Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.announce,news.answers From: rg-frp-announce@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: [rec.games.frp.*] BBSes of interest to roleplayers Followup-To: rec.games.frp.misc Originator: cwatters@top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Keywords: roleplaying games, official & unofficial BBSes, administrivia Nntp-Posting-Host: top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1992 15:47:55 GMT Archive-name: roleplay/part6 Last-Modified: 10/23/92 BBS's for Roleplayers Contents: The Steve Jackson Games BBS -- Austin, Texas, USA The Red October BBS (Hero Games) -- Austin, Texas, USA ** The Harnline BBS (Columbia Games) -- Vancouver Canada Blacksburg Tactical Research Center (BTRC) Internet Mail Address Necropolis of Dreams (Ragnarok Games) -- Austin, TX, USA The Broken Blade BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Seattle, Washington, USA Astral Void BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Mesa, Arizona, USA Red Star BBS (Vervan Net backbone) -- Burlington, IL, USA Purgatory BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Salem, Oregon, USA Bladerunner BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Waltham, Mass. USA The DUNGEON BBS (Unaffiliated) -- western (?) NY State, USA TeleDunjon III and IV (Unaffiliated) -- Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, USA Smasher Land BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Athens, Ohio, USA U Want What!?! BBS (Unaffiliated), Macon, GA, USA StormGate Aerie BBS (Other Suns), somewhere, 310 area code, USA The Fantasy Shop (Unaffiliated), Suitland, Maryland, USA ** The Guild (Unaffiliated), Los Angeles, California, USA ** Mindvox (Unaffiliated), New York, NY, USA ** Dunkelzahn's Lair (Unaffiliated) Amherst, MA, USA GAME COMPANY BBS's Several RPG companies now run their own electronic bulletin boards. To connect to them, you must use a personal computer and a modem. (Exception: the BTRC address is not a BBS, but a real live game designer with an internet connection.) Name: The Steve Jackson Games BBS -- Austin, TX, USA Dial: (512)-447-4449 Comm Settings: 8-N-1 (7-E-1 may work too) Baud: 300,1200,2400 Info Updated: 3-Dec-1991 Notes: Steve Jackson Games operates a two line BBS, named the Illuminati BBS, with discussion areas for most of SJG's games, including GURPS. Much of the playtest feedback for new products comes from the BBS. Name: The Red October BBS (Hero Games) -- Austin, TX, USA Dial: (512)-834-2548 Comm Settings: 8-N-1??? Baud: 300,1200,2400??? Info Updated: 1-Feb-1991 Notes: Red October is the semi-official BBS of Hero Games. Many Hero games supplement authors regularly call and there are several discussion boards about Hero Games. There are also pre-release beta test versions of most of the upcoming supplements from Hero Games, as well as up-to-the- minute news. Name: The Harnline BBS (Columbia Games) -- Vancouver Canada Dial: (604)-998-1703 Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300,1200,2400 Info Updated: 20-Sep-1992 Notes: Columbia Games (makers of the Harn series of campaign supplements and the fantasy RPG system Harnmaster) has a BBS called Harnline. There are currently about 50 files, mostly unpublished material or revisions of published material. User contributions are encouraged. The home of Harnline is Duffle Board - Rob Duff runs the board. Because of the cost of calling Vancouver, Canada, from various parts of North America and Europe, Columbia joined Vervan net (see below for information on how to use it). Name: Blacksburg Tactical Research Center (BTRC) Email Address Info Updated: 19-Nov-1992 Notes: Greg Porter of BTRC is available for any and all questions relating to the BTRC's line of games and game products (TimeLords and SpaceTime RPG's, Macho Women with Guns, 3G, CORPS, WarpWorld, etc.). BTRC is an AMERICA ONLINE (AOL) account, Internet readers can use BTRC@aol.com . Name: Necropolis of Dreams (Ragnarok Games) -- Austin, TX, USA Dial: (512)-472-6905, (512)-472-6220 Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 2400, 9600 Info Updated: 4-Dec-1992 Notes: Necropolis of Dreams has been online for almost 8 years. It features over 50 message bases with a heavy concentration on gaming and game design as well as alternative political and arts topics. It is sponsored by Ragnarok Games (publishers of Ysgarth, Suburban Slasher, To Challenge Tomorrow, etc), but discussion is not limited by that and a wide variety of gaming topics are addressed. The user base is very active and much fun is to be had by all. Operating 24 hours on both lines. NON-AFFILIATED ROLE-PLAYING GAME BBS's There are quite a few Independent BBS's with a strong RPG slant out there in the great land of telecommunications. Any comments on the suitability of including them in this file are welcomed. Note that the compiler of this list cannot check out these BBS's to ensure that they work as described. If you send information about a BBS to me, please make sure your information is *complete* and accurate. Thanks. Name: The Broken Blade BBS -- Seattle, Washington, USA Dial: (206) 781-9424 Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300,1200,2400 Info Updated: 31-Oct-1991 Notes: Mike Owen is the sysop of the Broken Blade: a free access bulletin board system. Although the message base is oriented toward general-purpose discussions (there are only a couple of RPG-oriented message areas), quite a few files are available of interest to RPGers. Name: Astral Void BBS -- Mesa, Arizona, USA Dial: (602) 834-6065 Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300,1200 Info Updated: 6-26-1991 Notes: Tony Hamilton runs a Roleplaying BBS. The Astral Void BBS is home to role-players who conduct games on the message boards, and also PBeM games. The BBS is single-lined, and currently is running 11 games. New product information is posted for all the major game companies, along with occasional reviews. There are also various text files on-line concerning various role-playing topics. Name: Red Star BBS (Vervan Net backbone) -- Burlington, IL, USA Dial: (708) 683-2390 -- (vervan net is at other sites too) Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 1200-9600 -- HST or V.32 Info Updated: 15-Nov-1991 Notes: There's at least one BBS network devoted solely to playing RPGs that you might want to look into. It's called V-Net. For information about V-net, contact: Joel Veeneman P.O. Box 7 Burlington, IL 60109 Internet: joel@redstar.marcal.com UUnet: uunet!devcom!marcal!redstar!joel Fidonet: 1:115/639.0 Name: Purgatory BBS -- Salem, Oregon, USA Dial: (503) 370-9739 Sysop: ??? Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300 - 14400 Status: Down ??? I've heard reports that Purgatory is down Info Updated: 16-Mar-1992 Notes: Linked to Vervan's Gaming Network as well as half a dozen other nets (including Usenet through a Fido Gateway operated by Joel Veeneman -- see entry for Vervan Net). Main thrust of the BBS is gaming and there are online games for about a dozen systems. In addition we also are one of the biggest Occult BBSs in the Pacific North-West with a great deal of files on the subject. The other thrusts are Fantasy/Sci Fi, and current events debate and discussion type echos. Name: Bladerunner BBS -- Waltham, Mass. USA Dial: (617) 891-7338 Sysop: Laird Popkin (laird@think.com) Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300 - 2400 + PEP (Trailblazer Plus) Info Updated: 14-Sep-1991 Notes: Connected to the Citadel and usenet networks (as blade.via.mind.org). The BBS runs STadel (a Citadel variant) on an Atari ST. Topics discussed: Role Playing Games, GURPS, Warhammer, AD&D, Call of Cthulhu, Hero/Champions, as well as assorted Fantasy and SF and computer-related topics. There are also a number of online games, and discussions of SF, various computers, and whatever other topics arise. There are no online time limits or upload/download rations. Name: The DUNGEON BBS -- western (?) NY State, USA Dial: (716) 656-8573 Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Sysop: Master DaarKhan ??? Baud: 300 - 2400 Info Updated: 14-Sep-1991 Notes: Western New York's finest board devoted to fantasy role playing. Features include over 50 message bases of all types, most of which are WWIVnet, the world's second largest private network. WWIVnet @ 7653 Name: TeleDunjon III and IV -- Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, USA Dial: (214) 960-7654 and (214) 238-1568 Sysop: ??? Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300 - 2400 Info Updated: 14-Sep-1991 Notes: The Teledunjon III and Teledunjon IV boards offer play-by-modem roleplaying games. They also publish the TeleDunjon Journal, an irregular online magazine for modem RPG enthusiasts. If you're in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (north Texas) or can afford to call it regularly, check out the Teledunjon systems and join a game (or run your own). Name: Pyramid BBS, DC Metro Area, Virginia Dial: (703) 912-9878 Sysop: Terilee Edwards Suite 548, 7010 Brookfield Plaza, Springfield, VA 22150 Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300 to 2400 ? Info Updated: 1 October 1991 Notes: A free BBS, with two areas dedicated to gaming, with one area for live action role playing gaming and discussion and bulletins about the Interactive Literature Foundation (a live gaming organization). Name: Smasher Land BBS (Unaffiliated) -- Athens, Ohio, USA Dial: (614) 593-8359 Sysop: Scott Mash Comm Settings: 8-N-1 (Proboard v.1.17) Free Baud: 300 to 2400 Info Updated: 29-Feb-1992 Notes: Smasher Land has textfiles and utilities for AD&D, GURPS, Shadowrun, Fantasy Hero, Champions, Traveller, etc. As well as a messagebase for each. Smasher Land also offers a variety of online games that are accessable by all users. Internet/Usenet limited access is now available to all users on Smasher Land BBS. You can send email to any internet, bitnet etc. address. Name: U Want What!?! BBS, Macon, GA, USA Dial: (912) 471-7629 (soon 2 lines) Sysop: Richard Weeks Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300 to 2400 Info Updated: 15-Feb-1992 Notes: Several RPG doors are functioning including Barons, Axoru (shareware for now), Steller Quest, Trade Wars 2002, and others. We have an AD&D and RPG message area and I am a 14 yr Dungeon Master for AD&D, as well as playing and GM for Dragon Quest, Champions, RIFTS, V&V and others. Name: StormGate Aerie BBS, somewhere, 310 area code, USA Dial: 310-822-6729 Sysop: Nicolai Shapero Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300/1200/2400/9600HST/14400HST Network: Fidonet Info-Updated: 15-Apr-1992 Notes: OTHER SUNS (sf role playing game) headquarters. Several multiplayer role playing games available through echomail. (A FidoNet echomail conference is similar to an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup.) Name: The Fantasy Shop, Suitland, Maryland, USA Dial: 301 967 1843 Sponsor: Washington Metropolitan Area Gaming Society Contact: Jon F. Zeigler Comm Settings: 8-N-1 Baud: 300/1200/2400 Info-Updated: 2-May-1992 Notes: The Fantasy Shop is a new (less than 2 months old) BBS sponsored and operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Gaming Society. It is devoted to discussion and on-line play related to all aspects of the gaming hobby, particularly role-playing games. There are as yet no user fees, although access is greater for members of the Society. The new-user's password is "WMAGS". Name: The Guild [FTS] Type: CNet 2.x (Amiga 2000) Location: Los Angeles, CA Admin: Guy Bartoli To Contact: gbartoli@guild.socal.com Ph#/Address: 310-641-6909 (5 lines) Bps: 300/1200/2400 Bits/Par/stop: 8N1 Access details: RPG'ers, Cyperpunks, and opinionated people welcome. Fees: RPG games and all local discussion groups are free of charge. Access to UseNet requires a small donation to subsidize paying for my feed. Desc: The Guild [FTS] is approximately a year old. It was founded with the premise that it would be primarily a RPG oriented BBS, but has since evolved into carrying many different SIG's. The Guild [FTS] >does< pick up the rec.games.frp.* hierarcy and is also a member of the C-Link network (private FIDOnet, over 120 nodes world-wide), which also has forums on RPG games. Notes: None - Give The Guild a call, and please mention that you saw it advertised on the UseNet so that I know where you are coming from. Name: MindVox Location: New York, NY Administrator: Phantom Access Technologies, Inc. To contact: info@phantom.com - 212-988-5987 (voice) Ph#/Address: 212-988-5030 (or telnet phantom.com) Access Details:24 local dial-ups @ 1200 - 19.2k / Live on Internet Fees: Ranges from $10 - $15 per month - flat rate Description: MindVox offers access to about a dozen single and multi player games online, ranging from the classics like Adventure Rogue, Hack, Empire, Larn and UltraRogue, to continuing work on its custom object-oriented virtual world called MAELSTROM. MAELSTROM is currently up and down depending on its testing status but is expected to be solid by late 1992. Members can also use MindVox to access a list of 10 different Multi-User Dimensions throughout the United States, Germany and Sweden (the latter two come with english-version toggles and various MUD's include 3-d graphics and POV player location charts). A huge variety of material and scenarios to deal with, their development team at Phantom Access includes some of the members of the original teams that designed the first online multi-player games to ever exist. Notes: MindVox is the system of Phantom Access. It's very large and covers a wide variety of features and services that are included in signing on (Usenet, worldwide Chat network, online single and multi-user games, etc). The main focus of MindVox is on Cyberspace and role-playing. They have been covered in dozens of articles both hard-copy and electronically. One of the principle owners is a writer for Mondo 2000; most of the owners are ex-Legion of Doom and other older hacker groups. Overall its a very interesting place to hang out even discounting the games. All new accounts are offered demo-time to look through the system and get familiar with its features before subscribing. Name: Dunkelzahn's Lair Type: TinyMUD hybrid (With message bases, etc.) Access: (413) 543-0148 During the School Year. Location: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Description: For everyone who likes games. Also offers a reactive environment for posting. Note: Is run on a 286, so is not the true MUD, it is a hybrid version. MORE LISTS OF BBS'S If you find a BBS which is of interest to other games, let us know. If possible, please use the following template. Multiple lines for each entry are OK. Name : Type : Location : Administrator : To contact : Ph#/Address : Access Details : Fees : Description : Notes :