Below is the new edition of the RPG List of Lists. Sorry if you get this more than once, it is being cross-posted to the AD&D lists. Please distribute fully to any other lists or persons who would like it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T h e L i s t o f L i s t s : Roleplaying Related Lists, version 4.07, 9th-March-1995 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. 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" 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 ----------------------- 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 listserver 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 listserver. 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 --------- 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 3) Send email to a user's account - the list is run from the user's account 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 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 amber@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (rq) Amber RPG (managed manually) 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 (ls) Arduin RPG products ars-magica@majordomo.berkeley.edu (rq) Ars Magica RPG 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 cafe-l@wizards.com (ls) PBEM game list camarilla-l@wizards.com (ls) Vampire RPG fan club capra@gojira.monsta.com (rq) Capra, a Masterbook-based fantasy world champ-l@omg.org (rq) Champions and Hero RPGs chess-l@grearn.bitnet (li) Chess game chaos-info@erzo.berkeley.edu (m) Chaosium Press Releases list chill@callamer.com (rq) Chill Horror RPG churches-l@wizards.com (ls) Bishops: The Eternal Crusade cryptych-l@wizards.com (ls) Cryptych mailing list comics-l@unlvm.unl.edu (li) Comics consim-l@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca (li) Conflict Simulation Games 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 dnadler@wtcpost.daytonoh.ncr.com (ps) DragonQuest newsletter (monthly digest) dragon@monosys.com (rqs) The Dragons of the East (oriental RPGs) duelist-l@wizards.com (ls) The Duelist, quarterly magazine on Deckmaster games earthdawn@magellan.iquest.com (m) Earthdawn RPG edge@gojira.monsta.com (rq) Over the Edge RPG equest-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) Elfquest comics experts-l@wizards.com (ls) Experts game system development group 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 figures@mmu.ac.uk (ps) Figures and Painting s.hamby ** -- for subscriptions or help flashlife@netcom.com (m) Flashlife Cyberpunk RPGs digest fnn@le.ac.uk (ls) The Fantasy News Network, RPG News Stories forkni-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) Forever Knight TV show fkfic-l@psuvm.psu.edu (li) Forever Knight TV show stories galahad@leland.stanford.edu (ps) SORD RPG system discussions games-l@brownvm.brown.edu (li) Computer Games gg-auction-l@wizards.com (ls) List for auctions for MTG cards gg-trading-l@wizards.com (ls) Trading cards from Deckmaster gmast-l@utcvm.utc.edu (li) Game Masters interest group grass@wharton.upenn.edu (rq) GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies) grass-server ** -- for back issues and help 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 Multi User Dungeon (MUD) digest jyhad-l@wizards.com (ls) List for Jyhad Deckmaster game jyhad-strategy-l@wizards.com (ls) List for inner strategies of Jyhad kult-l@wizards.com (ls) Kult RPG discussions libran18@kepler.poly.edu MechWar/BattleTech loc-l@wizards.com (ls) Lords of Conquest development group mage-l@wizards.com (ls) "Mage: The Ascension" discussion list 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 (ls) General public discussion of Deckmaster Games mtg-strategy-l@wizards.com (ls) Advanced MTG strategy discussion list mud-l@vm3090.ege.edu.tr (li) Multi User Dungeons (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 networld-l@wizards.com (ls) Internet Roleplaying Environments development group ods-l@wizards.com (ls) Optimal Design Systems discussions (Battlelords o/t 23rd Century) palladium@soda.berkeley.edu (rq) Palladium Games parson@crha.rpslmc.edu (ps) HarnMaster (list managed manually) persona@gitvm1.bitnet (li) "On-line" role-playing as personas 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 rag-l@wizards.com (ls) Ragnarok Games list ragboard-l@wizards.com (ls) Ragnarok boardgames 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 daily digest (AD&D) rivals-l@wizards.com (ls) Rivals of Estedhil development group robotech@list.gatech.edu (rq) Robotech Mecha listserv group rolemaster@tower.clark.net (lp) Rolemaster RPG runequest@glorantha.holland.sun.com (rq) RuneQuest RPG digest sca@mc.lcs.mit.edu (rq) SCA scahrlds@pucc.princeton.edu (li) SCA Heraldry scrye-l@wizards.com (ls) The Scrye card game 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 (ls) Discussion of SLA Industries game 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 (ps) jae+sw-rpg-request ** Star Wars Role Playing Game strange_aeons-l@wizards.com (ls) Cthulhu, Lovecraft and aspects of gaming as an art form street-l@wizards.com (ls) 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 (ls) Talislanta RPG discussions taogm-l@wizards.com (ls) The Art of Game Mastering development group tekumel@boombox.micro.umn.edu (rq) Tekumel/Empire of the Petal Throne tmo-l@wizards.com (ls) The Military Order development group 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 tpo-l@wizards.com (ls) The Primal Order discussion group 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 us-l@wizards.com (ls) Discussions on Ryk Spoor's TPO supplement "Unorthodox Strategies" vampire-l@wizards.com (ls) White Wolf's Vampire RPG discussions vampyres@guvm.ccf.georgetown.edu (li) Vampire lore, history and facts virtrpg@monosys.com (rqs) Internet RPGs via IRC or MUDS vulcan-l@netcom.com (m) Star Trek Vulcan discussions us-l@wizards.com (ls) The Primal Order's Unorthodox Strategies werewolf-l@wizards.com (ls) White Wolf's Werewolf RPG discussions wizinfo-l@wizards.com (ls) Wizards of the Coast announcements wfrp@gojira.monsta.com (rq) Warhammer Fantasy RPG wraith-l@wizards.com (ls) White Wolf's Wraith discussions woofer-l@wizards.com (ls) Various products by Lisa Stevens 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 ============= Below I am including a new section on lists which appear to have expired. Each list will remain for a brief period for me to verify this before being removed completely from the list. pern-l@spec0.ee.man.ac.uk (rq) The Pern digest strek-d@le.ac.uk (ls) Star Trek Stories, Interviews, etc. List strek-l@le.ac.uk (ls) Star Trek Continual discussion List stargame@pccvm.bitnet (li) Star Trek RPG strfleet@pccvm.bitnet (li) Star Trek Star Fleet Forum trekwrtr@pccvm.bitnet (li) Star Trek Script Writers Forum war40k@bismarck.gatech.edu (rq) Warhammer 40K list 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. falken-l@duke.poly.edu (lp) Castle Falkenstein (R. Talsorian) mailing list. galahad@leland.stanford.edu (ps) SORD RPG system discussions jae+sw-rpg@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (ps) jae+sw-rpg-request ** Star Wars Role Playing Game Finally... ========== If you know of any more lists, or you know of one above which has expired, tell me and I will modify the list. If you need any help with a particular list, give me a shout. Thanks go to Boudewijn Wayers, the originator of this list for his hard work and diligence in maintaining this list of rpg-related lists. Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, agl1@le.ac.uk