Paper Mayhem

Paper Mayhem
EditorChris Derbacher, Jr. / David Webber
Assistant editorElaine Webber
Staff editorBud Link
CategoriesPlay-by-mail game magazine
FrequencyBi-monthly (every two months)
PublisherThe Paper Mayhem Association
FounderChris Derbacher, Paul Gehrke, David Webber
First issueJuly/August 1983[1]
Final issue
Number
May/June 1998[2]
90
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Paper Mayhem is an out-of-print play-by-mail (PBM) game magazine that was published in Ottawa, Illinois. The staff published the initial issue in July 1983 and the magazine ran until mid-1998. Its format was 40 pages published six times per year.[3] The magazine was the most well-known of the play-by-mail periodicals of the period, providing articles and reviews of play-by-mail games, as well as reader-informed ratings of play-by-mail companies, game masters (GMs) and games, both intermittently and on an annual basis. The magazine, along with its long-time editor-in-chief, David Webber, was influential in the play-by-mail community, even echoing into 21st century play-by-mail activities. The publication ceased suddenly in mid-1998 following the unexpected death of Webber.