Lords of Valetia
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Lords of Valetia is a 1977 fantasy, role-playing play-by-mail (PBM) game published by RB&B Design Operations, Inc.
In a 1984 issue of Gaming Universal, Steve Jackson said that Lords of Valetia was "the most spectacular PBM fiasco in history" related to the issue of short-lived PBM companies of the period.[1] Rick Loomis echoed this idea, noting that this was "the most notorious of the disappearing companies".[2] According to Loomis, the first moderator "was running the whole thing in between college classes".[2] He stated that the game reportedly had more than 1,000 paid players at the outset.[3] After some delays, game ownership changed and the game ran briefly before additional delays and another ownership change.[2] Financial challenges then caused the game's collapse.[2]
Gameplay
Lords of Valetia was a fantasy role-playing PBM game run by subscription.[4] The hand-moderated game was based on Dungeons & Dragons.[3]