Organization: Ministry of Education, Computer Center NETNEWS system V2.3
Date: Tuesday, 1 Sep 1992 23:31:58 EST
From: <NCCUT132@TWNMOE10.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd
Subject:    NET Bibliography

Hail Eris, All Ye Of Noble Worth Type Folks:

On the ADND-L, someone asked about NETable resources on D&D -- not
just rules-related -- weeelllll . . . . . . . . .
The question about archives with materials on the history of role-
playing games struck me as a pretty darn good one (or at least I
thought so since the same question's struck me a few times).

Perhaps it might be worthwhile to compile some sort of bibliography
of articles and books related to AD&D (and other RPGs, but focusing
on AD&D -- but of course).

Soooo . . . I real quick went through some of the bibliography
stuff I've got laying around the house and came up with a fair-yet-
dreadfully-imperfect starter biblio.  I can flesh out the
annotations for most of these, but help is appreciated.

Anyone have some juicy articles or books to add to this meager
offering?  Please steer clear of newspaper stuff -- that would only
drag us into a bottomless pit of despair.  Since the readership of
this group is international, magazines and books are quite a bit
less difficult to find than the PODUNK CITY GAZETTE or whatever
(albeit it all depends on where you're at).

If you've something to add, zap me a message via e-mail or post to
the list.  I'll give cross-post to a few groups, give it a few
weeks and then post the ANNOTATED D&D-type BIBLIOGRAPHY.  It won't
be anything fancy, but it will hopefully be useable (or at least
mildly entertaining).  Please note:  this bibliography isn't for
rules or game advocacy but for other sides of the game.

I've divided the list into four sections (all perfectly arbitrary
on my part).  Section One is NETable Sources - - stuff that can be
gotten via the NET, either through Mail Servers or FTP (when
submitting to this section, please include the source address and
filename).  Section Two is Published Miscellaneous Stuff including
history of role-playing and other tidbits.  Section Three is BADD-
Related Stuff pertaining to the claims that RPGs rot your immortal
soul (articles pro- and con-rpg will be accepted).  Section Four
will be Fiction & Novels in which a D&D/other-type Role Playing
Game figures as a central element to the plot.  This section is
shortest now because I just don't have access to my fantasy library
to check out the stuff (I'm in the R.O.C. and its in the U.S.A.).
This is a section you may prefer to post to the list for discussion
rather than e-mailing me.

Okay, enough said.  It's just an idea that I thought I'd toss out
into the great wide NET-waves.  Now, let's see if it floats.

     All Hail Discordia,

     Brian David Phillips
     Meiguo Langren Zai Taibei          NCCUT132@TWNMOE10.BITNET
    {An American Werewolf in Taipei}    NCCUT132@TWNMOE10.EDU.TW

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                          NETable STUFF
                         <=============>

Mencher, Kenneth.  "Fantasy Role Playing Games: Good for You."
[File: ANTI-ANTI-DND.PAPER; Source: GRASS-SERVER@wharton.upenn.edu]

Schroeder, John G.  "Dungeons and Dragons: Cause of Suicide or
Parental Scapegoat?" [File: SUICIDE-ADND.PAPER; Source: GRASS-
SERVER@wharton.upenn.edu]


    GOOD-Related STUFF, HISTORY, AND SORT-OF-RELATED STUDIES
   <========================================================>

Fine, Gary Alan.  "Legendary Creatures and Small Group Culture:
Medieval Lore in a Contemporary Role-Playing Game," KEYSTONE
FOLKLORE, v1(1), pp. 11-27.

Guerra, B.  "Dungeons and Dragons," COMPUTE!, v12(8), Nov. 1990,
pp. 64+.

Holmes, John E.  "Confessions of a Dungeon Master," PSYCHOLOGY
TODAY, Nov. 1980, pp. 84-94.

Peattie, Ken.  "Pretending to Understand Business Policy,"
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, v21(4), Winter 1990, pp. 287-
300.

Schick, Lawrence.  HEROIC WORLDS: A HISTORY AND GUIDE TO ROLE-
PLAYING GAMES (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1991 [ISBN O-
87975-652-7, pbk 0-87975-653-5]).

Toles-Patkin, Terri.  "Rational Coordination in the Dungeon,"
JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE, v20, Summer 1986, pp. 1-14.

Weathers, Diane, and Foote, Donna M.  "Beware the Harpies!"
NEWSWEEK, 9 Sept. 1988, p. 109.


                 BADD-Related STUFF (pro-/con-)
                <==============================>

Adler, Jerry.  "Kids: the Deadliest Game?" NEWSWEEK, v106, 9 Sept.
1985, p. 93.

Carlson, Shawn, and Larue, Gerald.  SATANISM IN AMERICA (El
Cerrito, CA: Gaia Press, 1989).

Caywood, C.  "The Devil in the Library," SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL,
v37(4), April 1991, p. 53.

Caywood, C.  "Rescuing the Innocent: The Lure of Dungeons and
Dragons," SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, v37(3), March 1991, p. 138.

Dear, William.  THE DUNGEON MASTER (New York: Ballantine, 1984).

Elfshof, Phyllis T.  "D&D: A Fantasy Fad or Dabbling in the
Domonic?" CHRISTIANITY TODAY, 4 Sept. 1981, p. 56.

Hicks, Robert.  IN PURSUIT OF SATAN: THE POLICE AND THE OCCULT
(Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1991).

MacGinnis, Joe.  CRUEL DOUBT.

De Renard, L.A., and Kline, L.M.  "Alienation and the Game Dungeons
and Dragons," PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS 66, 1990, pp. 1219-22.

Shanahan, Louise.  GAMES UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE PLAY -- DUNGEONS AND
DRAGONS (Boston: The Daugters of St. Paul, @24 pp.) originally from
OUR FAMILY [Catholic magazine, articles made into a separate tract
-- quickly discontinued when Shanahan's sources were found to be of
dubious worth {i.e., they were anti-catholic?!}].

Shuster, William G.  "Critics Link a Fantasy Game to 29 Deaths,"
CHRISTIANITY TODAY, v29, 17 May 1985, pp. 64+.

Simon, Armando.  "Emotional Stability Petaining to the Game of
Dungeons and Dragons," PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS, v24(4), Oct.
1987, pp. 329-32.

Torrell THE DOVE [newsletter] (Sacramento, CA: Christian Life
Ministries / European-American Evangelistic Crusades, 1980).

Weldon, John & Bjornstad, James.  PLAYING WITH FIRE: DUNGEONS &
DRAGONS, TUNNELS & TROLLS, CHIVALRY & SORCERY, AND OTHER FANTASY
GAMES (Moody Press [paper, ISBN 0-8024-0425-1]).

                           RPG FICTION
                          <===========>

                This section is way too sketchy,
                      please please please
                        help fill it in!

Jaffe, Rona.  MAZES AND MONSTERS.

Norton, Andre.  QUAG KEEP.

?  GOBLINS.

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