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Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D) is a highly complex fantasy role-playing system, enjoyed by people all over the world. AD&D is the oldest such system, tracing its roots back to the original Dungeons and Dragons (1973). There is a great deal of AD&D material on the Net: spell and priest books, campaigns, modules, new monsters, new spells, rules, interactive games, and lots of commentary. Web:
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Buying and Selling Role-Playing Games After awhile, you can reach the burn-out stage on any particular role-playing game. Don't let all that time, money and attention go to waste. On Usenet you can probably find someone who is interested in whatever you want to get rid of. Buy, sell or trade your fantasy role-playing material. It's all happening here. Usenet:
Fantasy Role Playing Talk and General Discussion Join up with the folks in Usenet and discuss your favorite or your most hated role-playing game and all the issues that come with it. Magic, mystery and adventure await you once you step across the line that separates fantasy from reality. Usenet:
Live-Action Role Playing What a great way to spend the evening -- dress up as someone else and take on a whole new life. Say goodbye to reality by doing some live-action role playing where you talk to other characters and solve a mystery or a problem the way your character would. You'll never be able to go back to ordinary board games again. Web:
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Magic: The Gathering "Magic: The Gathering" is a dungeons-and-dragons-type trading card game. The cards are sold by a company called Wizards of the Coast, which created the game in 1993. In order to play, you must first buy some cards (there are several thousand different cards available). Once you have cards, you can trade them with other people in order to improve the quality of your collection. A game takes place between two or more players, and lasts about 20 minutes. To prepare for a game, each player selects a number of cards from his particular collection. Thus, every game is different depending on which cards the players choose to use. Each player represents a powerful wizard, who plays his cards according to his particular strategy. The goal of the game is to gain control of a magical plane of existence. Many people around the world enjoy Magic: The Gathering. For example, Bill Gates often plays this game with his friends, using stock certificates instead of printed cards. (But then Bill plays Monopoly with real money.) Web:
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Miniatures I love miniatures and I'm not sure why. It's just so satisfying to hold and look at little things that look just like big things. When I get a chance to browse in a miniature store, I always have a great time, and I always see things I want to take home. I especially like the miniatures of old-fashioned things, maybe because it reminds me of what life was like when I was a kid. If you like miniatures, for collecting or role playing, you'll find lots to keep you occupied on the Net. Web:
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Role Playing Games Magazine This online magazine is devoted to role playing and related activities. When you need to take a break between games, what could be more relaxing than curling up with a warm computer and reading role-playing stories, news, announcements and reviews. Web:
Role Playing Resources There are a lot of role-playing fanatics on the Net, and lots and lots of resources for you to enjoy. Here are some good places to start. Whether you like fantasy, science fiction, cyberpunk, gothic or war, there are enough resources here to ensure you will never be so bored as to be tempted to go back to real life. Web:
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Star Trek Role Playing Don't settle for just watching or reading about Star Trek. You can actually be a Star Trek character in a role-playing game. Star Trek: it's more than fun -- it's a way of life. Web:
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Vampire: The Masquerade Vampire: The Masquerade is a series of live-action role-playing games (LARP) based on commercial rulesets derived from the White Wolf's World of Darkness. (In LARP, you not only wear costumes and participate, you act out the parts.) Web:
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Warhammer Warhammer is a strategy game in which people use a board and miniatures to simulate a fantasy war. These Web sites have a large archive of files, play aids, a bestiary, sample scenarios, and information on religion, rules, magick and careers. The mailing list and Usenet group are for discussing all aspects of Warhammer fantasy role play. Web:
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World of Darkness World of Darkness is a general umbrella term for games such as Werewolf, Mage, Wraith, Changeling and the Vampire: The Masquerade series, all produced by White Wolf Game Studios. These Web sites have links to the various games, archives, and related Usenet groups. There is one Usenet group for the Storyteller system, and another group for White Wolf games. Web:
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