opera, Colonization, First Contact)
• Terra Fallita (Fantasy Roleplaying, Free Form, Medieval,)
• The 'Verse of Something Like It (Firefly PBEM)
• The 500 Baronies (Fantasy, RPG)
• the Gnostikos (supernatural, horror, humans, gnostikos, strife)
• The Great Race (abstract simulation)
• The Honor Guard (Political Roleplaying)
• The Lost Isle (Sci-fi, Prehistoric, Time Travel RPG)
• The Numbers Game (number guessing game)
• The Other Side (Adult Horror Game)
• The Perils of Mortimer (goofy real-world-ish adventure (no magic))
• The Pod People Took Over the Post Office (Modern, Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror)
• The Stars: Your Destination (Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Character-based)
• The Tetrad (Undead-Slaying Campaign)
• Total Football Management (Football Simulation)
• Tribe Net TN2 (build strategy wargame)
• Twilight: Journey (fantasy)
• Unknown (Horror, supernatural, suspense, thriller)
• Unplottable, A Hogwarts Game (Based on Harry Potter)
• USS Birger (Star Trek, Sci-Fi)
• USS Centaurus (Star Trek)
• USS Cherokee (Star Trek-based play by e-mail)
• USS Emancipator (Star Trek PBeM Sim)
• USS Endeavour Obsidian Fleet TF-72 (Space Opera, Character Driven, Story Focused, Collaborative)
• USS Fearless (Star Trek RPG)
• USS Hawking (Star Trek RPG)
• USS Magellan (Galaxy-class) - The Federation is at a Crossroads (Star Trek role-play)
• USS Malinche (Star Trek simm)
• USS Millennium (Star Trek Based RPG)
• USS Pereiculum (Star Trek PbNova)
• USS Renaissance (2) (Star Trek)
• USS Sanctuary (Star Trek)
• USS Scylax (Star Trek)
• USS Sphinx (Star Trek, Mystery, Space Opera)
• USS Talleyrand (Star Trek, space opera)
• USS Yellowstone (Star Trek)
• Vampire: Dark Ages (freeform historical horror pbem)
• War Stories: SARATOGA (Firefly/Serenity) (Military Science Fiction)
• Welcome to the D.T.A. (Zombie Apocalypse RPG (using AFMBE rules))
• Wildstorms Reborn (Superheroes )
• Witching Hour Cafe (free-form, pbp, gothic fantasy, creative writing site)
• Wraith Legion (Sci-Fi Wargame, Battletech)
• WWRPG (wrestling rpg)
• X-Men: Crossroads (PbP X-Men, modern superhero)
• XPG (Superhero PBem based on the first X-Men Movie )
• YourTurnMyTurn Online Boardgames (Board Games)
• Zytmirror's Plight (Fantasy Stategy Role-Playing)

• (18+) U.S.S. Elysium - NCC 89000 - TF47 Flagship (Star Trek Simulation) [ dead link ]
• 2084 (Science Fiction) [ dead link ]
• 2386: USS Gladiator (Star Trek based, drama, action) [ dead link ]
• A Republica das Bananas (political RPG) [ dead link ]
• Adylheim (fantasy, play-by-post) [ dead link ]
• Alphabet City (Real Life Modern) [ dead link ]
• Apollo Station (Space opera) [ dead link ]
• Arena of Doom RPG PbA (Fantasy game with a hint of Roman Mythology) [ dead link ]
• Avada Kedavra (RPG, forum, harry potter, fantasy, alternate universe) [ dead link ]
• Barbarians at the Gate (Historical Wargame) [ dead link ]
• Battletech Total War (Turn Based Strategy War Game) [ dead link ]
• BC304 Agincourt (Science Fiction, alternate timeline) [ dead link ]
• Bellow's Fog (post-apocalyptic, play-by-post, cyber-punk) [ dead link ]
• Bravo Fleet's Striker! (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• Bravo Fleet's USS Midway, NCC-71942 (Bravo Fleet, Star Trek, PBeM) [ dead link ]
• Bravofleet USS AJAX (star trek) [ dead link ]
• Chaos Destiny (alt earth fantasy/sci-fi) [ dead link ]
• Chronicles of Gaea (Fantasy steampunk modern scifi world-building) [ dead link ]
• Chronicles of Indur (fantasy, play by post, desert, medieval, ) [ dead link ]
• Code Red: Lost Ages (science fiction, action, mystery) [ dead link ]
• Completely Awesome Wrestling (modern wrestling) [ dead link ]
• Dark Age (Historical Wargame) [ dead link ]
• Dark Falls (freeform horror pbem) [ dead link ]
• Dark Frontiers (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• Deep Space 7 (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• DREAD WOLF (dragon age + panfandom) [ dead link ]
• Duality (Non-system specific role playing email sim) [ dead link ]
• Eagle NX12 (Star Trek, Alternate Universe) [ dead link ]
• Earth Abides (Post Holocaus (Disease), Opera, Society Building) [ dead link ]
• Empire of the Alexandrians (Government Simulation) [ dead link ]
• Empires (Historical Wargame) [ dead link ]
• Evereras (High Medieval Fantasy Text-Based Story-Driven RPG) [ dead link ]
• Fallout:Ghoul Britannia (post-apocalyptic collaborative play-by-post) [ dead link ]
• Federation Space RPG (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• FGN Vanguard Fleet (Star Trek PBEM) [ dead link ]
• Firefly: Alice- New space game looking for players (space, firefly, serenity, ) [ dead link ]
• Firefly: Stormbird (SF PBEM, Firefly/Serenity universe) [ dead link ]
• For The Love Of A Goddess (Romance, Adventure, Adult, Comedy) [ dead link ]
• Genome: Legacy of Mutation (modern, play by post) [ dead link ]
• Graveyard Shift (Modern Paranormal) [ dead link ]
• Graviton University (free form, open ended, cross genre anime RPG) [ dead link ]
• Gray RPG (open-ended, forum, crime, RPG) [ dead link ]
• Guardian Factor (Modern Super Hero) [ dead link ]
• Harper's Haven (Soap Opera) [ dead link ]
• Harry Potter the War Is ON (fantasy) [ dead link ]
• Heaven's Gate - Starbase 73 (Space Opera) [ dead link ]
• Hexem II (Very simple wargame) [ dead link ]
• Horizon Fleet - USS Sentinel (Star Trek, Cumulative Writing) [ dead link ]
• Hybrid Realms (fantasy RPG, chat, forums) [ dead link ]
• Inter-Universal Diplomacy RPG (free-form, open-ended, sci-fi, diplomacy, Play-by-forum) [ dead link ]
• Jersey Justice: A Superhero RPG (Superhero) [ dead link ]
• Lost and Found (Fantasy Play by Post) [ dead link ]
• Martix Re-Born (Matrix, RPG, PBP, Fantasy) [ dead link ]
• Mavros Weyr (Canon Dragonriders of Pern) [ dead link ]
• Mazes and Minotaurs RPG PbA (Greek Mythological Game) [ dead link ]
• Missouri (General SciFi, Star Trek platform) [ dead link ]
• NetNations (Modern, Political Simulator) [ dead link ]
• Nomic [ dead link ]
• Nova Lux (Sci-Fi) [ dead link ]
• Obsidian Fleet (Star Trek ) [ dead link ]
• Obsidian Fleet's USS Relentless (Star Trek based SIMM) [ dead link ]
• Omega 7 (scifi, action adventure, comedy) [ dead link ]
• Open Ended Adventure Game (Freely Editable Choose-Your-Own Adventure style Game) [ dead link ]
• Ouroboros (Sci-Fi Exploration) [ dead link ]
• Passion and Prosperity (historical, regency period) [ dead link ]
• Pegasus Fleet (Star Trek RPG) [ dead link ]
• Per Annum: The Circle of Time (fantasy, medieval, science fiction, modern) [ dead link ]
• PLAYtoSOR (Be the best e-truchmuche producer) [ dead link ]
• Politics USA (Political Game, similar to Politics UK) [ dead link ]
• Poltergeist: The Legacy RPG (Play by email/group about group of people that battle forces of darkness) [ dead link ]
• Pools of Imagination (Adult, freeform rpg and message board) [ dead link ]
• QFGC (high fantasy) [ dead link ]
• Quest for Arrakis II (Dune AU) [ dead link ]
• Ramath-lehi (Fantasy, futuristic, play-by-post, free form, pendragons) [ dead link ]
• Red Raven Alpha (Prision scyfi survival) [ dead link ]
• Remnants of an Empire (Forum Roleplay) [ dead link ]
• Revolution of Callisto (epistolary fantastic history roleplaying) [ dead link ]
• Ringill (Original fantasy RPG, free form) [ dead link ]
• rock-paper-scissors (zero sum game between 2 players) [ dead link ]
• Royal Kingdom of Gotzborg (Micronation) [ dead link ]
• RPG Freak (PBP RPG) [ dead link ]
• Salroth Ages (Semi-Freeform fantasy timetravel) [ dead link ]
• Section 47 (Star Trek PBeM RPG) [ dead link ]
• SES S'Task (PBEM RPG) [ dead link ]
• Sierra Falls Police Department (freeform modern police pbem) [ dead link ]
• SLA Stargate Command (Stargate SG1 RPG) [ dead link ]
• Smoke and Mirrors (Freeform PBEM historical fantasy) [ dead link ]
• Spaceplan (Space Opera) [ dead link ]
• Spaeculum (unique fantasy) [ dead link ]
• Sparkling Creek Valley (original, animal, wolf, human, semi-realistic ) [ dead link ]
• SS Stormbreaker (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• Star Saga (space roleplaying game) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek - Bravo Fleet - USS Adelaide (Star Trek Play by Nova) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek Excelsior (Star Trek, PBEM) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek Online RPG (Star Trek Pbem RPG) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek Redemption (Star Trek PBeM RPG, set in 2390 during a Federation Civil War.) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek SS Dark Matter (Space Sci fi, wargame, role play, ) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek: Defiant (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek: Distant Horizons (Star Trek, PBeM) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek: Echoes (Science Fiction) [ dead link ]
• Star Trek: USS Tethys (space opera, star trek, sci-fi) [ dead link ]
• Star Wars Chronicles (Space opera) [ dead link ]
• Star Wars Notes (Star Wars) [ dead link ]
• Star Wars: Resurgence (space opera, mystery, thriller, adventure. ) [ dead link ]
• Star Wars: The Lakarian Conflicts (Space, adventure, combat) [ dead link ]
• Starbase Bravo (Star Trek, 2387 era) [ dead link ]
• Starbase Bravo: Between Hope and Madness (Star Trek, PBF, Starbase) [ dead link ]
• Starbase Dragonstar, a Star Trek Sci Fi Play by Post RPG (star trek, sci fi) [ dead link ]
• Starfleet Future Marines (Star Trek RPG) [ dead link ]
• Stargate Command: RPG (team-based space adventure/drama) [ dead link ]
• Stargate: The Next Generation (Stargate, space, war, ships, future, exploration, forum) [ dead link ]
• Starrcadia Cage Fighting (MMA Roleplay/Simulation) [ dead link ]
• Surviving Mars (Sci-Fi Survival) [ dead link ]
• Surviving The Aftermath (Post apocalyptic, open ended, sci fi) [ dead link ]
• Thar Shaddin (freeform, message board, pbp, fantasy) [ dead link ]
• Tharnak (german storytelling fantasy RPG) [ dead link ]
• The Crystal Millennium (Sailor Moon-themed) [ dead link ]
• The Dawn OF time (BB Rpg) [ dead link ]
• The Fantastic Ethereal Roleplaying Board (Cross-Genre, Time Travelling Extravaganza) [ dead link ]
• The Gilded Cage (historical, post-Civil War, Victorian, open-ended) [ dead link ]
• The Graveyard Shift (Horror/Fantasy in the Modern Era) [ dead link ]
• The Last Stop (PbP Dark Fantasy) [ dead link ]
• The Lone Detective (investigation game) [ dead link ]
• The Ninth Fleet (Star Trek RPG) [ dead link ]
• The Porn Star Wars (free sex based online RPG) [ dead link ]
• The Shelves (Action Figure Simulation) [ dead link ]
• The Silver Morning Star (fantasy, dragon rider, Eragon, post) [ dead link ]
• The Starfleet Tali Corps (Space Opera) [ dead link ]
• The Weapon (war and strategy in space) [ dead link ]
• Therian Fleet (episode forum home fun fantasy) [ dead link ]
• Tialka Tribe (fantasy animal) [ dead link ]
• Tombstone RPG PbA (Wild West with Native American Mythology) [ dead link ]
• Torn City (RPG) [ dead link ]
• Trek at its core: USS Ulysses (Star Trek RPG) [ dead link ]
• U.S.S. Sedgemoor (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• U.S.S. Tempest - Affiliated with the Fourteenth Fleet (StarTrek, Canon, PBeM) [ dead link ]
• U.S.S. Wellington NCC-89006 (PBeM Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• U.S.S. Wildchild (Defense, Space Opera, JP Centric) [ dead link ]
• UFOP: Starbase 118 (Star Trek PBeM RPG) [ dead link ]
• UFOP: StarBase 118 Star Trek RPG (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• UFS Arcadia (science fiction) [ dead link ]
• Unified Space Intelligence RPG (Scif-fi/fantasy RPG ) [ dead link ]
• United Astral Commonwealth (Star Trek, Epic, PBeM, IRC) [ dead link ]
• United States Government Simulation (roleplaying, government, politics) [ dead link ]
• Use the Spark (steampunk intrigue) [ dead link ]
• USS Aldebaran (Star Trek, PBeM, 14th fleet) [ dead link ]
• USS Axion (Space Opera) [ dead link ]
• USS Boise NCC-1808 (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• USS Dauntless (Nova) (Star Trek SiMM) [ dead link ]
• USS Eclipse (14th Fleet) (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• USS Eclipse (UCIP) (Star Trek, Play By Email) [ dead link ]
• USS Endeavor, Bravo Fleet (Star Trek PBF) [ dead link ]
• USS Endeavour (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• USS Excalibur: a Nutrek sim! (Star Trek sim based on the new movie) [ dead link ]
• USS Gauntlet (Star Trek Dominon War (Dominion are winning, Earth has been taken)) [ dead link ]
• USS Hawk Eye (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• USS Healy (Star Trek, Forums) [ dead link ]
• USS Horatio Nelson (Star Trek Sim) [ dead link ]
• USS Horizon (2) (Star Trek PBEM RPG) [ dead link ]
• USS Huron B (Star Trek PBEM Game) [ dead link ]
• USS Independence NX-90201 (Star Trek roleplaying simulation) [ dead link ]
• USS Jakarta (Star Trek Play by SMS) [ dead link ]
• USS Jakarta - NCC 72891 (Star Trek sim) [ dead link ]
• USS Merrimack -- Deciding Our Fate (Political Star Trek Drama) [ dead link ]
• USS Nighthawk NCC-6619721 Covert Operations (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• USS Pandora (Trek RPG) [ dead link ]
• USS Pegasus (RPG,Sim) [ dead link ]
• USS Phantasm (Simm) [ dead link ]
• USS Portland (forum-based Star Trek RPG) [ dead link ]
• USS Prospero (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• USS Rachel (Star Trek, space, PBEM, RPG) [ dead link ]
• USS Sentinel (Star Trek Play by Nova) [ dead link ]
• USS Solstice (Star Trek: Enterprise-themed simm) [ dead link ]
• USS Trafalgar (2) (Star Trek, RPG, Star Fleet, Obsidian) [ dead link ]
• USS Ulysses (Star trek PBNova/sms) [ dead link ]
• USS Valo (Nova-based Star Trek sim in Task Force 39) [ dead link ]
• USS Vesuvius (Star Trek) [ dead link ]
• Valiant Operations (Star Trek Play By Forums) [ dead link ]
• War of Rythanis (Stategy, PbP, fantas wargame) [ dead link ]
• Warcery (Fantasy duel game) [ dead link ]
• Welcome to your Future's Past! (Medical Drama) [ dead link ]
• White Star Jupiter (Space Opera) [ dead link ]
• Wizards Inc. (Modern fantasy) [ dead link ]
• World of Alala (Fantasy character driven RPG) [ dead link ]
• World of Shadows (freeform science fiction pbem) [ dead link ]
• X-Men: NeXus (Modern Abstract) [ dead link ]
• XPG - An X-Men based RPG (Super Hero) [ dead link ]
• You Play It (Board Games) [ dead link ]

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