Flying Buffalo
Flying Buffalo Incorporated (FBI) is a company based in Scottsdale, Arizona that offers roleplaying games, gaming materials, and play-by-mail gaming services.
Founded by Rick Loomis and Steve MacGregor in 1970[1], the company got its start running a simple computer-moderated wargame, Nuclear Destruction, widely believed to be the first commercial play-by-mail (PBM) game. Soon after the release of Nuclear Destruction, many other companies started moderating/refereeing pbm games, but Flying Buffalo is one of the few still in business. Many of Flying Buffalo's pbm games were programmed in the 1970's but are still being run and are still popular. Starweb, in particular, has won the Origins Award several times for best pbm game of the year. Later, Flying Buffalo began developing and marketing other products, including the game Tunnels and Trolls, a fantasy roleplaying game similar to Dungeons and Dragons, but designed better for individual play and play-by-mail campaigns. The game never became as popular as Dungeons and Dragons, but still has many followers. Other products included background materials for fantasy roleplaying, such as the Grimtooth's Traps series of books[2] which describe various traps that a gamemaster might include in their dungeons, and the award winning Citybook series which described in detail fantasy cities and their businesses for use in fantasy roleplaying. The company even ran a gaming store at various locations in Tempe, Arizona until 1985.</p>
Flying Buffalo ventured into board/card game publishing with Nuclear War. They also produce many different weird dice.
List of games
- Ace of Aces
- Battle Plan pbm
- Catalyst
- Death Dice
- Lost Worlds
- Nuclear War
- Pizza Dice
- Riftlords pbm
- Starweb
- Tunnels and Trolls
External links
- Flying Buffalo home page
