From: millerl@wilma.wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp,news.answers
Subject: [rec.games.frp] roleplaying mailing lists and digests part 1/2
Summary: rec.games.frp administrative postings - last updated 15 April 1992
Keywords: roleplaying games, mail digests, bitnet mailing lists, administrivia
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:42:57 GMT
Expires: Fri, 1 May 1992 14:42:57 GMT
Reply-To: millerl@wilma.wharton.upenn.edu
Followup-To: rec.games.frp
Organization: Newt World Order


Archive-name: roleplay/part4
Original-archive-name: rgf.4

MAILING LISTS AND DIGESTS part 1/2

In addition to rec.games.frp, there are a number of mailing lists and
digests on the net which may be of interest to role-playing enthusiasts.
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.

Note that some forums are available only for a monetary charge. I do not
wish to include them in this posting, and will not do so knowingly. I
appreciate anything you can tell me about the forums in this resource
list.

Contents:
        The RuneQuest (tm) Digest
        The GURPS Digest
        The (former) Mythos Delvers Chronicles
        MULTI USER DUNGEON (MUD) List
        Flashlife
        The Tekumel Digest
        The Elfinkind Digest
        The Pern Digest
        Stafnord RolePlayers (digest)
        BattleTech digest
        ADND-L
        GMAST-L
        ROBOTECH - Robotech Mecha Listserv Group
        Conflict Simulation Games List
        SUPERGUY - Mailing list for Fluff
        SHADOWRN -- discussion of the Shadowrun fantasy game

Digests
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Name:           The RuneQuest (tm) Digest
Contact:        bell@cs.unc.edu or ...!mcnc!unc!bell <Andrew Bell>
Status:         Active
Archived:       FTP from eklektik.cs.pitt.edu
Info Updated:   30-Apr-1991
Notes:          The RuneQuest Digest is a courtesy of Andrew Bell. It is
                a collection of articles, discussion, and source
                material for use with Chaosium's Runequest fantasy
                role-playing game. Send submissions, mailing list
                changes, requests for old article lists, etc. to:

Name:           The GURPS Digest
Contact:        milliken@bbn.com <Walter Milliken>
Status:         Currently Inactive
Archived:       FTP from eklektik.cis.pitt.edu
                Online at Compu$erve RPG Forum, Library 8
Info Updated:   31-Oct-1991
Notes:          The GURPS Digest is a collection of articles,
                discussion, and material related to Steve Jackson
                Games's GURPS role-playing game, including selected
                material from the Steve Jackson Games BBS. The editor,
                Walter Milliken (milliken@bbn.com) is accepting
                submissions, and he has given up hoping to put out new
                issues on a monthly basis.

Name:           The (former) Mythos Delvers Chronicles
Contact:        gunthar@vax1.mankato.msus.edu (Guy Bock)
Status:         The Digest is Dead. Probably never coming back.
Archived:       via E-Mail from GRASS-SERVER@wharton.upenn.edu
Info Updated:   25-Feb-1992
Notes:          Mythos.Delvers was a digest devoted to exploring the Cthulhu
                mythos. Every issue offered new and arcane research into the
                background of the Cthulhu Mythos. It was a bargain at twice the
                price! ;)  Sections included "The Mythos File" and "The Cthulhu
                Misc-thos".

Name:           MULTI USER DUNGEON (MUD) List
Contact:        jwisdom@gnu.ai.mit.edu <Joseph Wisdom>
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   4-Apr-1991
Notes:          If you are new in the MUD world, or are simply looking for new
                places to get into, try subscribing to Internet Games MUD-List
                today! Make sure to include the string "mud list" in the
                subject header.

Name:           Flashlife
Contact:        flashlife-request@netcom.com (Carl Rigney)
List:           flashlife@netcom.com
Status:         Active
Archived:       Mail from archive-server@veritas.com
Info Updated:   15-Aug-1991
Notes:          A Digest for GMs of Shadowrun and other cyberpunk roleplaying
                games to discuss rules and scenarios, ask questions, make up
                answers, and similar fasfax.

Name:           The Tekumel Digest
Contact:        tekumel-request@ssdc.honeywell.com
List:           tekumel-digest@ssdc.honeywell.com
Status:         Active
Archived:       anonymous FTP from:
                eklektik.cs.pitt.edu in /pub/rpg/tekumel (down)
                rainbow.cse.nau.edu in /rpg/tekumel (uncompressed)
                potemkin.cs.pdx.edu in /pub/frp/tmp (compressed)
                quayle.mu.wvnet.edu in /pub/rpg/uploads (compressed)
Info Updated:   15-dec-1991
Notes:          This mailing list exists to discuss the world of
                Tekumel, the fantasy world invented by M.A.R. Barker in
                the roleplaying games "Empire of the Petal Throne" and
                "Swords and Glory", and the DAW novels "Man of Gold" and
                "Flamesong".

                Anything related to Tekumel is welcome: game
                modifications, accounts of campaigns, questions,
                fiction, tables, NPCs, tips for converting to new game
                systems, etc. Listeners as well as contributors are
                welcome. This list is in digest format and is mailed
                when submissions warrant it (weekly if possible).


Name:           The Elfinkind Digest
Contact         elflist@lorbit.UUCP (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   2-Apr-1992
Notes:          I run a small mail-based digest for elves and interested
                observers. It has been in existence for a couple of
                years now, but has not been posted about in public
                before. We have an open membership policy, so if you're
                interested in being added to the distribution list,
                please let me know. Details will be made available upon
                request.


Name:           The Pern Digest
Contact         pern-l-request@spec0.ee.man.ac.uk
List:           pern-l@spec0.ee.man.ac.uk
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   15-Mar-1992
Notes:          For those who are interested: the Pern digest is now in
                existence. It's still in its very early stages so bear
                with the moderator -- it'll take time to get going.
                Please put "Pern" or "Pern mailing list" in the subject
                of any messages you send Malcolm about the mailing
                list/digest.


Name:           Stafnord RolePlayers (digest)
Contact:        pierre@prpa.philips.com (Pierre Uszynski)
List:           No automated mailing. Send to the contact/editor.
Archived:       Partial, no automated access yet.
Info Updated:   6-Mar-1992
Notes:          Stafnord RolePlayers (SRP) is an open informal gaming
		group dedicated to role-playing games on the San
		Francisco peninsula (California, USA). SRP itself does
		not organise games, the game masters do. SRP provides a
		forum for scheduling games, finding players, finding
		game masters, sharing worlds and systems, etc... SRP
		generates a weekly newsletter to keep everybody aware
		of upcoming and ongoing games. We email 3 pages weekly,
		plus supplements at the beginning of new games.


Name:           BattleTech digest
Contact:        lsdav9376%7669.dnet@east.gsfc.nasa.gov (Glen Davis)
List:           No automated mailing. Send to the contact/editor.
Archived:       mail to lsdun4044%7669.dnet@east.gsfc.nasa.gov
Info Updated:   2-Apr-1992
Notes:          This list is a forum for the discussion of Battletech
                and related games such as Renegade Legion. Mail messages
                are grouped and mailed out periodically.


Mailing Lists
-------------

The next few items are BITNET mailing lists. To join any of them, send a
mail file to the CONTACT address where the first line of the mail file
consists of the command:

        SUBSCRIBE <listname> <your-name-here>

        (e.g. "SUBSCRIBE GMAST-L John Doe")

Your successful subscription request will prompt the list-server to send
you a mail message with complete information on how to sign off the
mailing list and make other changes to your subscription. Read it and
keep it, or you'll be kicking yourself later when you're snowed under by
mail and don't know how to stop it.

Send actual submissions to the LIST address. Do NOT send requests to
sign off, requests for help, etc. to the list--you'll only succeed in
annoying people. Do not send submissions to the contact address; it is a
simple-minded program which will reject them.

Name:           ADND-L
Contact:        LISTSERV@PUCC.BITNET
List:           ADND-L@UTARLVM1.BITNET
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   1-Feb-1991
Notes:          The ADND-L mailing list is for the discussion of all aspects of
                TSR's Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) and Advanced Dungeons and
                Dragons (AD&D) role-playing games. A full archive of this
                list *might* be available through LISTSERV on UTARLVM1.

Name:           GMAST-L
Contact:        LISTSERV@UTCVM.BITNET
List:           GMAST-L@UTCVM.BITNET
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   1-Feb-1991
Notes:          The GMAST-L mailing list was originally created for the
                development of computer RPG aids, but it metamorphosed into a
                mailing list covering the concerns of the role-playing game GM
                (Game Master). Pretty much every role-playing game on the
                market has been discussed at some length, as have the various
                facets of ole-playing game design. (Most D&D discussion goes
                to ADND-L, however.) Limited archives are available, if you
                know how to use the LISTSERV database search functions.

Name:           ROBOTECH - Robotech Mecha Listserv Group
Contact:        LISTSERV@USCVM.BITNET
List:           ROBOTECH@USCVM.BITNET
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   1-Feb-1991

Name:           Conflict Simulation Games List
Contact:        LISTSERV@UALTAVM.BITNET or LISTSERV@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca
List:           CONSIM-L@UALTAVM.BITNET
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   1-Feb-1991
Notes:          CONSIM-L is a new list to provide an unmoderated environment
                for discussion of historical conflict simulation games,
                particularly the games published in Strategy and Tactics and
                Command magazines, but also including boxed games from such
                publishers as The Avalon Hill Game Company, Victory Games, and
                Game Designers Workshop.

                The explicit purpose of CONSIM-L is to provide a platform for
                discussion of recently published games, but discussion can
                range over the general topics of conflict simulation design,
                military history, tactics and strategy, game collecting,
                convention and club announcements, or any other topic related
                to conflict simulation games. As is the case on all unmoderated
                lists, the discussion and topics are only limited by the
                participation and interest of its subscribers.  Subscribers
                are welcome to take an  active role by posting and/or an
                inactive role by monitoring the list. Although not necessary
                for participation, it shall be assumed that all subscribers
                are basically familiar with board wargames.


Name:           SUPERGUY mailing list for fluff
Contact:        LISTSERV@UCF1VM.BITNET
List:           SUPERGUY@USCVM.BITNET
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   31-Oct-1991
                This is supposedly a mailing list for fluff, which is
                the polite net.word for stories based on roleplaying
                games.


Name:           SHADOWRN -- discussion of the Shadowrun fantasy game
Contact:        LISTSERV@HEARN.BITNET
List:           SHADOWRN@HEARN.BITNET
List Owner:     Brett Barnhart <BARNHART@KNOX.BITNET>
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   4-Mar-1992
                SHADOWRN is a list for the discussion of the game Shadowrun.
                This can be questions, comments, stories (fluff), anything to
                do with the game Shadowrun.

                Archives of SHADOWRN can be listed by sending the command INDEX
                SHADOWRN to LISTSERV@HEARN.BITNET
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