''KJC Games'' is a gaming company that publishes
play-by-mail
A play-by-mail game (also known as a PBM game, PBEM game, or a turn-based game) is a game played through postal mail, email or other digital media. Correspondence chess and Go were among the first PBM games. ''Diplomacy'' has been played by mail ...
(PBM) games. Kevin Cropper started the company in 1981. It published PBM games such as ''
Crasimoff's World'', ''Earthwood'', and
''It's a Crime''.
History
Kevin Cropper started KJC Games in 1981 in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
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[ Editors 1988. p. 107.] By 1988, it was the largest PBM company in Europe.
[ The company's first game was the hand-moderated ''Crasimoff's World''.][ The computer-moderated ''Earthwood'' and ''It's a Crime'' soon followed, the latter becoming the "most popular PBM game in the world" in 1988.][ The same year, KJC Games processed about 15,000 turns monthly on IBM 20MB clone computers and was exploring expansion opportunities.][
In 2001, KJC Games published ''Space Troopers''—a science fiction wargame—as a play-by-email (PBEM) game at no cost to players.][ Editors 2001. p. 6.] KJC Games also began playtesting in 2001 for ''Phoenix: Beyond the Stellar Empire''.[
In 2005, KJC Games' Mica Goldstone included the company in the "big three" PBM companies with ]Harlequin Games
Harlequin Games is a business which designs and moderates Play-by-mail game, PBM games by email of which their Legends (PBM) engine is the most recognized. From theirAbout Us page - "We fuse wild imagination with good game-play in everything we ...
and Madhouse.[ Mostellar 2013. p. 51.]
Published games
* '' Crasimoff's World''[
* ''Chairman''][ KJC Games 2007.]
* ''Earthwood''[
* ''Extra Time''][
* '' It's a Crime''][
* '' Monster Island''
* '' Beyond the Stellar Empire: Phoenix''][
* ''Quest''][
* ''Warlord''
]
See also
* List of play-by-mail games
This is a list of play-by-mail (PBM) games. It includes games played only by postal mail, those played by mail with a play-by-email (PBEM) option, and games played in a turn-based format only by email or other digital format.
It is unclear what ...
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Companies of the United Kingdom
Play-by-mail game publishing companies
Publishing companies established in 1981