ROLEPLAYING GAMES

AD&D

Ars Magica

Call of Cthulhu

The Everlasting

RuneQuest

Rolemaster/MERPS

Shadowrun

StarWars

Vampire : The Masquerade

WereWolf : The Apocalypse

WhiteWolf : Aeon

OTHER LINKS

Play-by-Mail

Gaming Companies

RolePlaying Resources

Survey

Roleplaying Games - Mail Order

Other RPG/Hobby Resources

Alternative Armies - Flintloque, Dresda, The Duel.

BATs Cave of Games - Games reviews.

Beat the Bookie - Race Odds Game

Brett & Board - A Danish site with news in English on German games

British Historical Games Society - competitions, rules, rankings, events etc.

Chaosium Inc. - Manufacturers of RPGs, Card Games and novels.

Day of Battle

De Monfort University Games Society - roleplaying, live roleplaying, wargaming, etc.

Discovery Games - Information on all sorts of games, info for game inventors, events, bulletin board etc.

Electrongames

Fiendish Games - Games manufacturer

Fistful of Games

Games Cabinet - Games magazine, reviews translations, etc.

Grognard - wargames web site

Groupsne - a Japanese games website (written in Japanese)

The Guardroom - Battleground catalogue - Figures catalogue - Wargaming articles (appearing in Chiltern Web Gazette - recreation section)

HMS Hood - Everything to do with HMS Hood.

Kevingston Games - News, reviews, events etc.

Lambourne Games - Games manufacturer - mainly sports games

Luding - Board Games

Mind Sports Olympiad 2000 - games tournament August 19-28

Portsmouth Miniatures - miniatures web site

Psisoft Consultancy Magic: - The Gathering site - Cards, Tournaments, Leagues, clothing etc.

Richard Denning - Role playing (mainly MERP), and wargaming info.

smallWORLDS - New semi-pro magazine centred on an X-Files/Men in Black game - rules light, background heavy, looks fun.

Tarantula Games - A new games company.

Thermal Lance - The review and opinion magazine which covers anything weird or wonderful which is beamed into your living room. X-Files, Babylon 5, Dark Skies, Dr Who, Star Trek etc. (even Wallace and Gromit!).



T h e _ L i s t _ o f _ L i s t s
Roleplaying Related Lists, version 4.16, 29th-February-1996
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Background
==========
In addition to rec.games.frp.*, there are a number of mailing lists and digests (or newsletters) on the net which may be of interest to role-playing enthusiasts. There is also an RPG web page where the most recent copy of this list can be found:

http://www.mcs.com/~duff/rpg/list_of_lists.html

Internet Tutorials can be found at:
http://ua1vm.ua.edu/~crispen/roadmap.html

The difference between a mailing list and a digest is that a digest is collected, edited, and distributed by an editor, while a mailing list simply forwards all incoming mail to a list of subscribers. Mailing lists tend toward high volume with many digressions; digests tend toward low volume with high signal-to-noise ratios. The way of subscribing is the same for both, so I won't differentiate between them in the remainder of this message.

As usual, an explanation about listservers in general before I list the lists. Read this before trying anything.

How to use this list
====================

There are basically three ways in which you could subscribe using email to a mailing list or digest: through a "listserv/listserver/listproc" address, through a "majordomo / PMDF Mailserv" address, or through a manual address. With each mailing list, however, only ONE of these will work correctly. Each list given below has a code next to it which tells you which one will work.

Listservers, Majordomo & PMDF Mailserv
--------------------------------------
To subscribe to a list, DON'T send mail to the listname@yyy address that you wish to subscribe to. Instead, send mail to xxx@yyy, where you have substituted the name for the type of server according to the code next to the list. For example, if we use the AD&D list below:

adnd-l@utarlvm1.uta.edu (li) _ Advanced Dungeons & Dragons RPG

the (li) code indicates a 'listserv' server, so you would send email to listserv@utarlvm1.uta.edu, essentially substituting 'listserv' for xxx.

You need to use the listname@yyy address only later, once you have subscribed.

If you have never used a listserver before, send a message with a blank subject line and with the message body saying just "HELP" (without the quotes) to the server. It will send you back a HELP message.

Subscribing
===========

Listservers
-----------
If you were interested in joining the spelljammer list, you would send mail to listserv@le.ac.uk, with a blank subject line and the main message body saying, for example,

"SUBSCRIBE spelljammer Mr. Bill Clinton"

(without the quotes). You would then wait for confirmation from the listserver and then you would be subscribed to the SpellJammer discussion list.

Majordomo / PMDF MailServ
-------------------------
As for listservers, but you put your email address in the SUBSCRIBE message and not a personal name, for example:

"SUBSCRIBE chaos-info bill@whitehouse.gov"

(without the quotes). You would then wait for confirmation as above.

Manual addresses
----------------
Manual lists come in four types below:
1) Send email to "listname-request@yyy" with a message as for listservers
2) Send email to "listname-request@yyy" with a personal message to a user

4) Send email to the user's account, but the list is at another address.

More Info from automatic lists
==============================

There are two ways for finding more information on an automatic list depending on the type of mailing-list software running. For 'listserv' lists try sending a "REVIEW listname" message (without the quotes) replacing listname with the list you are requesting info on. For 'majordomo', 'listproc' or 'listserver' type lists, try sending an "INFO listname" command in the same way as the REVIEW command.

Lists
=====

Each type of list is indicated by a one to three letter code in brackets after the list name. These correspond to:

li = listserv
ls = listserver/listserv
lp = listproc/listprocessor
m = majordomo
pm = PMDF Mailserv
rq = NOT necessarily an automatic list. These may be answered personally,
use xxx-request@yyy (subscription address) & xxx@yyy (list address).
rqs = Simple Perl Mailer - uses "SUBSCRIBE", "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the SUBJECT field of the message and so is different to all the others. Send "HELP" as the mail Subject field for more info. Use xxx-request@yyy (subscription address) & xxx@yyy (list address).
ps = NOT an automatic list. These ARE answered personally. There are two forms, either the list is run from the person's account (one address listed below) OR the mailing list has one address and you must use the second address given for a personal subscription message.

adnd-l@utarlvm1.uta.edu (li) ___ Advanced Dungeons & Dragons RPG
alarums-l@io.org (m) ___ Pencil & paper RPG's - chatty list
alterego-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Alter Ego Games Discussion List
amber@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (rq) ___ Amber RPG (managed manually)
amber@io.com (m) ___ Amber Fiction List
amtgard-list@scf.nmsu.edu (ps) ___ Amtgard, a live-action RPG
vghilcri@nmsu.edu ___ -- for subscriptions or help
appel@erzo.berkeley.edu (ps) ___ Chaosium Games digest
arduin-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Arduin RPG products
ars-magica@csua.berkeley.edu (m)___ Ars Magica RPG
ars-magica-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Ars Magica Discussion List
babylon5-creative@netcom.com (m) ___ Babylon 5 net stories list
bag@gomez.intel.com (rq) ___ San Francisco Bay Area Gamer's list
brs-members@monosys.com (rqs) ___ List for British RPG Conventions
camarilla-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Vampire RPG fan club
capra@gojira.monsta.com (rq) ___ Capra, an Aria-based fantasy world
carpga@whytel.com (rq) ___ CAR-PGa - Game research/advocacy list
champ-l@omg.org (rq) Champions and Hero RPGs
changeling-l@wizards.com (li) ___ White Wolf's World of Darkness
chaos-info@erzo.berkeley.edu (m)___ Chaosium Press Releases list
chess-l@grearn.bitnet (li) ___ Chess game
chill@callamer.com (m) ___ Chill Horror RPG
comics-l@unlvm.unl.edu (li) ___ Comics
consim-l@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca (li) ___ Conflict Simulation Games
convocation-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Duelist Convocation & Tournaments List
cryptych-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Cryptych mailing list
cthulhu@rfhsm.ac.uk (rq) ___ Call of Cthulhu RPG (managed manually)
dark-sun@leicester.ac.uk (ls) ___ Dark Sun world (AD&D)
dipl-l@mitvma.mit.edu (li) ___ Diplomacy
nadled@daytonoh.attgis.com (ps) ___ DragonQuest newsletter (monthly digest)
dragon@monosys.com (rqs) ___ The Dragons of the East (oriental RPGs)
dragonlance@le.ac.uk (ls) ___ AD&D Dragonlance list
duelist-l@wizards.com (li) ___ The Duelist, quarterly magazine on Deckmaster games
earthdawn@magellan.iquest.com (m)___ Earthdawn RPG
edge@gojira.monsta.com (rq) ___ Over the Edge RPG
elysium-l@netcom.com (m) ___ In-character discussion forum
equest-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) ___ Elfquest comics
everway-l@wizards.com ___ Everway Discussion List
falken-l@duke.poly.edu (lp) ___ Castle Falkenstein (R. Talsorian) mailing list.
fantasy@unicorn.acs.ttu.edu (lp)___ Fantasy fiction readers list
fiction@psuvm.psu.edu (li) ___ Fiction writers workshop
fkfic-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) ___ Forever Knight TV show stories
fnn@le.ac.uk (ls) ___ The Fantasy News Network, RPG News Stories
forkni-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) ___ Forever Knight TV show
frontiers@uidaho.edu (m) ___ Star Frontiers RPG list
fudge-l@southwind.com (m) ___ Fudge Roleplaying Game Discussions
galahad@leland.stanford.edu (ps) ___ SORD RPG system discussions
games-l@brownvm.brown.edu (li) ___ Computer Games
gehennum@azstarnet.com (m) ___ Gehennum setting for rpg's
glorantha-digest@hops.wharton.upenn.edu (m) ___ Glorantha Digest
gmast-l@utcvm.utc.edu (li) ___ Game Masters interest group
grass-server@wharton.upenn.edu (rq) ___ GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies) - back issues and help. The list has shut down (1994).
gurpsnet-l@io.com (m) ___ Steve Jackson Games' GURPS
gurpsnet-digest@io.com (m) ___ Steve Jackson Games' GURPS
gworld@saranxis.ruhr.de (m) ___ Gamma World RPG list
harn-l@mitvma.mit.edu (li) ___ Harnmaster List
highla-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) ___ Highlander Movies & TV Series
history@psuvm.psu.edu (li) ___ General History
horror@pacevm.dac.pace.edu (li)___ Horror Films and Fiction
ilf-info@han.paramax.com (rq) ___ Interactive Literature Foundation
isaga-l@uhccvm.uhcc.hawaii.edu (li) ___ Int'l Simulation & Gaming Assoc. Forum
jbacon@ftp.com ___ NERO National Rules (put "request-nero rules" in the subject line)
jorune-l@io.com (rq) ___ Skyrealms of Jorune
jwisdom@gnu.ai.mit.edu (ps) ___ Multi User Dungeon (MUD) digest
kult-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Kult RPG discussions
libran18@kepler.poly.edu (ps) ___ MechWar/BattleTech
mage-l@wizards.com (li) ___ "Mage: The Ascension" discussion list
marvel-rpg@stargame.org (m) ___ Marvel Comic related RPG's
masterbook@gojira.monsta.com (rq)___ FRPs including Torg, Shatterzone, Bloodshadows, and World of Indiana Jones
mastvf-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) ___ Martial Arts & Swords on TV & Film
mediev-l@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu (li)___ Medieval History (AD285 - AD1500)
merpl@plearn.edu.pl (li) ___ MERP and Rolemaster RPGs
mtg-l@wizards.com (li) ___ General public discussion of Deckmaster Games
mtg-strategy-l@wizards.com (li)___ Advanced MTG strategy discussion list
mtg-auction-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Magic: the Gathering Auction list
mtg-trade-auc-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Magic: the Gathering Trade Auction list
mtg-trading-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Magic: the Gathering Trading list
mud-l@vm3090.ege.edu.tr (li) ___ Multi User Dungeons (AD&D)
mystara-l@io.com (m) ___ Mystara list (AD&D)
mystara-digest@io.com (m) ___ Mystara digest (AD&D)
mythus-l@brownvm.brown.edu (li) ___ Mythus Fantasy RPG
nero@xyplex.com (rq) ___ NERO National, NERO Mass, and Wildlands
nero-ashbury@world.std.com (m) ___ NERO NY/Ashbury Live Roleplaying talks
nero-ashbury-announce@world.std.com (m) ___ NERO NY/Ashbury announcements
nerps@hearn.nic.surfnet.nl (li) ___ Net enhancements for RPG Shadowrun
nexus-l@io.org (m) ___ Nexus, the infinite city (Daedalus Games)
ods-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Optimus Design Systems discussions (Battlelords o/t 23rd Century)
on-the-edge@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ On The Edge mailing list
over-the-edge@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ Over The Edge mailing list
palladium@csua.berkeley.edu (rq) ___ Palladium Games list
palladium-d@csua.berkeley.edu (rq) ___ Palladium Games digest
palladium-frpg@unilab.dfci.harvard.edu (li) ___ Palladium Fantasy RPG list
pierre@prpa.philips.com (ps) ___ Stafnord Roleplayers digest - local to California, USA.
planescape@le.ac.uk (ls) ___ The Planes - not only PlaneScape (AD&D)
plot-d@hearn.nic.surfnet.nl (li) ___ SHADOWTK (see below) plot & admin. forum
psi-l@vm.its.rpi.edu (li) ___ Parapsychology forum
qadim-l@metu.edu.tr (lp) ___ Al-Quadim setting (AD&D)
ragnarok@buddha.intecom.com (lp)___ The Ragnarok Games mailing list
ravenloft@le.ac.uk (ls) ___ Ravenloft world (AD&D)
realms@ossi.com (m) ___ Forgotten Realms world (AD&D)
realms-digest@ossi.com (m) ___ Forgotten Realms weekly digest (AD&D)
robotech@list.gatech.edu (rq) ___ Robotech Mecha listserv group
rolemaster@tower.clark.net (lp) ___ Rolemaster RPG
rq-rules@hops.wharton.upenn.edu (m) ___ RuneQuest Rules Discussion
rq-rules-digest@hops.wharton.upenn.edu (m) ___ RuneQuest Rules Digest
sca@mc.lcs.mit.edu (rq) ___ SCA
scahrlds@pucc.princeton.edu (li)___ SCA Heraldry
scrye-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Scrye Magazine discussions
sf-lit@loc.gov (lp) ___ Fantasy & Science Fiction literary discussions
sflovers@uga.cc.uga.edu (li) ___ Science Fiction Lovers
shadowrn@hearn.nic.surfnet.nl (li)___ Shadowrun RPG
shadowtk@hearn.nic.surfnet.nl (li)___ Shadowrun Interactive Fiction
sla-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Discussion of SLA Industries game
smarm@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ Secret Masters of Ars Magica
soe-l@io.com (m) ___ Mage:The Ascension 'Sons of Ether' list
sp1889@mitvma.mit.edu (li) ___ GDW's Space 1889
spelljammer@le.ac.uk (ls) ___ SpellJammer world (AD&D)
startrek@leicester.ac.uk (ls) ___ Engage: Star Trek (European list)
jae+sw-rpg@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (pm)___ Star Wars Role Playing Game
strange_aeons-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Cthulhu, Lovecraft and aspects of gaming as an art form
street-l@wizards.com (li) ___ White Wolf's Street Fighter game list
stripe-l@netcom.com (m) ___ X-men's Rogue discussions
stripe-digest@netcom.com (m) ___ X-men's Rogue discussions digest format
talislanta-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Talislanta RPG discussions
taogm-l@wizards.com (li) ___ The Art of Game Mastering development group
tekumel@boombox.micro.umn.edu (rq)___ Tekumel/Empire of the Petal Throne
tolkien@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu (li) ___ Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
tolklang@dcs.ed.ac.uk ___ Linguistic aspects of Tolkien's works tolklang-request=server ** -- for subscriptions and help
torg@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ The Torg Games mailing list
traveller@mpgn.com (lp) ___ Traveller Mailing List
travellern@tower.clark.net (lp) ___ Traveller: The New Era RPG
trumwulf@cm.cf.ac.uk (rq) ___ Trumwulf's Rest interactive fantasy fiction
ufo-l@brufpb.bitnet (li) ___ UFO sightings / Forum for UFOlogy
ufo-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) ___ UFO related phenomenon
va-l@io.com (m) ___ Mage:The Ascension 'Virtual Adepts' list
vampire-l@wizards.com (li) ___ White Wolf's Vampire RPG discussions
vampyres-l@netcom.com (m) ___ Vampire lore, history and facts
virtrpg@monosys.com (rqs) ___ Internet RPGs via IRC or MUDS
visionary-l@li.net (li) ___ Visionary Publishing announcements/discus- sions of myths,legends,rpg+storytelling
voices-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Voices in my head list
vtes-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Vampire: The Eternal Struggle
vtes-strategy-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (strategy)
vulcan-l@netcom.com (m) ___ Star Trek Vulcan discussions
us-l@wizards.com (li) ___ The Primal Order's Unorthodox Strategies
werewolf-l@wizards.com (li) ___ White Wolf's Werewolf RPG discussions
wizinfo-l@wizards.com (li) ___ Wizards of the Coast announcements
wfrp@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ Warhammer Fantasy RPG
wraith-l@wizards.com (li) ___ White Wolf's Wraith discussions
who-rpg-l@uel.ac.uk (li) Dr. Who roleplaying
who-rpg-l@lists.pipex.com (lp) ___ Dr. Who roleplaying
wod-l@netcom.com (m) ___ World of Darkness (White Wolf)
world-design@hops.wharton.upenn.edu (m) ___ Designing Settings/Worlds
world-design-digest@hops.wharton.upenn.edu (m) ___ Digested Design of Settings/Worlds
xboat@mpgn.com (lp) ___ Xboat Classic Traveller Mailing List

** This address is located at the same site as the list proper, so use the same "@yyy" address as the list.

Expired Lists
=============

Each list below has potentially expired. The lists will remain below for a brief period for me to verify this before being removed completely from the list-of-lists. If there are no recently expired lists, then the contents will be void.

figures@mmu.ac.uk (ps) ____ Figures and Painting
s.hamby ** ___ -- for subscriptions or help

Changes since the last List of Lists
====================================

Below I am including a new section on all the changes to the list of lists since the last version (or versions if a couple come out within weeks of each other).

amber@io.com (m) ___ Amber Fiction List
dragonlance@le.ac.uk (ls) ___ Dragonlance list (AD&D)
gehennum@azstarnet.com (m) ___ Gehennum setting for rpg's
marvel-rpg@stargame.org (m)___ Marvel Comic related RPG's
mystara-l@io.com (m) ___ Mystara list (AD&D)
mystara-digest@io.com (m) ___ Mystara digest (AD&D)
nadled@daytonoh.attgis.com (ps) ___ DragonQuest newsletter (monthly digest)
on-the-edge@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ On The Edge mailing list
over-the-edge@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ Over The Edge mailing list
palladium@csua.berkeley.edu (rq) ___ Palladium Games list
palladium-d@csua.berkeley.edu (rq) ___ Palladium Games digest
palladium-frpg@unilab.dfci.harvard.edu (li) ___ Palladium Fantasy RPG list
ragnarok@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ The Ragnarok Games mailing list
smarm@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ Secret Masters of Ars Magica
torg@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ The Torg Games mailing list
vampyres-l@netcom.com (m) ___ Vampire lore, history and facts
wfrp@buddha.intecom.com (lp) ___ Warhammer Fantasy RPG