From: [rg frp announce] at [magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu] Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.announce,news.answers,rec.answers Subject: [rec.games.frp.*] archive sites with roleplaying material Date: 4 Jun 1994 18:26:41 GMT Archive-name: games/roleplay/part3 Last-Modified: 6/1/1994 Archives FTP SITES AND MAIL SERVERS There is no general archive of rec.games.frp postings. However, several people maintain public-access archives of interesting and/or generally useful material as a courtesy to their fellow netters. In addition to archived articles, some of these archive sites offer articles which are never posted to rec.games.frp. If you want to find these articles you will have to use an archive server of some sort. THANKS Thanks go to Adam Dray, [a--r--y] at [mcs.kent.edu], who has checked these sites and more. He has some periodic postings which appear in r.g.f.archives. Contents: Tabolport archive Navero archive The Guildsman (an amateur zine) archive The ADnD ftp site at tybalt AD&D ftp and AFS site at Stanford *DEAD* The Resurrection of Greyhawk ftp.mpgn.com:/Gaming/fantasy/... White Wolf ftp archive site Traveller-Vehicles ftp site Champions archive The Jayhawk series archive sites FTP server at iesd.auc.dk Tiamat ftp site RuneQuest Digest archive site Garfield.catt.ncsu.edu FTP.FUNET.FI GRASS-SERVER ADND-L FILELIST Australian FRP Archive ** WAIS cyberpunk archives ** ConnectAmerica FTP Server FTP Archives ------------ Anonymous FTP archives can be accessed from Unix machines on the Internet by typing ftp
, where
is either an Internet address or a routing number. At the "Name:" prompt, type "anonymous"; at the "Password:" prompt, type your userid or "guest" (or something equally thoughtful). For further information on ftp, check the documentation at your site or consult a local guru. Users at non-Internet sites (especially those on BITNET/Netnorth/EARN) may want to try the BITNET FTP server at Princeton. To obtain directions on the use of the server, send a mail file containing the line HELP to [BITF T P] at [PUCC.BITNET.] An alternative is the ftpmail service at decwrl.dec.com. Again send a message containing the one line help to [f t pmail] at [decwrl.dec.com.] Name: Tabolport archive Address: athena.mit.edu Contact: [H--N--Y] at [critical.mit.edu] Status: Available via AFS, not via FTP Info Updated: 29-Jun-992 Notes: Jemearl T. Smith maintains an anonymous FTP archive which contains material relating to Tabolport, a fantasy city being designed cooperatively by the readers of rec.games.frp. It's available in the Andrew File System under /afs/athena.mit.edu/project/tabolport. (Jim Bassman Davenport, who was in charge of the Tabolport project, has graduated and no longer has net access. Freeland K. Abbott, the semi-official administrator, can be reached at [f--b--t] at [athena.mit.edu.] If anyone has access to Project Athena at MIT, Freeland has also put a set of the Tabolport files in a publicly-accessible locker named "tabolport".) Name: Navero Address: ics.uci.edu Info Updated: Notes: All issues (including the latest) of the Navero series of stories are available in /usenet/rec.games.frp/navero. The issues are compressed, so be sure to use binary mode to transfer them. In addition, there are a few other items in /usenet/rec.games.frp, like an Excel AD&D 2nd Edition character generator (written by John Roy <[r--y] at [ics.uci.edu]>) and some postscript character sheets.(Thanks to Mark Nagel ([n--g--l] at [ics.uci.edu]) for setting this up.) Archive sites are also set up for the LaTeX versions of the Navero saga: Compressed: ftp.cc.gatech.edu pub/frp/navero/navero.tar.Z Uncompressed: ftp.white.toronto.edu pub/frp/navero/navero.tar ASCII LaTeX files: ftp.cs.pdx.edu pub/frp/stories/navero/tex/. Note: This last site also has copies of EPIC and EEPIC, which are needed to create some of the graphics contained in the files. It is described fully in the readme file. Name: The Guildsman (an electronic gaming zine) FTP sites Address: ftp.cs.pdx.edu (3.22.2.4) in pub/frp/ucrgg ftp.mpgn.com:/Gaming/fantasy/... Info Updated: 28-Jan-1993 Notes: The Guildsman is a defunct RPG zine which was once regularly inundated by gaming material from writers both on and off the net. The six issues produced are available in LaTeX and PostScript formats (sorry, ASCII not available). Feel free to contact the zine's editor via email: [j--v] at [ucrengr.ucr.edu] Name: The ADnD ftp site at ccosun New Address: ccosun.caltech.edu SANDMAN.CCO.CALTECH.EDU Contact: Gary `Lanz' Fuller <[g--r--f] at [ccosun.caltech.edu]> Info Updated: 28-Feb-1994 Notes: ccosun is no longer an FTP site, excepting some UA (Unlimited Adventures for the PC) files Name: AD&D ftp and AFS site at Stanford Address: greyhawk.stanford.edu (36.8.1.243) Contact: Mark Steiglitz <[s--e--g] at [cs.stanford.edu]> Info Updated: 28-FEB-1994 NOTES: Greyhawk is dead. See the MPG-NET entry. Name: Adventure Materials at ftp.mpgn.com The Resurrection of Greyhawk! Address: ftp.mpgn.com:/Gaming/fantasy/... Mirrors: ftp.iastate.edu Contact: [f t p maint] at [mpgn.com] Info Updated: 28-Feb-1994 Notes: Multi-Player Games Network (MPG-Net) is proud to present..... The Resurrection of the Greyhawk FTP Site!!!! The files from the former Greyhawk site have been relocated to a FTP site maintained by MPG-Net. Limited Number of sessions for anonymous FTP. Uploading: Certainly! All that we ask is that the material you offer to be placed on the archive not violate any copyright restrictions or other distribution laws and agreements. Contributions can be placed in the "/incoming" directory where they will be moved to an appropriate place in the archive as soon as possible. Also, it might be a good idea to drop a note to [f t p maint] at [MPGN.COM] explaining what the file contains. Note that files placed in the "/incoming" directory are not immediately available for retrieval. This is for three reasons: 1) To scan for inappropriate content or viruses; 2) To prevent the use of our disk space as a rendezvous for illicit material and 3) To watch for copyrighted material. While MPG-Net will attempt to scan binaries for viruses, they are by no means guaranteed to be virus free. You should, for your safety, assume that the files have not been checked for the presence of viruses. Ex-Greyhawk: This site contains most of the organized AD&D-related material posted to rec.games.frp. The files are stored either in their natural form or as tar archives. The archive currently contains the UCR Guildsman, various versions of the net spellbooks, character sheets, and hex graph paper, Alpha's Spells, the Elf's Gamebook, the Net Monster Manual, the Penultimate MU Spell List, the Spell Description Language, and the WATSFIC Tournament. Name: White Wolf ftp archive site Address: soda.berkeley.edu (28.32.49.9) ftp.csua.berkeley.edu Contact: Shannon Appel <[a--p--l] at [soda.berkeley.edu]> (Ars Mag) Info Updated: 2-Mar-1992 Notes: An FTP-able archive exists in the /pub/ars_magica and /pub/vampire directories. Name: White Wolf FAQ archive Contact: [t--r--n] at [netcom.com] (Darren/Torin/Who ever...) Address: netcom.com:/pub/torin/mage/ww.faq.gz. Notes: Torin is archiving the FAQ for White Wolf's Storyteller system of games. This is the official FAQ from Sam Chupp of White Wolf. There is another Storyteller faq maintained by Deird'Re Brooks on the (former soda) ftp.csua.berkeley.edu ftp site but she has stated that she will probably discontinue it soon in light of the FAQ from Sam Chupp. Name: Traveller-Vehicles ftp site Address: ocf.berkeley.edu (28.32.84.24) or plague and tornado are now a part of this machine. Contact: Steve Huntsberry <[s--ev--h] at [ocf.berkeley.edu]> Info Updated: 9-Nov-1992 Notes: An FTP-able archive exists in the pub/Traveller/vehicles directory, and maybe others. Contact-Note: George Herbert has graduated, and I have taken over the admin of the Traveller Vehicle Archives. Name: Champions archive Address: ftp.cs.pdx.edu Contact: [t--e--t] at [cs.pdx.edu] [c--h--n] at [spot.colorado.edu] Info Updated: 24-Apr-1993 Notes: The champions archive is now active and accepting submissions. There are already many characters, stories, plots, and gadgets, but we're always looking for more. To submit anything, place it in the tmp/ directory, and send mail to [t--e--t] at [cs.pdx.edu] telling him what it is, and into which sub-directory it should go. directories: Bases.Vehicles.Gadgets/ Misc/ Characters/ Plots-Stories/ Organizations/ Name: The Jayhawk series archive sites Address: ftp.white.toronto.edu ftp.cs.pdx.edu Info Updated: -May-1993 Notes: Mary Kuhner's <[m k kuhner] at [genetics.washington.edu]> Jayhawk series of stories (high quality shadowrun writeups) are available in several archive sites. Mary has offered to mail the stories if you can't get to one of the servers. site: ftp.white.toronto.edu file: /pub/frp/shadowrun/jayhawk site2: ftp.cs.pdx.edu directory: /pub/frp/stories/jayhawk Name: iesd.auc.dk FTP server Address: iesd.auc.dk (3.22.48.4) Contact: Soren Parbaek <[p--b--k] at [iesd.auc.dk]> or <[at 47] at [cleveland.freenet.edu]> Info Updated: 3-Dec-1993, good until 3-Jan-92 Notes: Contains: Archive site for the Rolemaster list, Complete scenarios to misc. roleplaying games, the net.plot.books, a list of rpg-clubs in Denmark and info on danish conventions. Submissions to Soren Parbaek or in the incoming directory. Name: Marshall U. FTP server Address: quayle.mu.wvnet.edu (29.7.32.) Contact: Phil Smith <[s--i--h] at [muvms3.wvnet.edu]> Info Updated: 4-Mar-1992 Notes: Restricted to non-work hours Eastern Standard/Daily Time. Use the /pub/rpg and /pub/rpg/dnd directories, and incoming goes to /pub/rpg/incoming. The Midnight's Bane stories are in /pub/rpg/uploads/Midnights_Bane. Name: Northern Arizona University anonymous FTP server Address: rainbow.cse.nau.edu (34.4.64.24) ftp.nau.edu Contact: William E. Wilson <[w--w] at [naucse.cse.nau.edu]> Info Updated: -dec-199 Notes: Currently has general info for Traveller and MegaTraveller. Plans to expand offerings by including programs and game aids for Rolemaster, MERP, CoC, Dark Conspiracy, Cyberpunk and other game systems. If you would like to submit something of yours, just e-mail a description to the contact. Name: University of San Diego anonymous FTP service Address: teetot.acusd.edu Contact: Jerry Stratton <[j--r--y] at [teetot.acusd.edu]> Info Updated: January 22, 1993 Notes: Currently includes space for AD&D, Shadowrun, and Brand X (an original superhero roleplaying game). This is the distribution point for the Neo-Anarchists Guide to Everything Else, the net.book for shadowrun players. Formerly the USDCSV and Beelzebub site. ***** Name: Tiamat ftp site Address: tiamat.umd.umich.edu ftp.umd.umich.edu Info Updated: /23/92 Notes: All submissions should go into the /uploads dir, 2-3 days for a submission to be processed. Processed files in /pub/frp/* Quoting Mike Suzio (the maintainer): I'm hoping to make this site a Champions archive, since potemkin gets so little traffic, and I *know* there should be at least a few people out there with ideas for champions. Oh - I'm asking that all uploads be accompanied by a text file explaining what they are (especially with binaries; I don't have the time to run everything to find out what it is), and that you send me ([m--uz--o] at [tiamat.umd.umich.edu]) mail before uploading anything over 2 megs or so, just as a courtesy. Thanks. Name: RuneQuest Digest archive site Address: soda.berkeley.edu (28.32.49.9) ftp.csua.berkeley.edu Contact: Shannon Appel <[a--p--l] at [soda.berkeley.edu]> Notes: An archive of the old issues of the RQ Digest Name: GARFIELD.CATT.NCSU.EDU Address: GARFIELD.CATT.NCSU.EDU (2..43.23) Directory: /pub/DND/* /incoming/Dnd.stuff/* Notes: Small source of misc. AD&D stuff. (9//92) [Thanks Adam Dray] Name: FTP.FUNET.FI Address: FTP.FUNET.FI (28.24.6.) Directory: /pub/doc/games/roleplay/* Updated: 28-Feb-1994 Notes: Well-maintained Finnish site. Extensive RoleMaster. Some AD&D and AD&D DM programs, misc. character sheets, fiction, star maps. (2//92) [Thanks Adam Dray] MAIL ARCHIVES Name: GRASS-SERVER Address: [GRASS SERVER] at [wharton.upenn.edu] Contact: [GRASS REQUEST] at [wharton.upenn.edu] Info Updated: 4-Sep-99 Notes: GRASS is a project to explore Generic (i.e. usable for any game system) Religions and Secret Societies for roleplaying games. Archives of GRASS and of the Mythos Delvers lists, and interesting postings from rec.games.frp and other newsgroups which are appropriate to GRASS may be retrieved via the GRASS-SERVER. To use the GRASS-SERVER, send mail containing the command HELP within the subject line and/or the body of the mail message to the server address. Address comments to the administrator. Name: ADND-L FILELIST Address: [L--TS--V] at [UTARLVM.BITNET] Info Updated: 9-May-99 Notes: Most of the net spell books are available here. all you have to do is send a mail file or BITNET style interactive message to that address. Each line of the mail message should include a single command. The most important command to know is GET. The second most important command to know is INDEX, which will give a listing of the available files. Maybe you should start with the HELP command. Some of the files on the server include: GNSB MAGIC the great net.spellbook MAGIC ITEMS the magic items list POISON DIGEST the poisons list TOME MAGIC tome of might magic CANTRIPS DIGEST MONSTER MANUAL fairly small monster manual Name: Australian FRP Archive Address: yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au in /pub/frp/ Contact: Aaron Wigley <[w--s] at [yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au]> Info Updated: 9-Dec-992 Notes: This site contains mirrors of Shadowrun sites, for Australian users. Submissions should follow guidelines shown when connecting to the site about uploading material. Please limit your accesses to between 8 GMT and 23 GMT (8 - 9 AEST). Name: Wais Cyberpunk Archive Address: wais.com in /pub/games/cyberpunk and /pub/games/cyberpunk/gurps Contact: [b--i--t] at [wais.com] Info Updated: 1-Jun-1994 Notes: Archive is for Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2020, and GURPS Cyberpunk related materials. Incoming to /pub/incoming along with email to [t--er--a] at [gora.rain.com] naming the file and describing it. Nothing gets archived without this info. /pub/games/cyberpunk/mekton holds the most recent copy (updated every time it's put out) of the Net Mekton Mechabook, but no other Mekton information is or will be archived. Name: ConnectAmerica anonymous FTP server Address: callamer.com (currently 129.65.16.125, changing soon) Contact: Chris Knight ([c--ud--s] at [callamer.com]) Info Updated: 1-Mar-1994 Notes: Has information related to the Chill horror roleplaying game. Includes archives of the Chill mailing list. Chill-related stuff in ~ftp/chill. =============================================================================== The rec.games.frp general FAQ is maintained by Coyt D. Watters [c--tt--s] at [magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu] Free or at cost distribution rights granted in all instances, for profit or cost+ distribution rights require a signed release.