Reality Simulations Incorporated (RSI) is a game company in
Tempe, Arizona
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, USA, that publishes and runs
play-by-mail game
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 m ...
s.
History
Founded by Paul W. Brown III and Charles Kraver in 1984, the company runs several commercial play-by-mail (PBM) games, including ''
Duel2'' (previously called ''Duelmasters''), ''
Hyborian War
''Hyborian War'' is a play-by-mail game published by Reality Simulations, Inc. It takes place during the Hyborian Age in the world of Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. The game has been continuously available for worldwide play ...
'', first published in 1985, and ''
Forgotten Realms: War of the Avatars''. The company previously ran the PBM games ''The Next Empire'', initially published by Cyborg Games, and ''
Alamaze
''Alamaze'' is a computer-moderated, fantasy, turn-based game. It was published in 1986 by Pegasus Productions as a play-by-mail game. Reality Simulations later took over game moderation. The game itself has been played with multiple versions. Th ...
'', initially published by Pegasus Productions. The company stated in 1993 that there were over 3,000 people playing RSI PBM games, which included, at the time, ''Duelmasters'', ''Hyborian War'', and ''The Next Empire''.
In the Nov/Dec 1996 issue of ''Paper Mayhem'' magazine, RSI tied for third place in its list of the Best PBM companies of 1996.
List of games
* ''
Duel2''
* ''
Hyborian War
''Hyborian War'' is a play-by-mail game published by Reality Simulations, Inc. It takes place during the Hyborian Age in the world of Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. The game has been continuously available for worldwide play ...
''
* ''
Forgotten Realms: War of the Avatars''
See also
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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 ...
References
External links
Terrablood's PBM ArchivesInfo and data for fans of the play-by-mail games Duel II, Forgotten Realms, and
Hyborian War
''Hyborian War'' is a play-by-mail game published by Reality Simulations, Inc. It takes place during the Hyborian Age in the world of Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. The game has been continuously available for worldwide play ...
from Reality Simulations, Inc
Road of Kings: A Hyborian War Players ForumCoordinates with Reality Simulations in setting up Organized Games
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