Rick Loomis was the founder of the (PBM) industry. "Games for the Intensive Gamer"
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In Memory of Richard (Rick)
F. Loomis
In the beginning: Rick Loomis was a wargamer as
1947-2019 Founder of the Flying Buffalo and Play By Mail Gaming  During his time in the Army, Rick came up with the idea of using a computer to run play-by-mail games. In 1970 he started Flying Buffalo Games which used a Raytheon computer to run his games for paying customers. Rick was the first person to own a computer for the sole use of running games. The Ratheon had 16k of memory. To promote his Play-by-Mail games (Starweb, Battle Plan and Nuclear Destruction) Rick started going to wargame conventions. These later evolved into the larger scale more mainstream conventions like GenCon and The Origins Game Fair, that we recognize today. Rick used to go to conventions all over the US just about every weekend, only slowing down in his mid 60's. Most of us were amazed at how he could go to so many conventions week after week and not be completely exhausted, but he made it look easy. To help pay for his booth, Rick started selling ... Read More |
Flying Buffalo Has Been Sold
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Rick Loomis has been honored by the Game Manufacturing Association (GAMA) as a notable person in the Gaming Industry.
This website has been
established so that the many games Rick invented and those He
made so popular will not be lost and the many gamers who play
them will be able to continue enjoying them.
Please be patient with us as we continue to update and renew
this website. Last updated
September, 2021
*** Webmaster's note: Rick Loomis PBM has been separated from Flying Buffalo, which is now property of Webbed Sphere Inc. any references to Flying Buffalo are incidental holdovers in the text and will eventually be straightened out as I find and can change them. Since the physical location remains the same, the phone number and mailing addresses are unchanged only the e-mail is different.***
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