Play By Mail The Play-By-Mail Association (PBMA) Awards given at Origins 1985 and reported last month in GAME NEWS are worth more of an explanation than the space and time we had for them. According to Michael Gray, Chairman of the Awards Committee, the awards are a source of qualitative data for the PBMA that is essential for the association. The PBMA awards were sent to the PBMA membership. Each member ;vas asked to rate the games they'd played over the last year on a scale from one to nine. The members also graded the PBM companies on the same scale. The PBMA sent out between 400 and 500 ballots. In the very short time available for responses this year, 153 ballots were counted. In order to qualify for a category, 10 votes were needed. A full listing of the three categories is as follows.: Fantasy/Tribal/Historical 1. Quest of die Great Jewels (Zorph Enterprises) 7.37 rating 2. Melding (Kelstar Enterprises) 7.20 rating 3. Midgard (Time Space Simulations) 7.19 rating 4. Feudal Lords (Graaf Simulations) 6.96 rating Modern Terrestrial (1700-2100) 1. Battle Plan (Flying Buffalo Inc.) 7.40 rating 2. Illuminati (Adventure Systems) 7.32 rating 3. Global Supremacy (Schubel & Son, Inc.) 6.73 rating 4. Nuclear Destruction 6.13 rating Space/Future 1. Starweb (Flying Buffalo Inc.) 7.81 rating 2. Empyrean Challenge (Superior Simulations) 7.67 rating 3. Rimworlds (Palace Simulations) 7.59 rating 4. Fleet Maneuvers (Fantastic Simulations) 7.50 rating Role Game The Kennedy Masquerade Compendium is a book that gives informadon on how to organize, manage and judge a masquerade. It's $10.00, plus $1.00 postage from: Peggy Kennedy, 7 N. Lyons Avenue, Menamds, NY 12204. For role-players also interested in costumes and reenactments, these should be noted. Mediaeval Miscellanea offers jewelry, patterns for clothes, stationery, posters, books and paper fold-up castles. Mediaeval Miscellanea, 7006 Raleigh Rd., Annandale, VA 22003. Dragon Tree publishes a number of playing aids including The Book of Plots L, and Desert Plots: Amla II. These are $7.50 each. For $6.00, there's something called Monster File L. The Dragon Tree, 1310 College Ave, Suite 1151, Boulder CO 80302. Mayfair Games released a second edition of Elves. It's a 96 page supplement for their Role Aids line. Cost: $10.00. Mayfair Games, P.O. Box 5987, Chicago, IL 60680. Doc's Games offers the following products: Dinky Dungeons a small 2 1/2 X 3 1/4 inch rule book and equally small scale dungeon. But it contains a complete role-playing system. Two dinky six-sided dice are enclosed. Also, Doc's POW Cards, small cards with words like "BONK' on one side and a hex grid on the reverse side. They sell for $0.75 and $1.00 plus a selfaddressed, stamped envelope. D.R. Elliott, 3647 West Mt. Vernon, Springfield, MO 65802. Gamescience Inc. offers a variety of items for the game player or designer. Transfer Sheets are available for terrain, numbers, letters, and military symbols. Cost: $3.50 each. Gamescience Inc., 01956 Pass Road, Gulfport, MS 39501. Richard R. Sartore and Associates, Inc. sells naval war games, books, miniatures and other products. To receive the mail-order catalog, contact Richard R. Sartore and Associates, Inc. 415 NE 39th Ave., Ocala, FL 32670. Total Fighting Power Games presents two new war games. Clash of Empires re-enacts the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, and Iron and Fire presents the American Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley, 1862. Total Fighting Power Games, Fighting Power Ltd., 24 Long Lane, Rickmansworth Herts, England. A Bit o' Blarney game gives you a chance to move six tiny elves around a board of Ireland while listening to a tape of Irish music and answering questions about Ireland and the Irish. just the thing for catching leprechauns. Cost: $14.50. Blarney, PO. Box 127, Bel Air, MD 21014 Back to Table of Contents -- Game News #8 To Game News List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1985 by Dana Lombardy. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com