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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
        MULTI USER DUNGEON (MUD) List
        Flashlife
        The Tekumel Digest
        The Elfinkind Digest
        The Pern Digest
**      Stafnord RolePlayers (digest)
        BattleTech digest
        Fimbulwinter Newsletter
        Abandon Babylon
        ADND-L
        GMAST-L
        ROBOTECH - Robotech Mecha Listserv Group
        Conflict Simulation Games List
**      SHADOWRN -- discussion of the Shadowrun fantasy game
**      SHADOWTK -- Interactive fiction
        MYTHUS-L -- Dangerous Journeys
**      NERPS    -- Shadowrun Enhancements

Digests
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Name:           The RuneQuest (tm) Daily/Digest
Contact:        [e-mail] (Henk Langeveld)
Trouble:        [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
Status:         Active
Archived:       FTP from Runequest Digest archives (q.v.)
                Automated access via GRASS-SERVER (q.v.)
Info Updated:   Fri May  7 09:41:39 MET DST 1993
Notes:          The RuneQuest Digest is courtesy of Henk Langeveld
                ([e-mail]).
                Originiall started by Andrew Bell ([e-mail]) as the
                RuneQuest Digest back in 1988,  it deals with all
                aspects of the RuneQuest Role Playing Game.

                An important aspect of RuneQuest is the game world
                of Glorantha, discovered by Greg Stafford in 1966, and
                still being developed by people all over the world.
                Many people from the RQ "incrowd" are subscribed to
                the RQ Daily or Digest.

                Discussion focuses on the rules rewrite currently
                going on, and on the world of Glorantha.

                RuneQuest (RQ) was created by Chaosium, Inc. and is
                published by Avalon Hill, the current trade mark
                owner.

Name:           MULTI USER DUNGEON (MUD) List
Contact:        [e-mail] <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:        [e-mail] (Carl Rigney)
List:           [e-mail]
Status:         Active
Archived:       Mail from [e-mail]
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:        [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
Status:         Active

Archived:       anonymous FTP from:
                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         [e-mail] (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         [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
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:        [e-mail] (Pierre Uszynski)
List:           No automated mailing. Send to the contact/editor.
Status:         Active
Archived:       Partial, no automated access yet.
Info Updated:   4-Feb-1994
Notes:          Stafnord RolePlayers (SRP) is an open informal group
                dedicated to role-playing games on the San Francisco
                peninsula (California, USA). When you move to the area,
                come and play with us. SRP itself does not organize
                games, the game masters do. SRP provides a forum for
                scheduling games, finding players, finding game
                masters, sharing worlds and systems, etc... SRP emails
                a weekly 3-page program bulletin to keep everybody
                aware of upcoming and ongoing games. We also email
                background supplements at the beginning of new
                games. We accept all subscription requests, but warn
                that we are essentially of local interest only.


Name:           BattleTech digest
Contact:        [e-mail] (Glen Davis)
List:           No automated mailing. Send to the contact/editor.
Archived:       mail to [e-mail]
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.


Name:           Fimbulwinter Newsletter
Contact:        [e-mail]
Trouble:        [e-mail]

List:           [e-mail]
Status:         Active
Archived:       All.  Request in mail.
Info Updated:   24-Sept-1992
Notes:          Fimbulwinter is a playtester newsletter dedicated
                to discussion of Ysgarth and To Challenge Tomorrow from
                Ragnarok Enterprises.  It includes a question and answer
                section, articles on world background, examinations of
                game mechanics and previews of upcoming releases.
                It was originally conceived and designed as a newsletter
                for playtest groups, but it is now also available to the
                general net public.  It can also be subscribed to in hard
                copy at $5 for 4 issues from Ragnarok Enterprises at
                POB 140333, Austin, TX  78714.

Name:           Abandon Babylon
Contact:        [e-mail]
Trouble:        [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
Status:         Active
Archived:       All.  Request in mail.
Info Updated:   24-Sept-1992
Notes:          Abandon Babylon is a topical news and info zine on Popes &
                Princes and other strategy games from Ragnarok Enterprises.
                It includes a question and answer section, articles on world
                background, examinations of game mechanics and previews of
                upcoming releases.
                It was originally conceived and designed as a newsletter
                for playtest groups, but it is now also available to the
                general net public.  It can also be subscribed to in hard
                copy at $5 for 4 issues from Ragnarok Enterprises at
                POB 140333, Austin, TX  78714.

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:        [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
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:        [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
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:        [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   1-Feb-1991

Name:           Conflict Simulation Games List
Contact:        [e-mail] or [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
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:           SHADOWRN -- discussion of the Shadowrun fantasy game
Contact:        [e-mail]
             or [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
             or [e-mail]
List Owner:     Robert Hayden <[e-mail]>
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   January 3, 1994
                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.

                Traffic is heavy with ~65 postings/day and ~220
                subscribers.

                Archives of SHADOWRN can be listed by sending the command
                INDEX SHADOWRN to one of the above LISTSERV addresses.
                In addition, an FAQ is available from the listowner.


Name:           SHADOWTK -- Interactive Shadowrun Fiction
Contact:        [e-mail]
             or [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
             or [e-mail]
List Owner:     Robert Hayden <[e-mail]>
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   January 3, 1994

                Shadowtalk is an interactive fiction mailing list based on
                the paper & pencil role-playing game Shadowrun.  Members
                of the list post as characters in genre, and by
                responding to each other's posts "in character", stories are
                developed.  These stories may then be used by players and
                GMs alike as a basis for contacts, NPCs, and adventure
                plots in their own campaigns.

                Traffic is moderate with ~50 postings/day and ~140
                subscribers.

                In addition to the SHADOWTK list, there is also a
                seperate administrative and plot discussion list, along
                with several monthly distributions.  Full details are
                provided to new subscribers.

                An FAQ is posted monthly and is available from the owner.


Name:           Dangerous Journeys: Mythus Mailing List (Mythus-L)
Contact:        [e-mail]
List:           Given when subscribed
List Owner:     [e-mail]
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   1/8/93
Notes:          This mailing list exists to provide free and available
                support for the GDW Dangerous Journeys: Mythus Role
                Playing Game System. An FTP site is forthcoming and we
                appreciate any files relating to the game you
                can send us! Please send all submission of files to the
                listowner.

                To Join:
                Send a message to: [e-mail]
                Text of message: SUBSCRIBE MYTHUS-L <real name>
                If you put HELP on another line in the text you
                will get some help on other listserv commands.


Name:           NERPS -- Net Enhancements for Role-Playing Shadowrun
Contact:        [e-mail]
             or [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
             or [e-mail]
List Owner:     Robert Hayden <[e-mail]>
Status:         Active
Info Updated:   January 3, 1994

                NERPS (Net Enhancements for Role Playing ShadowRun) is a
                mailing list that serves as a committee base for a group of
                individuals spending time organizing and writing up a
                series of net.shadowrun manuals.  These manuals contain
                everything from new races and spells to new technology and
                alternate magic systems.

                Traffic is light with ~10 to 20 postings/day and ~50
                subscribers.

        An FAQ is available from the listowner, and is also
                mailed to new subscribers.

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