The 1990s brought changes to the PBM world. In the early 1990s, trending PBM games increased in complexity.Paduch 1993 p. 2. In this period, email also became an option to transmit turn orders and results.Mills 1994 p. 4. These are called play-by-email (PBEM) games.Palmer 1984. p. 23. Flagship reported in 1992 that they knew of 40 PBM gamemasters on Compuserve.Proctor 1992. p. 23. One publisher in 2002 called PBM games "Interactive Strategy Games".Editors 2002. Turn around time ranges for modern PBM games are wide enough that PBM magazine editors now use the term "turn-based games".Mosteller 2014. p. 76.Mulholland 2010. p. 43. Flagship stated in 2005 that "play-by-mail games are often called turn-based games now that most of them are played via the internet".Flagship 2005. p. 5. In the 2023 issues of Suspense & Decision, the publisher used the term "Turn Based Distance Gaming".Capps 2023. Cover.
The 1990s brought changes to the PBM world. In the early 1990s, trending PBM games increased in complexity.Paduch 1993 p. 2. In this period, email also became an option to transmit turn orders and results.Mills 1994 p. 4. These are called play-by-email (PBEM) games.Palmer 1984. p. 23. Flagship reported in 1992 that they knew of 40 PBM gamemasters on Compuserve.Proctor 1992. p 23. One publisher in 2002 called PBM games "Interactive Strategy Games".Editors 2002. Turn around time ranges for modern PBM games are wide enough that PBM magazine editors now use the term "turn-based games".Mosteller 2014. p. 76.Mulholland 2010. p. 43. Flagship stated in 2005 that "play-by-mail games are often called turn-based games now that most of them are played via the internet".Flagship 2005. p. 5. In the 2023 issues of Suspense & Decision, the publisher used the term "Turn Based Distance Gaming".Capps 2023. Cover