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                Archive sites are also set up for the LaTeX versions of the
                Navero saga:

                Compressed:
                ftp.cc.gatech.edu       pub/frp/navero/navero.tar.Z

                Uncompressed:
                ftp.white.toronto.edu   pub/frp/navero/navero.tar

                ASCII LaTeX files:
                potemkin.cs.pdx.edu     pub/frp/stories/navero/tex/.

                Note: This last site also has copies of EPIC and EEPIC, which
                are needed to create some of the graphics contained in the
                files.  It is described fully in the readme file.

Name:           The Guildsman (an amateur zine) FTP sites
Address:        potemkin.cs.pdx.edu (131.252.20.145) in pub/frp/ucrgg
                greyhawk.stanford.edu (36.8.0.243) in D_D/Guildsman
Info Updated:   12-Jan-1992
Notes           The Guildsman is an amateur RPG zine which is regularly
                inundated by gaming material from writers both on and
                off the net. It is currently available in LaTeX and
                PostScript formats.


Name:           The ADnD ftp site at ccosun
New Address:    ccosun.caltech.edu
Contact:        Gary `Lanz' Fuller <[e-mail]>
Info Updated:   25-Feb-1992
Notes:          ADnD and compatible stuff, including versions of the infamous
                net.spellbook and net.priestbook. Pop submissions into this
                directory: ftp/pub/adnd/inbound.


Name:           AD&D ftp and AFS site at Stanford
Address:        greyhawk.stanford.edu (36.8.0.243)
Contact:        Mark Steiglitz <[e-mail]>
Info Updated:   16-Mar-1992
Notes:          This site contains most of the organized AD&D-related material
                posted to rec.games.frp.  The files are stored either in their
                natural form or as tar archives.  The archive currently
                contains the UCR Guildsman, various versions of the net
                spellbooks, character sheets, and hex graph paper, Alpha's
                Spells, the Elf's Gamebook, the Net Monster Manual, the
                Penultimate MU Spell List, the Spell Description Language, and
                the WATSFIC Tournament.

                ftp directory   /D_D
                incoming files: /D_D/incoming

                The contents are also available on the worldwide AFS file
                system [AFS is the Andrew File System, if you don't know what
                it is, you probably can't use it. -LM].
                The files are stored here in their natural form.

                AFS directory:  /afs/ir.stanford.edu/users/s/steig/D_D
                incoming files: /afs/ir.stanford.edu/users/s/steig/D_D/incoming

Name:           White Wolf ftp archive site
Address:        soda.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.19)
Contact:        Shannon Appel <[e-mail]> (Ars Mag)
Info Updated:   12-Mar-1992
Notes:          An FTP-able archive exists in the /pub/ars_magica and
                /pub/vampire directories.


Name:           Traveller-Vehicles ftp site
Address:        ocf.berkeley.edu (128.32.184.254) or
                plague and tornado are now a part of this machine.
Contact:        Steve Huntsberry <[e-mail]>
Info Updated:   19-Nov-1992
Notes:          An FTP-able archive exists in the pub/Traveller/vehicles
                directory, and maybe others.
Contact-Note:   George Herbert has graduated, and I have taken over the
                admin of the Traveller Vehicle Archives.


Name:           Champions archive
Address:        potemkin.cs.pdx.edu (131.252.20.145)
Contact:        [e-mail]
                [e-mail]
Info Updated:   24-Apr-1991
Notes:          The champions archive is now active and accepting submissions.
                There are already many characters, stories, plots, and gadgets,
                but we're always looking for more. To submit anything, place it
                in the tmp/ directory, and send mail to [e-mail]
                telling him what it is, and into which sub-directory it should
                go.
                directories:    Bases.Vehicles.Gadgets/  Misc/  Characters/
                                Plots-Stories/  Organizations/

Name:           The Jayhawk series archive sites
Address:        ftp.white.toronto.edu
                potemkin.cs.pdx.edu
Info Updated:   1-May-1991
Notes:          Mary Kuhner's <[e-mail]> Jayhawk series
                of stories (high quality shadowrun writeups) are available in
                several archive sites. Mary has offered to mail the stories if
                you can't get to one of the servers.

                site1:     ftp.white.toronto.edu
                file:      /pub/frp/shadowrun/jayhawk

                site2:     potemkin.cs.pdx.edu
                directory: /pub/frp/stories/jayhawk


Name:           iesd.auc.dk FTP server
Address:        iesd.auc.dk (130.225.48.4)
Contact:        Soren Parbaek <[e-mail]> or
                              <[e-mail]>
Info Updated:   3-Dec-1991, good until 31-Jan-92
Notes:          Contains: Archive site for the Rolemaster list, Complete
                scenarios to misc. roleplaying games, the
                net.plot.books, a list of rpg-clubs in Denmark and info
                on danish conventions. Submissions to Soren Parbaek or
                in the incoming directory.


Name:           Marshall U. FTP server
Address:        quayle.mu.wvnet.edu (129.71.32.151)
Contact:        Phil Smith <[e-mail]>
Info Updated:   4-Mar-1992
Notes:          Restricted to non-work hours Eastern Standard/Daily Time.
                Use the /pub/rpg and /pub/rpg/dnd directories, and incoming
                goes to /pub/rpg/incoming. The Midnight's Bane stories are
                in /pub/rpg/uploads/Midnights_Bane.

Name:           Northern Arizona University anonymous FTP server
Address:        rainbow.cse.nau.edu (134.114.64.24)
Contact:        William E. Wilson <[e-mail]>
Info Updated:   15-dec-1991
Notes:          Currently has general info for Traveller and
                MegaTraveller. Plans to expand offerings by including
                programs and game aids for Rolemaster, MERP, CoC, Dark
                Conspiracy, Cyberpunk and other game systems. If you
                would like to submit something of yours, just e-mail a
                description to the contact.

Name:           University of San Diego anonymous FTP service
Address:        usdcsv.acusd.edu (192.55.87.6)
Contact:        Jerry Stratton <[e-mail]>
Info Updated:   15-Apr-1992
Notes:          Currently includes space for AD&D, Shadowrun, and Brand X
                (an original superhero roleplaying game). This is the
                distribution point for the Neo-Anarchists Guide to
                Everything Else, the net.book for shadowrun players.
* last check indicates this site might not exist anymore - mod.

*****
Name:               Tiamat ftp site
Address:  tiamat.umd.umich.edu
Info Updated:       10/23/92
Notes:              All submissions should go into the /uploads dir,
                    2-3 days for a submission to be processed.
                    Processed files in /pub/frp

Quoting Mike Suzio (the maintainer):

          I'm hoping to make this site a Champions archive, since potemkin
          gets so little traffic, and I *know* there should be at least
          a few people out there with ideas for champions.

          Oh - I'm asking that all uploads be accompanied by a text file
          explaining what they are (especially with binaries; I don't have
          the time to run everything to find out what it is), and that
          you send me ([e-mail]) mail before uploading
          anything over 2 megs or so, just as a courtesy. Thanks.

Name:        RuneQuest Digest archive site
Address:    soda.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.19)
Contact:    Shannon Appel <[e-mail]>
Notes:        An archive of the old issues of the RQ Digest


MAIL ARCHIVES

Name:           GRASS-SERVER
Address:        [e-mail]
Contact:        [e-mail]
Info Updated:   14-Sep-1991
Notes:          GRASS is a project to explore Generic (i.e. usable for any
                game system) Religions and Secret Societies for roleplaying
                games.

                Archives of GRASS and of the Mythos Delvers lists, and
                interesting postings from rec.games.frp and other newsgroups
                which are appropriate to GRASS may be retrieved via the
                GRASS-SERVER. To use the GRASS-SERVER, send mail containing the
                command HELP within the subject line and/or the body of the
                mail message to the server address. Address comments to the
                administrator.


Name:           ADND-L FILELIST
Address:        [e-mail]
Info Updated:   9-May-1991
Notes:          Most of the net spell books are available here. all you have to
                do is send a mail file or BITNET style interactive message to
                that address. Each line of the mail message should include a
                single command. The most important command to know is GET. The
                second most important command to know is INDEX, which will give
                a listing of the available files. Maybe you should start with
                the HELP command.

                Some of the files on the server include:

                GNSB MAGIC           the great net.spellbook
                MAGIC ITEMS          the magic items list
                POISON DIGEST        the poisons list
                TOME MAGIC           tome of might magic
                CANTRIPS DIGEST
                MONSTER MANUAL       fairly small monster manual


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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

Digests
-------

Name:           The RuneQuest (tm) 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:   21-Jul-1992
Notes:          The RuneQuest Digest is courtesy of Henk Langeveld
                ([e-mail]). It is a collection of
                articles, discussion, and source material for use with
                Chaosium's RuneQuest fantasy role-playing game.  In
                July 1992, list maintenance has been taken over from
                Andrew Bell ([e-mail]) who started it as the
                RuneQuest Digest back in 1988.

                Current plans are to automate the separation of
                "Discussion" and "Digest" as introduced early 1992.
                Under this regime, the Discussion would become the
                plain mailing list,  would be an automated mail relay,
                while reserving the Digest for longer articles and
                collections of Discussion articles.


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.
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 organize 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:        [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]
List:           [e-mail]
List Owner:     Brett Barnhart <[e-mail]>
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 [e-mail]

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MAILING LISTS AND DIGESTS part 2/2

The next large group of entries describe Internet mailing lists.
Some of them allow automated subscriptions and/or archive retrieval,
others do not. To join, send electronic mail to the address listed under
"Contact:". Send submissions to the "List:" address.

Contents:
**      Traveller Mailing List
**      Ars Magica Mailing List
        GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies   )
        Champions mailing list
        TORG
        Call of Cthulhu Mailing List
        Warhammer Mailing List
        CAMELOT mailing list
        VAMPIRE Mailing List
        IFGS Mailing List
        Forgotten Realms Mailing List
        Interactive Literature Foundation (ILF) mailing list
        Warhammer 40K Mailing List
        San Francisco Bay Area Gamer's Mailing List
        Miniatures Mailing List
        Ravenloft Mailing List
**      Amber Mailing List
        The Wizards of the Coast announcement list
        The Talislanta discussion group
        The Primal Order discussion group
        The Experts development group
        The Art of Game Mastering development group
        The Rolemaster Mailing List (defunct)
        GURPS Announcements
        GURPS discussion group

** - new or changed entry.

Name:           Traveller Mailing List
Contact:        [e-mail] (James T.Perkins)
List:           List address made available once a new member has subscribed.
Archived:       FTP from ftp.engrg.uwo.ca (128.100.100.12)
Info Updated:   28-Oct-1992
Notes:          The Internet Traveller Mailing List is intended for the
                discussion of the Traveller Science Fiction Role Playing
                Game, published by Game Designers' Workshop. All variants of
                Traveller (Traveller 2300, MegaTraveller, The New Era), and
                Traveller games (Snapshot, Trillion Credit Squadron, etc.)
                are included, too. Discussion is unmoderated and open to all
                facets and levels of Traveller discussion. Listeners as well
                as contributors are welcome.
                Past messages are available via anonymous FTP from
                ftp.engrg.uwo.ca (128.100.100.12) in the /pub/traveller
                directory. The list manager can retrieve old articles, too
                (but try the automated sources first, please). The archive
                site is graciously administered by Dan Corrin
                <[e-mail]>.


Name:           Ars Magica Mailing List
Contact:        [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
Archived:       FTP from soda.berkeley.edu
Info Updated:   12-Mar-1992
Notes:          An FTP-able archive exists at soda.berkeley.edu in
                the pub/ars_magica directory. Send requests for archive info to
                Shannon D. Appel <[e-mail]>.

Name:           GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies)
Contact:        [e-mail]
List:           [e-mail]
Administrator:  [e-mail]
Archived:       Mail to [e-mail]
Info Updated:   29-Jun-1992
Notes:          The GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies) mailing list
                is a small working group formed in order to write up religions
                and secret societies for use in role-playing games. Both
                real-world and fictional religions and secret societies are
                covered. Before you join GRASS you must demonstrate that you
                are serious about at least occasionally producing something
                useful by producing a substantive original writeup of a
                religion or secret society in some format or another and
                sending it to [e-mail]. Once you have sent your
                first writeup in you will be added to the mailing list. We do
                have a preferred format for write-ups. In order to get a copy
                send mail to [e-mail] with a subject line
                of GET GRASS.FORMAT You do NOT have to join the mailing list in