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| Editor | Chris Derbacher, Jr. / David Webber |
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| Assistant editor | Elaine Webber |
| Staff editor | Bud Link |
| Categories | Play-by-mail game magazine |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly (every two months) |
| Publisher | The Paper Mayhem Association |
| Founder | Chris Derbacher, Paul Gehrke, David Webber |
| First issue | July/August 1983[1] |
| Final issue Number | May/June 1998[2] 90 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.
- ^ Paper Mayhem 1984. p. 3.
- ^ Spencer and Muir Broden 2021.
- ^ Moore 1988. p. 4.