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¶ Welcome to MEPBM Wiki
Welcome to MEPBM Wiki: a wiki-powered site for the Middle-earth PBM turn-based, strategy games run by GSI.
GSI run turn-based, strategy games set in the world of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, including elements from ICE's Middle-earth Role Playing. Play as either the Free Peoples or the Dark Servants, and work together with your team-mates to take control of the lands of Middle-earth. Earn your victory through a combination of martial strength, magical prowess, and economic power.
The Middle-earth PBM game was originally created by William B. Feild Jr. & Peter Stassun of Game Systems, Inc. in the early 1990s, as a play-by-mail game (PBM), with turns being sent via postal mail. This is often referred to by its original acronym, MEPBM - Middle-earth Play-by-Mail. The game is now Play-by-Email (PBeM), with turns sent in PDF format with an accompanying data file used by the computer program, JOverseer, to display turn results and allow the player to prepare orders for future turns.
¶ How to use MEPBM Wiki
Use the left-pane navigation or the built-in search field at the top center of the page. If you are using a mobile device, the left-pane navigation is a blue circle button with three lines (called a hamburger menu) in the bottom left corner of your browser window. The layout will differ based on the type of device you are using.
¶ Contribute Content
Do you have any content to contribute to MEPBM Wiki? An answer to a riddle that's not currently included? The proper reaction for a dragon encounter? Some game tip you want to share? A typo or broken link you have discovered? Please, by all means, contribute content to MEPBM Wiki.
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¶ Disclaimers
This is an all-volunteer, player-run site. The site was created with the approval of GSI, but is not an official resource. As such, GSI take no responsibility for the accuracy of the content, or any in-game results of actions based on this content. All official content can be found at gamesystems.com. Most of the content on this wiki is Copyright © 2006-19 by Game Systems International Limited and included with permission from the copyright holders.
Middle-earth, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and the characters, items, events, and places therein are trademarks of Middle-earth Enterprises, LLC used under license by Game Systems International. All rights reserved.