邮递型游戏 是指任何一种透过传统邮寄或电子邮寄方式进行玩乐的游戏。数世纪以前，人们透过邮寄方式下棋（这种方式被称为通信型棋艺）。这就是邮递型游戏的初型。

另一个著名的例子即是于1960年代中期由John Boardman在纸上游戏杂志fanzine上发明的纸上游戏Diplomacy。

多年后，由力克．卢美斯于1970年发明的Flying Buffalo，倡导了一种由电脑程序辅助或控制的复杂邮递型游戏。由Stormfront Studios，美国其中一间家用游戏开发者，开发了一个名为Quantum Space的游戏。这是第一个用电邮进行，并经由大型在线服务服务器进行玩乐的邮递型游戏。游戏于1989年经由美国在线服务公司推出市面。

Play-by-mail games, or play-by-post games, are games, of any type, played through postal mail or email.

Correspondence chess has been played by mail for centuries. The boardgame Diplomacy has been played by mail since the 1960s, starting with a printed newsletter (a fanzine) written by John Boardman. More complex games, moderated entirely or partially by computer programs, were pioneered by Rick Loomis of Flying Buffalo in 1970. The first such game offered via major e-mail services was WebWar II (based on Starweb and licensed from Flying Buffalo) from Neolithic Enterprises who accepted e-mail turns from all of the major e-mail services including CompuServe in 1983.