role playing game publisher play by mail game moderator founded 1970 headquarters scottsdale arizona key people rick loomis steve macgregor products tunnels and trolls website http www.flyingbuffalo.com flying buffalo incorporated fbi is a scottsdale arizona game company that publishes role playing games card games gaming materials and runs play by mail games . contents 1 history 2 list of games 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1970 rick loomis invented a game called nuclear destruction a play by mail game for which he moderated multiplayer games . 1 34 he soon had more than 200 players in multiple games and asked fellow soldier steve macgregor to write a computer program to moderate the games ; they began renting time on a computer near fort shafter using the name flying buffalo devised by loomis . 1 34 2 after leaving the military in 1972 loomis and macgregor incorporated their pbm company as flying buffalo inc. or fbi . 1 34 loomis and macgregor pooled their savings to purchase a raytheon 704 minicomputer to run pbm turns . 1 35 loomis acquired nuclear war and began publishing it in 1972 soon becoming one of flying buffalo s best sellers . 1 35 nuclear destruction is widely considered to be the first commercial play by mail pbm game . in 1976 the company started running a space exploration conquest pbm game titled starweb . flying buffalo has also published games outside of pbm starting off with the card game nuclear war . in 1975 they published tunnels and trolls a fantasy role playing game generally similar to dungeons & dragons . later products included background materials for fantasy role playing games which became the catalyst series . they also produce a range of unusual dice such as a set that tells you what toppings to order on your pizza and currently hold the printing rights to the ace of aces and lost worlds flip book systems . the company also ran a gaming store at various locations in tempe arizona until 1985 . in 1992 the fiction book mage s blood and old bones a tunnels & trolls shared world anthology was published by flying buffalo . 3 following the dissolution of tsr in 1997 flying buffalo remains the oldest pen and paper role playing game publisher in the world . 4 115 list of games edit ace of aces berserker battle plan catalyst death dice feudal lords imperialism lost worlds mercenaries spies and private eyes monsters monsters nuclear war pizza dice riftlords starfaring starweb tunnels and trolls viva awards edit flying buffalo has had a long history in the gaming industry and has won numerous awards . 5 ace of aces . 1981 winner charles roberts origins gamers choice of 1980 6 and was inducted into the adventure gaming hall of fame in 1994 . 7 citybook i 1982 8 illuminati pbm game won best play by mail game . 1990 9 1991 10 1992 11 1993 11 1994 and 1995 and was put in the hall of fame in 1997 . 12 nuclear proliferation 1992 11 nuclear escalation best science fiction boardgame of 1983 13 stormhaven best roleplaying adventure of 1983 13 starweb best play by mail game 1984 14 1997 12 2000 15 2003 16 and 2006 . 17 wargamers information 1990 9 origins hall of fame award is given to game designers whose contributions are considered to be the best in their field . flying buffalo has had a number of their writers and designers win this award . rick loomis 1988 . 18 mike stackpole 1993 . 19 elizabeth t. danforth 1995 . 20 references edit a b c d e shannon appelcline 2011 . designers & dragons . mongoose publishing . isbn 978 1 907702 58 7 . wichner david august 12 1991 . flying buffalo rounds up players moves mailed to fantasy game entrepreneur . phoenix gazette . p. b5 . http www.torontopubliclibrary.ca detail.jsp entt rdm2262407 & r 2262407 appelcline shannon 2014 . designers & dragons the 70s . silver spring md evil hat productions . isbn 978 1 61317 075 5 . awards we have won . flying buffalo . origins charles roberts award winners 1980 . academy of adventure gaming arts & design . 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. retrieved 9 october 2013 . origins game fair winners 2003 . gama academy of adventure gaming arts and design . retrieved 9 october 2013 . origins game fair winners 2006 . gama academy of adventure gaming arts and design . retrieved 9 october 2013 . aagad hall of fame award 1988 . gama academy of adventure gaming arts and design . retrieved 9 october 2013 . aagad hall of fame award 1993 . gama academy of adventure gaming arts and design . retrieved 9 october 2013 . aagad hall of fame award 1995 . gama academy of adventure gaming arts and design . retrieved 9 october 2013 . external links edit flying buffalo home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title flying buffalo & oldid 709838863 categories board game publishing companiescard game publishing companiesrole playing game publishing companiescompanies based in scottsdale arizonacompanies established in 1970 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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