Welcome to the Combined PBM Archive! This is an archive of all known PBM-related information that is replicated several places in the world. Please use the closest site to you: ftp.pbm.com:/pub/pbm (United States of America) ftp.funet.fi:/pub/doc/games/play-by-mail (Europe) Files ending with .gz are compressed using the "gzip" program. You should have this installed if you are using Unix, or if you are using MS-DOS, an executable (and source) are available. You should also be able to request files without the ".gz" and the ftp server will uncompress them for you. This archive is maintained by Greg Lindahl . If you have anything you would like to contribute to the archive, contact me. Large sections of this archive are mirrored from other sites. Occasionally weird things happen with the mirroring, so if you think something is missing, let me know and I'll check into it. This archive is also available via WWW: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm.html A few files are of interest to everyone: PBM.list.gz The PBM List rec_games_pbm.faq.gz Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about PBM Each game has its own directory. A few directories are special: old This information is very old, and relates to games that are either no longer running, or have new versions out. magazines Magazines of general interest to PBM gamers. Anything for a single game would be under that particular game. misc Information about games that don't have their own directory