Flying Buffalo

Infobox_Company
company_name = Flying Buffalo Incorporated
company_type = Private
industry = Role-playing game publisher, Play-by-mail game moderator
foundation = 1970
location = Scottsdale, Arizona
key_people = Rick Loomis, Steve MacGregor
homepage = [http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/ http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/]
products = "Tunnels and Trolls"
company_

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.

Founded by Rick Loomis and Steve MacGregor in 1970 [http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/history.htm] , the company got its start running a simple computer-moderated wargame, "Nuclear Destruction", widely considered to be the first commercial play-by-mail (PBM) game. In 1976 the company starting 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.

List of games

* Ace of Aces
* Battle Plan
* Catalyst
* Death Dice
* Lost Worlds
* Nuclear War
* Pizza Dice
* Riftlords
* Starweb
* Tunnels and Trolls
* Monsters! Monsters!

External links

* [http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/ Flying Buffalo] home page