Harlequin Games is a business which designs and moderates PBM

Play-by-mail game

Play-by-mail games, sometimes known as "Play-by-post", are games, of any type, played through postal mail or e-mail. One example, chess, has been played by mail for centuries . Another example, Diplomacy, has been played by mail since the 1960s, starting with a printed newsletter written by John...

 games by email

Email

Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...

 of which there Legends (PBM)

Legends (PBM)

Legends is an award-winning computer moderated play-by-mail fantasy strategy game. Legends was created in 1986 by Jim Landes from his previous game, Epic. The original system had three paper manuals and operated by print-based turn-sheets via snail mail...

 engine is the most recognized. From there "About Us" page - "We fuse wild imagination with good game-play in everything we produce and do so with professionalism and love for the hobby. Established in 1994, Harlequin has quickly grown into one of the largest postal/email gaming firms in the world, and we look forward to maintaining a long and happy relationship with our players."
Harlequin Games was winner of the Gamers Choice 2004 Origins Award winners#Gamers' Choice Awards Origins Award

Origins Award

The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 Origins.The Origins Award is commonly...

 in 2004 for the play by email

Play-by-mail game

Play-by-mail games, sometimes known as "Play-by-post", are games, of any type, played through postal mail or e-mail. One example, chess, has been played by mail for centuries . Another example, Diplomacy, has been played by mail since the 1960s, starting with a printed newsletter written by John...

 game Legends (PBM)

Legends (PBM)

Legends is an award-winning computer moderated play-by-mail fantasy strategy game. Legends was created in 1986 by Jim Landes from his previous game, Epic. The original system had three paper manuals and operated by print-based turn-sheets via snail mail...

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List of games

North Island Campaign

Twilight Crusade

Immortals Realm

Swords of Pelarn

Adventures in Avalon

Crown of Chaos

The One Ring

External links

• Harlequin Games ~ The home of Legends
• Middle Earth Games
• SV Graz ~ The German franchisee of the Legends
• The Legends Corner ~ Aayko Eyma's great old Legends site.