During the course of Origins, Don had a chance to talk to Rick Loomis. Rick is the president of the Game Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA) and his own company, Flying Buffalo. Flying Buffalo is responsible for Tunnels and Trolls, Lost Worlds, Nuclear War, and those board game box bands that come in so handy. Among other things, GAMA is responsible for Origins and the good time we had there.

A sizable focus of today’s interview was about play by mail games (PBM) of which flying buffalo has a few. In fact, the origins award for the best play by mail/email game of the year went to Starweb. Victory conditions vary based on the motives your character is given at the beginning of the game, but as you may guess it is based in space. This is one you can try for free for a while.