Games featuring PBEM multiplayer mode: Play By E-Mail
PBEM stands for Play By E-Mail. PBEM games allow a peculiar multiplayer option; players can play turns in an asyncronous way and send the result of their completed turn via e-mail to all opponents. As the Internet evolved, PBEM in recent games ceased to exist and quickly became a thing of the past.
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5th Fleet
DOS19943.9/5
Advanced Civilization
DOS19954/5 Avalon Hill
Age of Wonders
Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo4.2/5 Triumph Studios
Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne
Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo4.1/5 Triumph Studios
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to the original Age of Wonders. The game is set in a fantasy world where players take on the role of a leader, either as a wizard or a warlord, and compete for control of the...
Battle Isle 2200
DOS1994protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software
Capitalism Plus
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.5/5 Enlight Software
Conquest of the New World (Deluxe Edition)
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
Conquest of the new world is a turn-based strategy game that lets you control one of 6 different nations in their attempt to colonize the new continent. The gameworld is represented in an isometric point of view. Combat is a mini-game taking place on a battlefield where victory can be achieved by killing enemy troops or capturing the enemy's flag.
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Windows XP/98/9519964/5 Holistic Design
Empire Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 White Wolf Productions
Empire Deluxe is a classic turn-based strategy game that was originally released in the early 1990s. Developed by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky of White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing, it is a successor to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS19874/5 Northwest Software
Fantasy General
DOS1996protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil, each with unique and colorful units.
Gary Grigsby's Pacific War
DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
Merchant Prince
DOS19934.1/5 Holistic Design
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panzer General
DOS1994protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers
DOS19954.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical wargame experience that would be further developed in subsequent titles. The game focused on armored warfare and featur...
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Warlords 2
DOS19934.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Warlords 2 Deluxe
DOS19953.3/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes
Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is an abandoned turn-based fantasy strategy game designed by Steve Fawkner, developed by SSG Strategic Studies Group and released by Red Orb Entertainment in 1997 for Windows. Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is part of the Warlords game series and features quite a few multiplayer modes: from LAN to PBEM.
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