Archive-name: games/roleplay/part6ăLast-Modified: 3/29/93ăă BBS's for RoleplayersăăContents:ă The Steve Jackson Games BBS -- Austin, Texas, USAă The Red October BBS (Hero Games) -- Austin, Texas, USAă** The Harnline BBS (Columbia Games) -- Vancouver Canadaă Blacksburg Tactical Research Center (BTRC) Internet Mail Addressă Necropolis of Dreams (Ragnarok Games) -- Austin, TX, USAă The Broken Blade BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Seattle, Washington, USAă Astral Void BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Mesa, Arizona, USAă Red Star BBS (Vervan Net backbone) -- Burlington, IL, USAă Purgatory BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Salem, Oregon, USAă Bladerunner BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Waltham, Mass. USAă The DUNGEON BBS (Unaffiliated) -- western (?) NY State, USAă TeleDunjon III and IV (Unaffiliated) -- Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, USAă Smasher Land BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Athens, Ohio, USAă U Want What!?! BBS (Unaffiliated), Macon, GA, USAă StormGate Aerie BBS (Other Suns), somewhere, 310 area code, USAă The Fantasy Shop (Unaffiliated), Suitland, Maryland, USAă** The Guild (Unaffiliated), Los Angeles, California, USAă** Mindvox (Unaffiliated), New York, NY, USAă** Dunkelzahn's Lair (Unaffiliated) Amherst, MA, USAăăGAME COMPANY BBS'săăSeveral RPG companies now run their own electronic bulletin boards. Toăconnect to them, you must use a personal computer and a modem.ă(Exception: the BTRC address is not a BBS, but a real live game designerăwith an internet connection.)ăăName: The Steve Jackson Games BBS -- Austin, TX, USAăDial: (512)-447-4449ăComm Settings: 8-N-1 (7-E-1 may work too)ăBaud: 300,1200,2400ăInfo Updated: 3-Dec-1991ăNotes: Steve Jackson Games operates a two line BBS, named theă Illuminati BBS, with discussion areas for most of SJG'să games, including GURPS. Much of the playtest feedbackă for new products comes from the BBS.ăăăName: The Red October BBS (Hero Games) -- Austin, TX, USAăDial: (512)-834-2548ăComm Settings: 8-N-1???ăBaud: 300,1200,2400???ăInfo Updated: 1-Feb-1991ăNotes: Red October is the semi-official BBS of Hero Games. Many Heroă games supplement authors regularly call and there are severală discussion boards about Hero Games.ă There are also pre-release beta test versions of most of theă upcoming supplements from Hero Games, as well as up-to-the-ă minute news.ăăName: The Harnline BBS (Columbia Games) -- Vancouver CanadaăDial: (604)-998-1703ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300,1200,2400ăInfo Updated: 20-Sep-1992ăNotes: Columbia Games (makers of the Harn series of campaignă supplements and the fantasy RPG system Harnmaster) has a BBSă called Harnline. There are currently about 50 files, mostlyă unpublished material or revisions of published material. Useră contributions are encouraged.ăă The home of Harnline is Duffle Board - Rob Duff runs the board.ăăName: Blacksburg Tactical Research Center (BTRC) Email AddressăInfo Updated: 19-Nov-1992ăNotes: Greg Porter of BTRC is available for any and all questionsă relating to the BTRC's line of games and game productsă (TimeLords and SpaceTime RPG's, Macho Women with Guns, 3G,ă CORPS, WarpWorld, etc.). BTRC is an AMERICA ONLINE (AOL) ă account, Internet readers can use BTRC@aol.com .ăăName: Necropolis of Dreams (Ragnarok Games) -- Austin, TX, USAăDial: (512)-472-6905, (512)-472-6220 ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 2400, 9600ăInfo Updated: 4-Dec-1992ăNotes: Necropolis of Dreams has been online for almost 8 years. Ită features over 50 message bases with a heavy concentration onă gaming and game design as well as alternative political andă arts topics. It is sponsored by Ragnarok Games (publishers ofă Ysgarth, Suburban Slasher, To Challenge Tomorrow, etc), bută discussion is not limited by that and a wide variety of gamingă topics are addressed. The user base is very active and muchă fun is to be had by all. Operating 24 hours on both lines.ăăăNON-AFFILIATED ROLE-PLAYING GAME BBS'săăThere are quite a few Independent BBS's with a strong RPG slant out there inăthe great land of telecommunications. Any comments on the suitability ofăincluding them in this file are welcomed.ăăNote that the compiler of this list cannot check out these BBS's toăensure that they work as described. If you send information about a BBSăto me, please make sure your information is *complete* and accurate.ăThanks.ăăăName: The Broken Blade BBS -- Seattle, Washington, USAăDial: (206) 781-9424ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300,1200,2400ăInfo Updated: 31-Oct-1991ăNotes: Mike Owen is the sysopă of the Broken Blade: a free access bulletin boardă system.ăă Although the message base is oriented towardă general-purpose discussions (there are only a couple ofă RPG-oriented message areas), quite a few files areă available of interest to RPGers.ăăName: Astral Void BBS -- Mesa, Arizona, USAăDial: (602) 834-6065ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300,1200ăInfo Updated: 6-26-1991ăNotes: Tony Hamilton runs aă Roleplaying BBS.ăă The Astral Void BBS is home to role-players who conductă games on the message boards, and also PBeM games. Theă BBS is single-lined, and currently is running 11 games.ă New product information is posted for all the major gameă companies, along with occasional reviews. There areă also various text files on-line concerning variousă role-playing topics.ăăName: Red Star BBS (Vervan Net backbone) -- Burlington, IL, USAăDial: (708) 683-2390 -- (vervan net is at other sites too)ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 1200-9600 -- HST or V.32ăInfo Updated: 15-Nov-1991ăNotes: There's at least one BBS network devoted solely toă playing RPGs that you might want to look into. It'să called V-Net. For information about V-net, contact:ăă Joel Veenemană P.O. Box 7ă Burlington, IL 60109ăă Internet: joel@redstar.marcal.comă UUnet: uunet!devcom!marcal!redstar!joelă Fidonet: 1:115/639.0ăăName: Purgatory BBS -- Salem, Oregon, USAăDial: (503) 370-9739ăSysop: ???ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300 - 14400ăStatus: Down ??? I've heard reports that Purgatory is downăInfo Updated: 16-Mar-1992ăNotes: Linked to Vervan's Gaming Network as well as half aă dozen other nets (including Usenet through a Fidoă Gateway operated by Joel Veeneman -- see entry foră Vervan Net).ăă Main thrust of the BBS is gaming and there are onlineă games for about a dozen systems. In addition we also areă one of the biggest Occult BBSs in the Pacific North-Westă with a great deal of files on the subject. The otheră thrusts are Fantasy/Sci Fi, and current events debateă and discussion type echos.ăăName: Bladerunner BBS -- Waltham, Mass. USAăDial: (617) 891-7338ăSysop: Laird Popkin (laird@think.com)ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300 - 2400 + PEP (Trailblazer Plus)ăInfo Updated: 14-Sep-1991ăNotes: Connected to the Citadel and usenet networks (asă blade.via.mind.org). The BBS runs STadel (a Citadel variant)ă on an Atari ST.ăă Topics discussed: Role Playing Games, GURPS, Warhammer,ă AD&D, Call of Cthulhu, Hero/Champions, as well as assortedă Fantasy and SF and computer-related topics. There areă also a number of online games, and discussions of SF, ă various computers, and whatever other topics arise.ă There are no online time limits or upload/download rations.ăăName: The DUNGEON BBS -- Buffalo, NY State, USAăDial: (716) 656-8573ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăSysop: Master DaarKhan ???ăBaud: 300 - 2400ăInfo Updated: 14-Sep-1991ăNotes: Western New York's finest board devoted to fantasy roleă playing. Features include over 50 message bases of allă types, most of which are WWIVnet, the world's secondă largest private network.ăă WWIVnet @ 7653ăăName: TeleDunjon III and IV -- Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, USAăDial: (214) 960-7654 and (214) 238-1568ăSysop: ???ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300 - 2400ăInfo Updated: 14-Sep-1991ăNotes: The Teledunjon III and Teledunjon IV boards offeră play-by-modem roleplaying games. They also publish theă TeleDunjon Journal, an irregular online magazine foră modem RPG enthusiasts.ăă If you're in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (northă Texas) or can afford to call it regularly, check out theă Teledunjon systems and join a game (or run your own).ăăName: Pyramid BBS, DC Metro Area, VirginiaăDial: (703) 912-9878ăSysop: Terilee Edwardsă Suite 548, 7010 Brookfield Plaza, Springfield, VA 22150ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300 to 2400 ?ăInfo Updated: 1 October 1991ăNotes: A free BBS, with two areas dedicated to gaming, with oneă area for live action role playing gaming and discussionă and bulletins about the Interactive Literature Foundationă (a live gaming organization).ăăName: Smasher Land BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Athens, Ohio, USAăDial: (614) 593-8359ăSysop: Scott Mash ăComm Settings: 8-N-1 (Proboard v.1.17) FreeăBaud: 300 to 2400ăInfo Updated: 29-Feb-1992ăNotes: Smasher Land has textfiles and utilities for AD&D,ă GURPS, Shadowrun, Fantasy Hero, Champions, Traveller,ă etc. As well as a messagebase for each. Smasher Landă also offers a variety of online games that areă accessable by all users.ăă Internet/Usenet limited access is now available to allă users on Smasher Land BBS. You can send email to anyă internet, bitnet etc. address.ăăăName: U Want What!?! BBS, Macon, GA, USAăDial: (912) 471-7629 (soon 2 lines)ăSysop: Richard Weeks ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300 to 2400ăInfo Updated: 15-Feb-1992ăNotes: Several RPG doors are functioning including Barons,ă Axoru (shareware for now), Steller Quest, Trade Warsă 2002, and others. We have an AD&D and RPG message areaă and I am a 14 yr Dungeon Master for AD&D, as well asă playing and GM for Dragon Quest, Champions, RIFTS, V&Vă and others.ăăName: StormGate Aerie BBS, somewhere, 310 area code, USAăDial: 310-822-6729ăSysop: Nicolai ShaperoăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300/1200/2400/9600HST/14400HSTăNetwork: FidonetăInfo-Updated: 15-Apr-1992ăNotes: OTHER SUNS (sf role playing game) headquarters.ă Several multiplayer role playing games availableă through echomail. (A FidoNet echomail conferenceă is similar to an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup.)ăăName: The Fantasy Shop, Suitland, Maryland, USAăDial: 301 967 1843ăSponsor: Washington Metropolitan Area Gaming SocietyăContact: Jon F. Zeigler ăComm Settings: 8-N-1ăBaud: 300/1200/2400ăInfo-Updated: 2-May-1992ăNotes: The Fantasy Shop is a new (less than 2 months old) BBSă sponsored and operated by the Washington Metropolitană Area Gaming Society. It is devoted to discussion andă on-line play related to all aspects of the gaming hobby,ă particularly role-playing games. There are as yet noă user fees, although access is greater for members of theă Society. The new-user's password is "WMAGS".ăăName: The Guild [FTS]ăType: CNet 2.x (Amiga 2000)ăLocation: Los Angeles, CAăAdmin: Guy BartoliăTo Contact: gbartoli@guild.socal.comăPh#/Address: 310-641-6909 (5 lines)ăBps: 300/1200/2400 ăBits/Par/stop: 8N1ăAccess details: RPG'ers, Cyperpunks, and opinionated people welcome.ăFees: RPG games and all local discussion groups are free of charge. ă Access to UseNet requires a small donation to subsidize payingă for my feed.ăDesc: The Guild [FTS] is approximately a year old. It was founded ă with the premise that it would be primarily a RPG orientedăBBS,ă but has since evolved into carrying many different SIG's. ă The Guild [FTS] >does< pick up the rec.games.frp.* hierarcyăandă is also a member of the C-Link network (private FIDOnet, overă 120 nodes world-wide), which also has forums on RPG games.ăNotes: None - Give The Guild a call, and please mention that you saw ă it advertised on the UseNet so that I know where you areăcomingă from.ăăăName: MindVoxăLocation: New York, NYăAdministrator: Phantom Access Technologies, Inc.ăTo contact: info@phantom.com - 212-988-5987 (voice)ăPh#/Address: 212-988-5030 (or telnet phantom.com)ăAccess Details:24 local dial-ups @ 1200 - 19.2k / Live on InternetăFees: Ranges from $10 - $15 per month - flat rateăăDescription: MindVox offers access to about a dozen single and multiă player games online, ranging from the classics like Adventureă Rogue, Hack, Empire, Larn and UltraRogue, to continuing workă on its custom object-oriented virtual world called MAELSTROM.ă MAELSTROM is currently up and down depending on its testingă status but is expected to be solid by late 1992. Members cană also use MindVox to access a list of 10 different Multi-Useră Dimensions throughout the United States, Germany and Swedenă (the latter two come with english-version toggles and variousă MUD's include 3-d graphics and POV player location charts).ă A huge variety of material and scenarios to deal with, theiră development team at Phantom Access includes some of theă members of the original teams that designed the first onlineă multi-player games to ever exist.ăăăNotes: MindVox is the system of Phantom Access. It's very largeă and covers a wide variety of features and services thată are included in signing on (Usenet, worldwide Chat network,ă online single and multi-user games, etc). The main focusă of MindVox is on Cyberspace and role-playing. They have ă been covered in dozens of articles both hard-copy andă electronically. One of the principle owners is a writeră for Mondo 2000; most of the owners are ex-Legion of Doomă and other older hacker groups. Overall its a veryă interesting place to hang out even discounting the games.ă All new accounts are offered demo-time to look through theă system and get familiar with its features before subscribing.ăăăName: Dunkelzahn's LairăType: TinyMUD hybrid (With message bases, etc.)ăAccess: (413) 543-0148 During the School Year.ăLocation: University of Massachusetts, AmherstăDescription: For everyone who likes games. Also offers aă reactive environment for posting.ăNote: Is run on a 286, so is not the true MUD, it is a ă hybrid version.ăăName: Toronto Twilight Communications (TTC)ăType: PCBoard v14.5 (IBM, AMIGA, MAC support)ăLocation: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaăAdministrator: Rick DiLorenzo (SysOp), Various Co-SysOpsăTo contact: cs922056@juno.ariel.yorku.caăPh#/Address: (416) 733-9012 DATAăAccess Details: All BPS rates, 6 Nodes, N-8-1 supportedăFees: FREEăDescription: AD&D, Call of Cthulhu, D&D, GURPS, Paranoia, Lost Souls, ă Rifts, many others. ăNotes: Call - any games not listed may be set up and run!ă On-line doors (20+, from Trade Wars 2002 to The Pit),ă 1.2gb file section (2 CD-ROM drives), 5+ mail networks.ăăMORE LISTS OF BBS'Să ă If you find a BBS which is of interest to other games, let us know.ă If possible, please use the following template. Multiple linesă for each entry are OK.ăă Name :ă Type :ă Location :ă Administrator :ă To contact :ă Ph#/Address :ă Access Details :ă Fees :ă Description :ă Notes :ăăă