Middle-Earth Play-By-Mail

Middle-Earth Play-By-Mail, or Middle-earth PBM for short, is a turn-based, strategy play by email and play-by-mail game set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, including elements from ICE's Middle-earth Role Playing under licence[1] from GSIL.[2] The game is now run as Middle-earth Strategic Gaming by Middle-earth Games, Ltd.[3]

Gameplay

Simply put, to win this game, you work together with your teammates to take control of the lands of Middle-earth. There is no one way to achieve this aim; instead, victory is gained through a combination of martial strength, magical prowess, and economic power. Each nation has its own strengths and weaknesses, and the best teams utilise the strengths of each of its members whilst taking advantage of the weaknesses of their opponents.

There are several scenarios with smaller maps, including The Battle of Five Armies - based on The Hobbit, The Untold War based on the battles from The Lord of the Rings not focused on in the novels, focusing on Dol Guldur and Lothlórien which are only covered in the appendices, and variations on the main game, including Kin-strife and Gunboat variations.

Reception

Middle-Earth won the Origins Award for Best New Play-by-Mail Game of 1991,[4] and won the Origins Award for Best Play-by-Mail Game of 1992,[5] 1995,[6] and 1996.[7]

Middle-earth PBM Fourth Age, circa 1000 won the Origins Award for Best New Play-by-Mail Game of 1997,[8] and the Best Ongoing Play-by-Mail Game of 1998,[9] and 1999.[10]

It also won the Origins Award Gamer's Choice: Best Play-by-Mail of 2003.[11]

Origins Award hall of Fame member.[12]

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See also

List of play-by-mail games

References
  1. "Middle-earth Enterprise". Archived from the original on 2013-09-23.
  2. "Games System Inc Ltd website".
  3. "Our History". Middle-earth Games. Archived from the original on 2017-03-28.
  4. "Origins Awards Award Listing - RPGnet RPG Game Index". index.rpg.net.
  5. "Origins Award Winners (1992)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  6. "1995 list of winners". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  7. "Origins Award Winners (1996)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
  8. "Origins Award Winners (1997)". Archived from the original on 2008-03-31.
  9. "Origins Award Winners (1998)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  10. "Origins Award Winners (1999)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
  11. Origins Award Winners for 2003 and Hall of Fame Inductees Archived October 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Origins Award Winners (1997)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-02-17.

Bibliography
  • Chupp, Sam (November–December 1992). "Play-By-Mail Review: Middle Earth PBM". White Wolf Magazine. No. 38. pp. 63–64.
  • Field Jr., William B.; Stassun, Peter (June–July 1991). "Middle Earth Play-By-Mail". White Wolf Magazine. No. 27. pp. 28–31.
  • Scensny, Len (November–December 1992). "Middle Earth Play-By-Mail". Paper Mayhem. No. 57. pp. 6–10.
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