Archive-name: games/roleplay/part3ãLast-Modified: 3/26/93ãã ArchivesããFTP SITES AND MAIL SERVERSããThere is no general archive of rec.games.frp postings. However, severalãpeople maintain public-access archives of interesting and/or generallyãuseful material as a courtesy to their fellow netters. In addition toãarchived articles, some of these archive sites offer articles which areãnever posted to rec.games.frp. If you want to find these articles youãwill have to use an archive server of some sort.ãã THANKSãThanks go to Adam Dray, adray@mcs.kent.edu, who has checked these sites andãmore. He has some periodic postings which appear in r.g.f.archive.ããContents:ãã Tabolport archiveã Navero archiveã The Guildsman (an amateur zine) archiveã The ADnD ftp site at tybaltã AD&D ftp and AFS site at Stanfordã** White Wolf ftp archive siteã Traveller-Vehicles ftp siteã Champions archiveã The Jayhawk series archive sitesã FTP server at iesd.auc.dkã** Tiamat ftp siteã** RuneQuest Digest archive siteã** Garfield.catt.ncsu.eduã** FTP.FUNET.FIã GRASS-SERVERã ADND-L FILELISTã** Australian FRP Archiveãã ãFTP Archivesã------------ããAnonymous FTP archives can be accessed from Unix machines on theãInternet by typing ftp
, where
is either an Internetãaddress or a routing number. At the "Name:" prompt, type "anonymous"; atãthe "Password:" prompt, type your userid or "guest" (or somethingãequally thoughtful). For further information on ftp, check theãdocumentation at your site or consult a local guru.ããUsers at non-Internet sites (especially those on BITNET/Netnorth/EARN)ãmay want to try the BITNET FTP server at Princeton. To obtain directionsãon the use of the server, send a mail file containing the lineããHELPããto BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET. An alternative is the ftpmail service atãdecwrl.dec.com. Again send a message containing the one lineããhelpããto ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com.ããName: Tabolport archiveãAddress: athena.mit.eduãContact: HENRY@critical.mit.eduãStatus: Available via AFS, not via FTPãInfo Updated: 29-Jun-1992ãNotes: Jemearl T. Smith maintains an anonymous FTP archive whichã contains material relating to Tabolport, a fantasy city beingã designed cooperatively by the readers of rec.games.frp.ã It's available in the Andrew File System underã /afs/athena.mit.edu/project/tabolport.ãã (Jim Bassman Davenport, who was in charge of the Tabolportã project, has graduated and no longer has net access. Freelandã K. Abbott, the semi-official administrator, can be reached atã fabbott@athena.mit.edu. If anyone has access to Project Athenaã at MIT, Freeland has also put a set of the Tabolport files inã a publicly-accessible locker named "tabolport".)ããName: NaveroãAddress: ics.uci.eduãInfo Updated: 15-Aug-1991ãNotes: All issues (including the latest) of the Navero series ofã stories are available inã /usenet/rec.games.frp/navero. The issues are compressed, so beã sure to use binary mode to transfer them. In addition, thereã are a few other items in /usenet/rec.games.frp, like an Excelã AD&D 2nd Edition character generator (written by John Royã ) and some postscript character sheets.(Thanksã to Mark Nagel (nagel@ics.uci.edu) for setting this up.)ãã Archive sites are also set up for the LaTeX versions of theã Navero saga:ãã Compressed:ã ftp.cc.gatech.edu pub/frp/navero/navero.tar.Zãã Uncompressed:ã ftp.white.toronto.edu pub/frp/navero/navero.tarãã ASCII LaTeX files:ã potemkin.cs.pdx.edu pub/frp/stories/navero/tex/.ã ftp.cs.pdx.eduãã Note: This last site also has copies of EPIC and EEPIC, whichã are needed to create some of the graphics contained in theã files. It is described fully in the readme file.ããName: The Guildsman (an electronic gaming zine) FTP sitesãAddress: ftp.cs.pdx.edu (131.252.20.145) in pub/frp/ucrggã greyhawk.stanford.edu (36.8.0.243) in D_D/GuildsmanãInfo Updated: 28-Jan-1993ãNotes: The Guildsman is a defunct RPG zine which was once regularlyã inundated by gaming material from writers both on and offã the net. The six issues produced are available in LaTeX andã PostScript formats (sorry, ASCII not available). Feel freeã to contact the zine's editor via email: jimv@ucrengr.ucr.eduããName: The ADnD ftp site at ccosunãNew Address: ccosun.caltech.eduã SANDMAN.CCO.CALTECH.EDUãContact: Gary `Lanz' Fuller ãInfo Updated: 25-Feb-1992ãNotes: ADnD and compatible stuff, including versions of the infamousã net.spellbook and net.priestbook. Pop submissions into thisã directory: ftp/pub/adnd/inbound.ãããName: AD&D ftp and AFS site at StanfordãAddress: greyhawk.stanford.edu (36.8.0.243)ãContact: Mark Steiglitz ãInfo Updated: 16-Mar-1992ãNotes: This site contains most of the organized AD&D-related materialã posted to rec.games.frp. The files are stored either in theirã natural form or as tar archives. The archive currentlyã contains the UCR Guildsman, various versions of the netã spellbooks, character sheets, and hex graph paper, Alpha'sã Spells, the Elf's Gamebook, the Net Monster Manual, theã Penultimate MU Spell List, the Spell Description Language, andã the WATSFIC Tournament.ãã ftp directory /D_Dã incoming files: /D_D/incomingãã The contents are also available on the worldwide AFS fileã system [AFS is the Andrew File System, if you don't know whatã it is, you probably can't use it. -LM].ã The files are stored here in their natural form.ãã AFS directory: /afs/ir.stanford.edu/users/s/steig/D_Dã incoming files: /afs/ir.stanford.edu/users/s/steig/D_D/incomingããName: White Wolf ftp archive siteãAddress: soda.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.19)ãContact: Shannon Appel (Ars Mag)ãInfo Updated: 12-Mar-1992ãNotes: An FTP-able archive exists in the /pub/ars_magica andã /pub/vampire directories.ãããName: Traveller-Vehicles ftp siteãAddress: ocf.berkeley.edu (128.32.184.254) orã plague and tornado are now a part of this machine.ãContact: Steve Huntsberry ãInfo Updated: 19-Nov-1992ãNotes: An FTP-able archive exists in the pub/Traveller/vehiclesã directory, and maybe others.ãContact-Note: George Herbert has graduated, and I have taken over the ã admin of the Traveller Vehicle Archives. ãããName: Champions archiveãAddress: potemkin.cs.pdx.edu (131.252.20.145)ã ftp.cs.pdx.eduãContact: trent@cs.pdx.eduã cohen@spot.colorado.eduãInfo Updated: 24-Apr-1991ãNotes: The champions archive is now active and accepting submissions.ã There are already many characters, stories, plots, and gadgets,ã but we're always looking for more. To submit anything, place itã in the tmp/ directory, and send mail to trent@cs.pdx.eduã telling him what it is, and into which sub-directory it shouldã go.ã directories: Bases.Vehicles.Gadgets/ Misc/ Characters/ã Plots-Stories/ Organizations/ããName: The Jayhawk series archive sitesãAddress: ftp.white.toronto.eduã potemkin.cs.pdx.edu [ftp.cs.pdx.edu]ãInfo Updated: 1-May-1991ãNotes: Mary Kuhner's Jayhawk seriesã of stories (high quality shadowrun writeups) are available inã several archive sites. Mary has offered to mail the stories ifã you can't get to one of the servers.ãã site1: ftp.white.toronto.eduã file: /pub/frp/shadowrun/jayhawkãã site2: potemkin.cs.pdx.edu [ftp.cs.pdx.edu]ã directory: /pub/frp/stories/jayhawkãããName: iesd.auc.dk FTP serverãAddress: iesd.auc.dk (130.225.48.4)ãContact: Soren Parbaek orã ãInfo Updated: 3-Dec-1991, good until 31-Jan-92ãNotes: Contains: Archive site for the Rolemaster list, Completeã scenarios to misc. roleplaying games, theã net.plot.books, a list of rpg-clubs in Denmark and infoã on danish conventions. Submissions to Soren Parbaek orã in the incoming directory.ãããName: Marshall U. FTP serverãAddress: quayle.mu.wvnet.edu (129.71.32.151)ãContact: Phil Smith ãInfo Updated: 4-Mar-1992ãNotes: Restricted to non-work hours Eastern Standard/Daily Time.ã Use the /pub/rpg and /pub/rpg/dnd directories, and incomingã goes to /pub/rpg/incoming. The Midnight's Bane stories areã in /pub/rpg/uploads/Midnights_Bane.ããName: Northern Arizona University anonymous FTP serverãAddress: rainbow.cse.nau.edu (134.114.64.24)ã ftp.nau.eduãContact: William E. Wilson ãInfo Updated: 15-dec-1991ãNotes: Currently has general info for Traveller andã MegaTraveller. Plans to expand offerings by includingã programs and game aids for Rolemaster, MERP, CoC, Darkã Conspiracy, Cyberpunk and other game systems. If youã would like to submit something of yours, just e-mail aã description to the contact.ããName: University of San Diego anonymous FTP serviceãAddress: teetot.acusd.eduãContact: Jerry Stratton ãInfo Updated: January 22, 1993ãNotes: Currently includes space for AD&D, Shadowrun, and Brand Xã (an original superhero roleplaying game). This is theã distribution point for the Neo-Anarchists Guide to ã Everything Else, the net.book for shadowrun players.ã Formerly the USDCSV and Beelzebub site.ãã*****ãName: Tiamat ftp siteãAddress: tiamat.umd.umich.eduãInfo Updated: 10/23/92ãNotes: All submissions should go into the /uploads dir, ã 2-3 days for a submission to be processed.ã Processed files in /pub/frpããQuoting Mike Suzio (the maintainer):ãã I'm hoping to make this site a Champions archive, since potemkinã gets so little traffic, and I *know* there should be at leastã a few people out there with ideas for champions.ãã Oh - I'm asking that all uploads be accompanied by a text fileã explaining what they are (especially with binaries; I don't haveã the time to run everything to find out what it is), and thatã you send me (msuzio@tiamat.umd.umich.edu) mail before uploadingã anything over 2 megs or so, just as a courtesy. Thanks.ããName: RuneQuest Digest archive siteãAddress: soda.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.19)ãContact: Shannon Appel ãNotes: An archive of the old issues of the RQ DigestãããName: GARFIELD.CATT.NCSU.EDU ãAddress: GARFIELD.CATT.NCSU.EDU (152.1.43.23)ãDirectory: /pub/DND/* /incoming/Dnd.stuff/*ãNotes: Small source of misc. AD&D stuff. (9/15/92) [Thanks Adam Dray]ãããName: FTP.FUNET.FIãAddress: FTP.FUNET.FI (128.214.6.100)ãDirectory: /pub/misc/roleplay/*ãNotes: Well-maintained Finnish site. Extensive RoleMaster. Some AD&Dã and AD&D DM programs, misc. character sheets, fiction, ã star maps. (12/5/92) [Thanks Adam Dray]ãããMAIL ARCHIVESããName: GRASS-SERVERãAddress: GRASS-SERVER@wharton.upenn.eduãContact: GRASS-REQUEST@wharton.upenn.eduãInfo Updated: 14-Sep-1991ãNotes: GRASS is a project to explore Generic (i.e. usable for anyã game system) Religions and Secret Societies for roleplayingã games.ãã Archives of GRASS and of the Mythos Delvers lists, andã interesting postings from rec.games.frp and other newsgroupsã which are appropriate to GRASS may be retrieved via theã GRASS-SERVER. To use the GRASS-SERVER, send mail containing theã command HELP within the subject line and/or the body of theã mail message to the server address. Address comments to theã administrator.ãããName: ADND-L FILELISTãAddress: LISTSERV@UTARLVM1.BITNETãInfo Updated: 9-May-1991ãNotes: Most of the net spell books are available here. all you have toã do is send a mail file or BITNET style interactive message toã that address. Each line of the mail message should include aã single command. The most important command to know is GET. Theã second most important command to know is INDEX, which will giveã a listing of the available files. Maybe you should start withã the HELP command.ãã Some of the files on the server include:ãã GNSB MAGIC the great net.spellbookã MAGIC ITEMS the magic items listã POISON DIGEST the poisons listã TOME MAGIC tome of might magicã CANTRIPS DIGESTã MONSTER MANUAL fairly small monster manualããName: Australian FRP ArchiveãAddress: yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au in /pub/frp/ãContact: Aaron Wigley ãInfo Updated: 09-Dec-1992ãNotes: This site contains mirrors of Shadowrun sites, forã Australian users. Submissions should follow guidelinesã shown when connecting to the site about uploadingã material. Please limit your accesses to between 0800 GMTã and 2300 GMT (1800 - 0900 AEST).ãã