Archive-name: games/roleplay/part5ãLast-modified: 3/10/93ããMAILING LISTS AND DIGESTS part 2/2ããThe next large group of entries describe Internet mailing lists.ãSome of them allow automated subscriptions and/or archive retrieval,ãothers do not. To join, send electronic mail to the address listed underã"Contact:". Send submissions to the "List:" address.ããContents:ã        Traveller Mailing Listã        Ars Magica Mailing Listã        GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies   )ã        Champions mailing listã        TORGã        Call of Cthulhu Mailing Listã        Warhammer Mailing Listã        CAMELOT mailing listã        VAMPIRE Mailing Listã        IFGS Mailing Listã        Forgotten Realms Mailing Listã        Interactive Literature Foundation (ILF) mailing listã        Warhammer 40K Mailing Listã        San Francisco Bay Area Gamer's Mailing Listã**      Miniatures Mailing Listã        Ravenloft Mailing Listã        Amber Mailing Listã**      The Wizards of the Coast announcement listã**      The Talislanta discussion groupã**      The Primal Order discussion groupã**      The Experts development groupã**      The Rivals of Estedhil development groupã**      The Art of Game Mastering development groupã**      The Military Order development groupã        GURPS Announcementsã        GURPS discussion groupã**      Chaosium Digestã**      The FRP Portable Tools Projectãã** - new or changed entry.ããName:           Traveller Mailing ListãContact:        traveller-request@engrg.uwo.ca (James T.Perkins)ãList:           List address made available once a new member has subscribed.ãArchived:       FTP from ftp.engrg.uwo.ca (129.100.100.12)ãInfo Updated:   February 5, 1993ãNotes:          The Internet Traveller Mailing List is intended for theã                discussion of the Traveller Science Fiction Role Playingã                Game, published by Game Designers' Workshop. All variants ofã                Traveller (Traveller 2300, MegaTraveller, The New Era), andã                Traveller games (Snapshot, Trillion Credit Squadron, etc.)ã                are included, too. Discussion is unmoderated and open to allã                facets and levels of Traveller discussion. Listeners as wellã                as contributors are welcome.ã                Past messages are available via anonymous FTP fromã                ftp.engrg.uwo.ca (129.100.100.12) in the /pub/travellerã                directory. The list manager can retrieve old articles, tooã                (but try the automated sources first, please). The archiveã                site is graciously administered by Dan Corrinã                <dan@engrg.uwo.ca>.ãããName:           Ars Magica Mailing ListãContact:        ars-magica-request@soda.berkeley.eduãList:           ars-magica@soda.berkeley.eduãArchived:       FTP from soda.berkeley.eduãInfo Updated:   12-Mar-1992ãNotes:          An FTP-able archive exists at soda.berkeley.edu in ã                the pub/ars_magica directory. Send requests for archive info toã                Shannon D. Appel <appel@soda.berkeley.edu>.ããName:           GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies)ãContact:        GRASS-SERVER@wharton.upenn.eduãList:           GRASS@wharton.upenn.eduãAdministrator:  GRASS-REQUEST@wharton.upenn.eduãArchived:       Mail to GRASS-SERVER@wharton.upenn.eduãInfo Updated:   29-Jun-1992ãNotes:          The GRASS (Generic Religions and Secret Societies) mailing listã                is a small working group formed in order to write up religionsã                and secret societies for use in role-playing games. Bothã                real-world and fictional religions and secret societies areã                covered. Before you join GRASS you must demonstrate that youã                are serious about at least occasionally producing somethingã                useful by producing a substantive original writeup of aã                religion or secret society in some format or another andã                sending it to grass@wharton.upenn.edu. Once you have sent yourã                first writeup in you will be added to the mailing list. We doã                have a preferred format for write-ups. In order to get a copyã                send mail to GRASS-SERVER@wharton.upenn.edu with a subject lineã                of GET GRASS.FORMAT You do NOT have to join the mailing list inã                order to see what the mailing list produces. Anyone can use theã                mail archive server to retrieve articles or discussion logs.ã                Archives may be retrieved via GRASS-SERVER. To use theã                GRASS-SERVER, send mail containing the command HELP within theã                subject line and/or the body of the mail message to:ã                GRASS-SERVER@wharton.upenn.eduããName:           Champions mailing listãContact:        champ-request@elysium.esd.sgi.comãList:           champ@elysium.esd.sgi.comãStatus:         Active:ãInfo Updated:   1-Feb-1991ãNotes:          The list manager asks that new subscribers include theirã                address (preferably in domain notation) in their subscriptionã                request.ãããName:           TORGãContact:        torg-request@morticia.cnns.unt.eduãList:           torg@morticia.cnns.unt.eduãAdministrator:  torg-owner@morticia.cnns.unt.eduãArchived:       FTP from morticia.cnns.unt.edu.ãStatus:         ActiveãInfo Updated:   15-Aug-1991ãNotes:          An Internet mailing list to discuss the possibilities of the   ã                Infiniverse. For information, send email to the contact   ã                address. On the subject line, type the single word "help". Thisã                mailing list is also gatewayed to the usenet newsgroupã                alt.games.torg.  To subscribe, send email to the contactã                address. On the subject line type "subscribe" (or "sub"). Noã                parameter is necessary for the subscription command.ã                Optionally, you may type your name after the subscriptionã                command. It will be visible on the list along with yourã                address. Optionally, also, you may give the command "subscribeã                -".  This hides your address from others on the list.  Toã                unsubscribe, send your request to torg-request. The subject   ã                line and/or the first line of the mail should read: ã                unsubscribe {user} ã                where {user} is the address that you wish to unsubscribe.  Torgã                archives are available via anonymous ftp in pub/lists atã                morticia.cnns.unt.edu. You may make submissions in theã                directory pub/lists/submissions  The list is coordinated byã                Clay Luther    (cluther@morticia.cnns.unt.edu).ãããName:           Call of Cthulhu Mailing ListãContact:        cthulhu-request@cs.qmw.ac.ukãStatus:         ActiveãInfo Updated:   12-May-1991ãNotes:          A mailing list for discussion about *the* horror frp. CoC.ããName:           The Warhammer Mailing ListãContact:        wfrp-request@morticia.cnns.unt.eduãList:           wfrp@morticia.cnns.unt.eduãAdministrator:  wfrp-owner@morticia.cnns.unt.eduãStatus:         Active?ãInfo Updated:   30-May-1991ãNotes:          For the discussion of Games Workshop's Warhammer Universe, theã                Old World,  Warhammer Fantasy Role Play, and Warhammer Fantasyã                Battle. The Warhammer mailing list is running ListMan 1.0b Listã                Manager software.  To subscribe, send email to the aboveã                request address and as the first word on the subject line orã                any line in the text of the message put the word "sub". You mayã                also include a parameter with the sub command.  This parameterã                will be treated as your *real* name, not your address (which isã                determined from your mail headers).  You may also sendã                wfrp-request other commands, not the least of which is "help". ããContact:        camelot-request@castle.ed.ac.ukãList:           camelot@castle.ed.ac.ukãStatus:         ActiveãInfo Updated:   15-Jun-1991ãNotes:    A new mailing list on the subject of Arthurian legend and Grailã          Lore. The 'Matter of Britain', as it is known, in all itsã          guises and all related subjects will be discussed in anã          unmoderated mailing list. Camelot is a forum for discussion ofã          all Arthurian fields of interest.  The mailing list is newã          (started on 11 Jun 1991) and is run by Chris Thornborrow, aã          (new) member of the Pendragon Society who has studied Arthurianã          legend and Grail Lore for quite a while.ã  ãName:           VAMPIRE Mailing ListãList:           VAMPIRE@math.ufl.eduãContact:        VAMPIRE-REQUEST@math.ufl.eduãAdministrator:  Bob Slaughter <bss@math.ufl.edu>ãArchived:       anonymous ftp to soda.berkeley.edu in pub/vampireãInfo Updated:   5-jun-1992ãNotes:          There is now a mailing list dedicated to the White Wolf       ã                Role-Playing game, "Vampire". To subscribe, send a messageã                containing "sub <addr> vampire" to LISTSERV@math.ufl.edu. Toã                UNSUB, send a message containing "unsub <addr> vampire" to theã                listserver as well. The <addr> is optional, in case you want toã                receive the list at a different mailing address.ãããName:           IFGS, International Fantasy Gaming SocietyãContact:        Greg Trotter <greg@slinky.fidonet.org>ãList:           ifgsrpg@slinky.fidonet.orgãStatus:         ActiveãInfo Updated:   03-Sept-1991ãNotes:          This is a FidoNet/Internet email list for the promotion andã                discussion of Live Action Roleplaying games, mainly of the IFGSã                variety (but we LOVE to hear about other games like SIL/ILF,ã                The Fantasy Alternative, The Great Escape, etc.) ã ããName:           The Forgotten Realms Mailing ListãContact         John Feldmeier <johnf@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>ãList:           fr@ccwf.cc.utexas.eduãStatus:         activeãInfo Updated:   12-Jan-1992ãNotes:          Anything involving the Forgotten Realms is accepted.ãããName:           Interactive Literature Foundation (ILF) mailing listãContact:        ilf-info-request@han.paramax.comãList:           ilf-info@han.paramax.comãStatus:         ActiveãInfo Updated:   20-Sep-1992ãNotes:          This mailing list is for the discussion of live action roleã                playing, most often the type not covered by IFGS-style games,ã                but open to all discussions of interactive literature (anotherã                name for live action role playing games!).  US Mail address forã                the ILF: ã                PO Box 196ã                Merrifield, VA 22116-0196ã                The ILF's quarterly journal is called METAGAME and articlesã                about live action role playing are always welcome!  Sendã                articles to: jim@visix.com.  Other questions about the ILFã                should be sent to: Terilee Edwards <tnc!m0054@uunet.uu.net>ã                Ilf-info is NOT a function of nor is it sponsored by theã                Interactive Literature Foundation and never really has been. ã                It is a mail repeater run by Tom Jewell of Cruel Hoaxã                Productions (an IL game production group) as a public service. ã                Tom is not associated with the ILF and merely sponsors the listã                for fun.ããName:           The Warhammer 40K Mailing ListãContact:        war40k-request@bismarck.gatech.eduãList:           war40k@bismarck.gatech.eduãAdmin:          Greg Williams <gw18@prism.gatech.EDU>ãStatus:         ActiveãInfo Updated:   12-Jan-1992ãNotes:          Reviews of 40K books as they come out, preferably from      ã                more than one source. Other people's armies in detail. A      ã                section on paint schemes and markings. New equiptment.      ã                Houserules. Discussions of tactics in 40K. What's worked      ã                for you in the past, Space Marine, etc.ããName:           The San Francisco Bay Area Gamer's Mailing ListãContact:        bag-request@gomez.intel.com  (D. J. McCarthy)ãList:           List adress made available once a new member has subscribed.ãArchived:       NoãInfo Updated:   23-SEP-1991ãNotes:          The Bay Area Gamer's mailing list is for discussion andã                information-spreading about various role-playing, board, andã                war games and conventions throughout the 408, 415, and 510 areaã                codes.ããName:          The Miniatures Mailing ListãContact         minilist-request@cs.unc.eduãStatus:        ActiveãInfo Updated:  5-Feb-1993ãNotes:         The Figures Mailing List is an archived mailing list forã          discussion of painting, sculpting, converting, andã          displaying of miniature figurines, generally forã          wargaming or fantasy role-playing games, and generally inã          the smaller scales (15mm-30mm).ãã          To subscribe, send e-mail toã               minilist-request@cs.unc.eduã          with subjectã               SUBSCRIBEã          You should receive a help file in acknowledgement.ããName:           Ravenloft Mailing ListãContact:        rl-request@ais.orgãList:           rl-list@ais.orgãArchived:       ftp from tybalt and greyhawkãInfo Updated:   2-May-1992ãNotes:          Chat about doomful things in general, centered around TSR'sã                campaign world of Ravenloft. Archived materials includeã                reviews, discussion, monsters, magic items, computerized soundã                files, etc.ããName:           Amber Mailing ListãContact:        oberon-request@amber.uchicago.eduãList:           oberon@amber.uchicago.eduãListowner:      cliff@uchicago.eduãModerator:      Cliff WinnigãArchived:       not at this timeãInfo Updated:   11-Nov-1992ãNotes:          This list is for the discussion of the Amber Dicelessã                Role-Playing Game and the Amber novels, and is completelyã                unmoderated.ãMod-Quote:      I'd like to publicly thank Dave Martin for doing a wonderful ã                job as the list's founder and first administrator!ããName:           The Wizards of the Coast announcement listãContact:        listserv@wizards.comãList:           not applicableãModerator:      Peter D Adkison <mavra@wizards.com>ãNotes:          This mailing list is used for general announcements and pressã                releases.  Posting to this list should only be done by WotCã                personnel.  Membership on this list will keep you informed ofã                forthcoming WotC products, changes in management, and so forth.ã                Mail volume is kept light, and all messages clearly state theã                intent of the message right at the beginning so people can skipã                to the next message if they're not interested.ãRequirements:   None.  We recommend that everyone who has any interest inã                Wizards of the Coast at all join this mailing list.ãããName:           The Talislanta discussion groupãSubscription:   listserv@wizards.comãPosting:        talislanta-l@wizards.comãModerator:      Beverly Marshall Saling (persistence@wizards.com)ãNotes:          Free form discussion of the Talislanta game system andã                universe.ããName:           The Primal Order discussion groupãSubscription:   listserv@wizards.comãPosting:        tpo-l@wizards.comãModerator:      Peter D Adkison <mavra@wizards.com>ãNotes:          Free form discussion of *The Primal Order.*  The author of theã                book is the moderator of the group.ããName:           The Experts development groupãSubscription:   listserv@wizards.comãPosting:        experts-l@wizards.comãModerator:      Peter D Adkison <mavra@wizards.com>ãNotes:          This group focuses in on the task of writing integration notesã                for converting gaming stats from some system-independentã                platform to various game systems.  The integration notes forã                *The Primal Order,* and the upcoming *Pawns: The Opening Move* ã                were written by this group.  If you're a rules-lawyer this isã                the place for you. ãRequirements:   Thorough knowledge of at least one game system in print.ããName:           The Rivals of Estedhil development groupãSubscription:   listserv@wizards.comãPosting:        rivals-l@wizards.comãModerator:      Jonathan Tweet <jot@aol.com>ãNotes:          This group is for playtesting and critique of the *Rivals ofã                Estedhil* module being written for Wizards of the Coast byã                Jonathan Tweet (*Ars Magica, Talislanta, Over The Edge*).  Thisãã               module is for the Primal Order line.ãRequirements:   Familiarity with *The Primal Order.*ããName:           The Art of Game Mastering development groupãSubscription:   listserv@wizards.comãPosting:        taogm-l@wizards.comãModerator:      Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@wizards.com>ãNotes:          Development group for discussion, critique, and researchã                involving the forthcoming book by Ken McGlothlen, *The Art ofã                Game Mastering (TaoGM).*ããName:           The Military Order development groupãSubscription:   listserv@wizards.comãPosting:        tmo-l@wizards.comãModerator:      Peter D Adkison <mavra@wizards.com>ãNotes:          Development group for discussion, critique, and researchã                involving the forthcoming capsystem by Peter Adkison, ã                *The Military Order.*ããName:           gurps-announce-extãSubscription:   laird@think.comãPosting:        on approval of subscriptionãModerator:      Laird Popkin (laird@think.com)ãNotes:          gurps-announce-ext, is for occasional GURPS product and ã                playtest announcements and things along those lines.ããName:           gurps-extãSubscription:   laird@think.comãPosting:        on approval of subscriptionãModerator:      Laird Popkin (laird@think.com)ãNotes:          gurps-ext, is for general GURPS discussion.  It's a smallã                list right now, intended for "serious" discussions of GURPS ã                issues.  The current topic of discussion is "what should be ã                in the next edition of the GURPS Basic Set."ããName:           Chaosium DigestãContact:        appel@erzo.berkeley.edu ãNotes:          The Chaosium Digest shall specifically be a forum for all ã                of the great Chaosium games that do not already have a ã                place of discussion.ãã                This includes (but is not limited to): Basic Role Playing,ã                Call of Cthulhu, Elric!, Elfquest, Hawkmoon, Pendragon,ã                Ringworld, Stormbringer, Superworld, Worlds of Wonder, ã                Arkham Horror, Perilous Encounters and Stomp!ãã                The Chaosium Digest will NOT include articles for games ã                which already have forums of discussion.  As far as I know,ã                this only includes Runequest right now (all discussion onã                Runequest should be directed to the excellent RuneQuest ã                digest, administered by Henk Langeveld).ããName:          The FRP Portable Tools ProjectãContact:       listserv@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.caãTrouble:       pascal@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.caãList:          character-gen@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.caãStatus:        ActiveãArchived:      Automated access from listserv (above)ãInfo Updated:  13-Mar-1993ãNotes:         The goal of this project is to become the GNU of theã               FRP world.  We are a group of primarily AD&D playersã               who have gotten together to write programs in portableã               ANSI C for everyone to use.ãã               Being tired of substandard shareware, this group desires ã               to create quality software for both the players and the ã               GMs that is completely free to the user.ãã               Programmers and documentation writers are always ã               welcome, but if you don't feel like contributing inã               those areas, your ideas are valuable also!ãã