Archive-name: games/roleplay/part2ăLast-Modified: 3/25/93ăă* Asterisks denote new/updated items. *ăă* Please also see the DND FAQ on rec.games.frp.dnd, the Shadowrun FAQ, andăthe GURPS FAQ on .misc.ăăFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON REC.GAMES.FRP HIERARCHYăăThis posting contains some of the most common questions that get postedăin the roleplaying discussion groups, at least those which have stockăanswers and which aren't answered by the regular postings onănews.announce.newusers.ăăQuestions Answered:ăă*1: What are the rec.games.frp.* newsgroups for? What are their charters?ă 2: How do I get hold of a copy of the Net..Book?ă 3: What is the address for the mailing list?ă 4: How do I access the Games BBS?ă 5: Are there any clubs for roleplayers besides the one run by TSR, Inc?ă 6: Does anybody know what E. Gary Gygax is doing these days?ă 7: Does anybody know what Steve Perrin/Luise Perenne/Chaosium are doingă these days?ă 8: What is Fluff?ă 9: What is this rec.games.rpg newsgroup I keep seeing mentioned?ă10: What's a Cthulhu?ă11: I want to sell some of my old game stuff. How should I go about it?ă12: What is Munchkinism? What does the Wizard of Oz have to do withă roleplaying games?ă13: I've run out of adventure ideas for my game. Does anybody have ideasă for new plots?ă14: What game magazines are out there?ă15: I've heard of the Arduin Grimoire but am unable to find it. Where is ă it?ă16: What is MONTY HAUL?ă17: I want a group dedicated to my favorite game, how do I do it?ă18: What's the Facts on ICE and bankruptcy? ă19: What is FUDGE? Where Do I get it? ă* - new or updated itemsăă1: What are the rec.games.frp.* newsgroups for? What are their charters?ăăNAME: rec.games.frp.advocacyăCHARTER: Frequently discussion on rec.games.frp amounts to vigorouslyă overstated disagreement about the quality or lack thereof ofă a particular game system or game company. This unmoderatedă discussion newsgroup will give readers of the rec.games.frpă hierarchy an outlet for such material. This newsgroup wouldă be expected to hold such lines of discussion as: Championsă versus GURPS; AD&Dv1 versus AD&Dv2; AD&D stinks; classă systems versus skill based systems; game critiques wanted;ă mine are bigger than yours; and so on.ăăNAME: rec.games.frp.announce (Moderated)ăMODERATOR: Coyt Watters ă backup by Joshua Levy ăCHARTER: This group is intended for all announcements relating toă roleplaying games. This may include, but is not limited to,ă game release announcements, pbem announcements, conventionă announcements, and any other events. Discussion of materială in this newsgroup should be done in the appropriateă roleplaying discussion group. Please direct followup lines asă appropriate.ăăNAME: rec.games.frp.archives (Moderated)ăMODERATOR: Mitch Gold ă backup by Steve Mansfield ăCHARTER: This newsgroup will serve as a temporary archive for postingsă that should be archived on one of the anonymous ftp oră mail-server sites, and which do not belong in one of theă other roleplaying newsgroups. Therefore only finished workă such as net.books, campaign background, convention modules,ă the tabolport project, fiction, poetry, compilations, and soă on should be posted here. This newsgroup is not foră discussion purposes, and discussion of anything in thisă newsgroup should take place in the appropriate roleplayingă discussion group. Please direct followup lines appropriately.ăăNAME: rec.games.frp.cyberăCHARTER: This moderated newsgroup is for the discussion of Cyberpunk ă specific topics. This group replaces the moderated groupă rec.games.cyber. Topics of a General Interest should be ă directed to rec.games.frp.misc.ăăNAME: rec.games.frp.dndăCHARTER: This unmoderated discussion newsgroup is for discussion ofă the official rules and settings of the D&D family ofă roleplaying games, produced by TSR, Inc., includingă Collector's Edition Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), Basic D&D,ă Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D), and AD&D Secondă Edition. This proposed newsgroup would include discussion ofă TSR's rules and products and compatible products, such as:ă character classes; character races; monsters; magic spells;ă weapons; Greyhawk; the Forgotten Realms; the Known World;ă Dark Sun; Spelljammer; RavenLoft; Hollow World; City State ofă the Invincible Overlord; and so on. Crossposting between thisă group and other groups in the rec.games.frp hierarchy isă discouraged, however issues of general interest that happenă to involve a D&D rulebook or setting are more than welcome.ăăNAME: rec.games.frp.marketplaceăCHARTER: This unmoderated newsgroup is intended to hold For Sale andă Wanted postings for roleplaying game materials.ăăNAME: rec.games.frp.miscăCHARTER: This is a discussion group for all aspects of roleplayingă games which are not subsumed within another rec.games.frp.*ă newsgroup. It fully replaces rec.games.frp within theă roleplaying newsgroup hierarchy. The acronym "frp" refers toă Fantasy Role-Playing, but this does not mean that the scopeă of the group is restricted to pseudo medieval settings whereă magic is common and powerful. The common misuse of the wordă "fantasy" comes from the marketing distinction between theă literary genres of science fiction and fantasy. Fantasyă actually means anything that is set in a time or place thată is **in some essential way** unlike our own. Science Fictionă fits this definition of fantasy, as do other genres includingă Horror, Tolkeinesque High Fantasy, and Westerns. Lines ofă discussion in this newsgroup can be expected to include,ă among other topics: roleplaying advice; gamemastering advice;ă reviews of roleplaying products; scenario ideas; rules;ă errata; gaming anecdotes; and many peripherally connectedă subjects. Crossposting between this group and otheră roleplaying discussion groups is to be discouraged.ăăIn addition, there are a few groups which, while not part of the actualăhierarchy of rec.games.frp.*, are close cousins of the core groups:ăă alt.games.frp.live-action is an alternative group (and thus hasă a more restricted distribution than the core groups) for theă discussion of issues related specifically to live action ă roleplay. Discussion of live action is also welcome on theă .misc group.ăă rec.games.design is a "multicultural" group which is used to ă discuss issues of game design. This group is visited by ă designers of both computer and traditional games. FUDGE (q.v.)ă was designed, in part, on this newsgroup.ăă2: How do I get hold of a copy of the Net..Book?ăăA: First off, thanks for reading the administrative articles beforeă posting. One of the administrative articles is entitledă "Net.*.Books" and contains details of how to get at the Netă Books, suprisingly enough. Please check in there before posting aă request to rec.games.frp.misc.ăăă3: What is the address for the mailing list?ăăA: Once again you'll find the answer in another of theă administrative articles, in this case the two part "FRP Mailingă Lists and Digests" posting. If the answer isn't in there, goă ahead and ask the net at large - if you get results, please letă us know so we can update the postings.ăăă4: How do I access the Games BBS?ăăA: First off, look in the "BBS's of interest to gamers" posting,ă where a number of games companies' BBS's are listed.ăăă5: Are there any clubs for roleplayers besides the one run by TSR, Inc?ăăA: Yes. There are several. The National Association for theă Advancement of Role Playing (NAARP) is nominally an associationă for the USA only, but accepts members from other countries.ă CARpg, which is associated with the NAARP, is the Committee foră the Advancement of Roleplaying games, and is a strong pro-gamingă voice in the fight against BADD and other groups that think thată roleplaying is evil. The following is some info for the NAARP.ăă The National Association for the Advancement of Role-Playing, Incă is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting theă hobby of role-playing. NAARP provides its members with an annuală membership directory, so game players can contact each other.ă NAARP publishes a quarterly newsletter featuring information onă upcoming releases from the industry, and news about conventions.ă NAARP is also dedicated to educating the public about the hobbyă through tournaments and public discussions.ăă If you'd like a membership form and more information, send ană SASE toăă NAARP, Incă P.O.Box 2752ă Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2752ăă or if you have specific questions E-Mail toăă USENET chatham!rcarden@duke.cs.duke.eduăă WWIV Net 94@9955ăăă6: Does anybody know what E. Gary Gygax is doing these days?ăăA: As of May 17, 1992 EGG has completed a multi-genre fantasyă roleplaying game for Game Designer's Workshop to be calledă Dangerous Dimensions. June 5: The name was changed to Dangerousă Journeys, rumors were that TSR had some problems with the "D&D"ă abbreviation. It has been released and is now on the market.ăă7: Does anybody know what Steve Perrin/Luise Perenne/Chaosium are doingă these days?ăăA: Gossip follows:ăă Call of Cthulhu is still their best selling game. Avalon Hill hasă a new editor for RuneQuest, Ken Rolston, who is planning onă publishing several *quality* supplements in 1992.ăă As of summer '91, Chaosium saw a reorg in its managementă structure. The nomenclature now conforms to present day businessă conventions. Lynn Willis is now CEO of the company, with Gregă Stafford stepping back as President, now working under the titleă of Chief of Design. Charlie Krank is now manager of marketingă and sales.ăă Yes, the two are man and wife, but still, her name is Perenne.ăă Steve Perrin left Chaosium after the failure of SuperWorld to beă able to work for different companies on a free-lance basis. He'să done some stuff for TSR (Such as the Lankhmar products), and youă may find his name on products from other companies. He's alsoă rumored to have done some teevee writing (kidvid), and now to beă working in the computer game industry. He may have done work foră Spectrum Holobyte. He is still involved with gaming (though hisă company contract prohibited him from doing any professional workă in it) and is part of the con committee for DunDraCon every year.ăă Ran into Steve and Luis Perrin at the Oak, Ash, and Thorn concertă at Freight and Salvage a few weeks ago. They're old friends ofă my wife from her early SCA days. If I remember right, Steve saidă he was writing material for a computer games company and Luis wasă doing some sort of commercial art. But I may not have that rightă in detail...ăă Well, when I'm in the SF Bay Area, I game with Steve Perrin andă his "friday night gaming crew". They mostly play Champions; theă group is pretty much "all GM's" at this point, so they rotateă Game Mastering every couple of weeks. About half the DunDraConă committee is in the gaming group, I'd estimate.ăă scoops are from:ă henkl@Holland.Sun.COM (Henk Langeveld)ă Wayne.Shaw@f315.n103.z1.fidonet.org (Wayne Shaw)ă Nicolai.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org (Nicolai Shapero)ă Ed Allen allen@enzyme.berkeley.eduă Donald Tsang tsang@june.cs.washington.eduăăă8: What is Fluff?ăăA: Fluff is the polite net.word for stories based on roleplayingă campaigns. Net roleplayers are violently divided on the qualityă and utility of stories on the network. If you post your storiesă to rec.games.frp.misc please put STORY: at the beginning of theă subject line so that those who hate fluff can avoid it and thoseă who love it can find it, and use a consistent title so that thoseă who like or dislike your stories can identify them quickly.ăă9: What is this rec.games.rpg newsgroup I keep seeing mentioned?ăăA: rec.games.rpg is a defunct newsgroup that was created (amongstă some controversy) a few years ago and then promptly deleted fromă most of the news sites in the world. However, some sites stillă carry it. It only propagates to 20% or so of the net.world. Ifă you want to discuss roleplaying games but are not interested ină the "fantasy" genre your best bet is to participate onă rec.games.frp.misc instead of trying to use rec.games.rpg, whichă reaches only a fraction of the readership of the official groups.ăă10: What's a Cthulhu?ăăA: H.P.Lovecraft wrote a number of scary science fiction storiesă in the early twentieth century. These stories, along with othersă written in conscious imitation of Lovecraft by like mindedă writers, have come to be known as the "Cthulhu Mythos" ofă stories after Cthulhu, who is an awful, terrible being from theă stars who sleeps in his temple in a sunken island much likeă Atlantis in the seas of the Earth.ăă11: I want to sell some of my old game stuff. How should I go about it?ăăA11: Post to rec.games.frp.marketplace. There are several things thată you should do if you are selling items through news: (1)ă describe each item you have for sale, including complete,ă accurate name and publication information (2) if you have firmă prices or minimum bids for items, put them in your posting. (3)ă supply a valid internet return address.ăă12: What is Munchkinism? What does the Wizard of Oz have to do withă roleplaying games?ăăA12: Munchkinism is similar to "Monty Haul" gaming; however it involvesă playing at incredible power levels purely for the sake ofă watching the terrain get blown away by player characters whoă are unstoppable. Munchkinism also involves "rules rape," wherein ă players milk every advantage out of the rules. Often a munchkin ă will carry a favorite character from game to game, usually with ă the maximum allowable ability scores, skill ratings, etc - and ă enough hardware/magic to destroy the planet four times over.ăă13: I've run out of adventure ideas for my game. Does anybody have ideasă for new plots?ăăA13: There are only so many times you can use the same plot patternă before it grows tiresome. So use different plot patterns.ăă This is condensed from Georges Polti's _The 36 Dramatic Plots_.ăă Each short plot description starts with the title of the plotă pattern. After a hyphen the main characters to be found in theă plot are given, separated by commas.ăă Supplication - Persecutor, Suppliant, a Power in Authorityă Deliverance - Unfortunates, Threatener, Rescueră Revenge - Avenger, Criminală Vengeance by Family upon Family - Avenging Kinsman, Guiltyă Kinsman, Relativeă Pursuit - Fugitive from Punishment, Pursueră Victim of Cruelty or Misfortune - Unfortunates, Master or Unluckyă Personă Disaster - Vanquished Power, Victorious Power or Messengeră Revolt - Tyrant, Conspirator(s)ă Daring Enterprise - Bold Leader, Goal, Adversaryă Abduction - Abductor, Abducted, Guardiană Enigma - Interrogator, Seeker, Problemă Obtaining - Two or more Opposing Parties, Object, maybe ană Arbitratoră Familial Hatred - Two Family Members who hate each otheră Familial Rivalry - Preferred Kinsman, Rejected Kinsman, Objectă Murderous Adultery - Two Adulterers, the Betrayedă Madness - Madman, Victimă Fatal Imprudence - Imprudent person, Victim or lost objectă Involuntary Crimes of Love - Lover, Beloved, Revealeră Kinsman Kills Unrecognized Kinsman - Killer, Unrecognized Victim,ă Revealeră Self Sacrifice for an Ideal - Hero, Ideal, Person or Thingă Sacrificedă Self Sacrifice for Kindred - Hero, Kinsman, Person or Thingă Sacrificedă All Sacrificed for Passion - Lover, Object of Passion, Person oră Thing Sacrificedă Sacrifice of Loved Ones - Hero, Beloved Victim, Need foră Sacrificeă Rivalry Between Superior and Inferior - Superior, Inferior,ă Objectă Adultery - Deceived Spouse, Two Adulterersă Crimes of Love - Lover, Beloved, theme of Dissolutionă Discovery of Dishonor of a Loved One - Discoverer, Guilty Oneă Obstacles to Love - Two Lovers, Obstacleă An Enemy Loved - Beloved Enemy, Lover, Hateră Ambition - An Ambitious Person, Coveted Thing, Adversaryă Conflict with a God - Mortal, Immortală Mistaken Jealousy - Jealous One, Object of Jealousy, Supposedă Accomplice, Author of Mistakeă Faulty Judgement - Mistaken One, Victim of Mistake, Author ofă Mistake, Guilty Personă Remorse - Culprit, Victim, Interrogatoră Recovery of a Lost One - Seeker, One Foundă Loss of Loved Ones - Kinsman Slain, Kinsman Witness, Executionerăă14: What game magazines are out there?ăăA14: Here is a limited list. I know there are more, but these are allă available at the addresses given.ăă White Wolf Magazineă 4153 Indian Manor Driveă Stone Mountain, GA 30083ă Bi-monthly, $25/yr US, $40/yr Canada, $52/yr Overseasă 404/292-1819; FAX: 404/292-9426ăă Alarums and Excursionsă Attn: Lee Goldă 2965 Alla Roadă Los Angeles, CA 90066ă Monthly, Postage + $1.50 per issueă 310/306-7456ăă Polyhedron Newszineă RPGA Network Headquartersă POB 515ă Lake Geneva, WI 53147ăă Silver Griffină Attn: Devlin Janaxă POB 1751ă Saint Paul, MN 55101ăă The Gameră 127 N. Madison St, Suite 202ă Pasadena, CA 91101ă 818/795-8130ă Bi-monthly, $15/yr; $25/yr Canada or Mexico; $40/yr elsewhereăă Dragon (US)ă POB 756ă Lake Geneva, WI 53147ă Monthly, $30/yr; $50/yr anywhere other than US, Canada, or Europeă Ph: 414/248-3625; Fax: 414/248-0389ăă Dragon (Europe)ă 120 Church End, Cherry Hinton,ă Cambridge CB1 3LB, United Kingdomă Monthly, 16 pounds/yr UK, 24 pounds/yr Non-UK Europeă Ph: (0223) 212517ăă The Unspeakable Oathă Pagan Publishingă 1409 Wilson Ave.ă Columbia, MO 65201ă Quarterly, $4 per issueă Inet: C521832@umcvmb.missouri.eduăă Tales of the Reaching Moon: THE RuneQuest(tm) Magazine/Fanzineă Quarterly, price varies by countryă UK: David Hall, 21 Stephenson Court, Osborne St, Slough,ă Berkshire, SL1 1TN, #1.75 per issue, or #5 for threeă Au: Michael O'Brien, 2/33 Carween Ave., Mitcham 3132, Victoriaă $5 (AU) per issueă US & Canada: David Gadbois, PO Box 49475, Austin, TX 78765, USA,ă gadbois@cs.utexas.edu, $3 (US) per issueă Germany: Dr. Lutz Reimers-Rawcliffe, Theodor-Heuss-Ring 1,ă D-5000 Koln 1ă Norway: Lars-Roger Moe, Hans Hagerupsgt. 1, 7012, Trondheimă Sweden: Jussi Hyvonen, Henniksdalsringen 65, S-131 32, Nackaă Finland: Lauri Tudeer, Fantasiapelit Tudeer Oy, Laulurastaantie 1,ă 01450 Vantaaăă Vortextă Vortext Publishingă 5506 Beaudry St #Că EmeryVille CA 94608 USAă Quarterly, US$2.75 per issue, $10 subs. ( 4 issues )ăă Abyssă Ragnarok Enterprisesă POB 140333,ă Austin TX 78714 USAă Quarterly(?), US$2 per iss, $10/6, $18/12, $25/18 issă Ph: 1-(512)-472-6535ăă Dungeonă Dungeon Adventuresă TSR, Inc.ă POB 5695ă Boston MA 02206ă Bimonthly, US$3.75 per iss, $18/yr subsăă Interfaceă R. Talsorian Gamesă P.O.Box 7356ă Berkeley, CA 94707ă One year subscription is $16 USA in USA and Canada, $26 elsewhere.ăă The Eternal Soldier Newsletteră Tom Harrisă 1837 Paddingtonă Naperville, IL 60563ă Internet: zonker@ihlpf.att.comă The Eternal Soldier Newsletter is a Twilight 2000 /Merc 2000 basedă amateur newsletter published with the help of GDW. The editor Tomă Harris has a net address and will accept submissions for publicationă via e-mail Articles regarding Dark Conspiracy and Cadillacs andă Dinosaurs will be accepted as well. S-mail address is 1837ă Paddington, Naperville, IL 60563.ăăă Space Gameră P.O. Box 11424ă Burbank, CA 91510-1424ă (818) 845-4201ăăă15: I've heard of the Arduin Grimoire but am unable to find it. Where is it?ăăA15: When Dave Hargrave passed away the rights to the Arduin lineă were split between two companies. The two companies' addressesă are as follows:ăă Dragon Tree Pressă 118 Sayles Blvdă Abilene, TX 79605ăă Has rights to Arduin Grimoires IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII (or 5-8)ăă Grimoire Gamesă POB 4363ă Berkeley, CA 94704ăă Has rights to the original Arduin Trilogy, and the Arduină Adventure, which turns Arduin from a D&D supplement (WHICH ITă REALLY IS, down to reproducing the typos in the original D&Dă monster listings) to a free-standing game.ăăă16: What (or who) is Monty Haul?ă ăA16: Monty Hall was the host of an American game show calledă _Let's Make a Deal_, which was on in the 60s and 70s. Peopleă would dress up in stupid costumes and come onto the showă and Monty would hand them money then talk them into tradingă it for whatever's behind curtain number one, number two, or ă number three, or you can keep the money, or you can take thisă box right here. He would keep on getting them to trade, someă times letting them see what they had so far and sometimes not,ă until they declined to trade any more. Sometimes they wouldă win a car, a hawaiian vacation, an airstream mobile home, andă other times they would win a goat, a bucket of rubber monkeys,ă or a year's supply of automotive wax. The prizes were random,ă sometimes good, sometimes bad. Gary Gygax dubbed a style ofă play of D&D where the gamemaster hides treasures behind someă doors and monsters behind others Monty Haul style, punningă on the game show's host.ăă17: I want a group dedicated to my favorite game, how do I do it?*ăăA17a: The simple answer is not to do it at all, you'll save yourself a lotă of grief and pain if you learn to use a KILLFILE to limit the volumeă of information you receive. The current hierarchy was forged after aă long discussion and massive flaming. If you insist on trying, pleaseă read the guidelines for group creation over on news.answers. In aă nutshell, you have to start a request for discussion on news.groups,ă which must be at least two weeks long. In the rec.games.frp.* is wasă considerably longer, because of all the bugs which were ironed out. ă After getting an acceptable charter and namespace figured out, thenă a VOTE must be run. This vote has to meet certain criteria toă fulfill the guidelines for group creation. If, and only when theă vote is considered VALID, i.e. there are no legitimate complaintsă about the voting, the new group is created. ALT groups are easier toă start, because there is no network control over ALT groups, howeveră ALT is only carried on about 10% of the net.ăăA17b: Check the fourth and fifth parts of this informational bulletin,ă ROLEPLAYING MAILING LISTS AND DIGESTS, there is a good chance theă system you want to discuss already has a mailing list dedicated toă it. Mailing lists send the postings directly to your mailer, ă rather than reading them through netnets.ăă18: What's the Facts on ICE and bankruptcy? *ăăA18: John Nephew jnephew@carleton.edu:ă Someone raised the question of ICE's solvency. I asked Bruce Harlickă of Hero Games (BruceHH@aol.com) about these rumors, and he responded:ăă >ICE is NOT in Chapter 7, Chapter 11, or Chapter 13. They were in aă >voluntary-type of receivership, but it wasn't a formal one. They areă >out of that now. They are even starting to pay off their back authoră >debt! Or so I've heard. ICE should be in fine financial shape.ăă So that should settle the rumors. :)ăă19: What is FUDGE? Where do I get it?ăăA19: Here's an extraction from:ă "FUDGE Frequently Asked Questions, (answers by Steffan O'Sullivan):"ăăQ1. What is FUDGE?ă===================ăA1. FUDGE is a free role-playing game (face-to-face table gaming, thată is - not a computer game or Live Roleplaying Game). It is just aă gaming "engine" - each GM must provide the "body" of the RPG ină order to make it work. A certain amount of customization work isă necessary in order to use FUDGE, and many things are leftă unstated: the GM will have to fudge a lot.ăă However, it provides a simple, word-based mechanism for creatingă characters and resolving actions that is very easy to use ină almost any given situation.ăă FUDGE stands for:ă Freeform (simple, laid-back, not rules-heavy. Customizable toă taste.)ă Universal (usable with any genre.)ă Donated (it costs nothing, and may be reproduced and given toă players legally.)ă Gaming (role-playing gaming, that is.)ă Engine (it's just the basic mechanism for character creationă and development, as well as action resolution. Noă world details are provided.)ăă FUDGE was written by, and is copyright by, Steffan O'Sullivan.ă Much valuable aid was received from many people onă rec.games.design, most of whom are credited in the actual FUDGEă manuscript.ăăQ2. Who is the target audience?ă================================ăA2. FUDGE is for experienced GMs, though it can be used with noviceă players. You must enjoy making decisions on the fly in order toă run FUDGE. It's also not for those who want extreme detail. Youă must enjoy either creating or adapting your own world background,ă as none is provided (but sample characters from a number of genresă are included).ăăQ4. Where can I get it?ă========================ăA4. FUDGE is available via anonymous ftp from:ăă Site: oz.plymouth.eduă Directory: pub/fudgeăă It is in a single, compressed, tarred file called fudge.tar.Z.ăă Ask your sys admin if you don't know how to ftp or extract filesă from a tarred, compressed file.ăă Basically, after you get the file via ftp (be sure to enter "binary"ă before getting the file), you first uncompress it then untar it:ă uncompress fudge.tar.Ză tar xf fudge.tarăăQ5. Can I contribute?ă======================ăA5. Yes, you can. I am acting as "editor" (or "filter" if you prefer)ă for suggestions and feedback. This is very subjective, however,ă so don't be offended if your suggestions don't make it into theă main text. My main criteria for including rules are simplicityă and necessity. At this point, new suggestions won't make it ină the main text for a few months, at best.ăă It is easier to contribute to the Addenda that is attached toă FUDGE. I still filter things, but am more tolerant. Simply writeă a clear, concise rules addition, in ASCII, using existing Addendaă sections as guidelines. E-mail any submissions to:ă sos@oz.plymouth.edu.ăă (MS-DOS ASCII or XyWrite format submissions may be sent to:ă Steffan O'Sullivan, P.O. Box 465, Plymouth, NH 03264 USA.)ăăă