

                            REC.GAMES.FRP.DND FAQ
                                   Part 6

                            Resources 1: Internet
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Internet
* H1: What other newsgroups are out there for role-playing junkies like 
      me?
  H2: Are there any FTP sites for *D&D?
  H3: What does .zip mean?  And why can't I read this file I just 
      Downloaded?
* H4: Are there any WWW pages for *D&D?
  H5: Where can I upload this neat program I just wrote?
  H6: Is a complete index to Dragon Magazine available anywhere?
  H7: Is there a complete list of every *D&D product TSR has ever 
      published?
  H8: Where can I find a complete list of every monster TSR has published 
      for *D&D?
  H9: Is there really an "AD&D Guide to Sex?"
  H10: Where can I find the Net.*.Book?
  H11: Are there any *D&D-related mailing lists?
  H12: Are there any other *D&D-related resources on the Internet?
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Internet
H1:  What other newsgroups are out there for role-playing junkies like me?

A:  There are several groups dedicated to role-playing games.  The vast
    majority are, naturally, found in the rec.games.frp.* hierarchy, but 
    several others are in the alt groups.

    alt.dragons-inn             Role-playing via Usenet
    
    alt.fan.dragonlance         Fans of Dragonlance, unite!

    alt.games.frp.2000ad        Discussion of the 2000 AD game
    alt.games.frp.dnd-util      Posting & discussion of util's, etc.
    alt.games.frp.live-action   Discussion of live-action fantasy rpg's
    alt.games.frp.tekumel       Discussion of the Tekumel game
    
    rec.games.frp.advocacy      Which game system is the best/worst?
   *rec.games.frp.announce      Con announcements, gamers/games wanted
   *rec.games.frp.archives      Fiction, programs, house rules, etc.
    rec.games.frp.cyber         Discussion of rpg's involving cyberware
    rec.games.frp.dnd           Discussion of *D&D
    rec.games.frp.gurps         Discussion of GURPS
    rec.games.frp.live-action   Discussion of live-action fantasy rpg's
    rec.games.frp.marketplace   Buy/sell (usually used) gaming supplies
    rec.games.frp.misc          Discussion of all other RPG's
    rec.games.frp.storyteller   Discussion of White Wolf's games
    rec.games.frp.super-heroes  Discussion of super-hero games
    * Moderated newsgroups; all posts are automatically mailed to the 
    moderator, who then decides which ones are of posting calibre and 
    posts them.

      If you have something to say which doesn't really fit in rgfd, but
    seems to fit more in one of the others, please post it there.  This
    is especially true for auctions, sales, and items wanted posts, which
    belong in rec.games.frp.marketplace, and entire combat or magic 
    systems, which belong in r.g.f.archives.
      There are many other newsgroups that may be of interest to someone
    looking for ways to spice up a fantasy role-playing game; far too
    many to list here.  However, some groups deserving of notable mention
    are:

    rec.games.pbm               Discussion of PBMs and PBEMs 
    rec.heraldry                Discussion of coats of arms
    rec.org.sca                 The Society for Creative Anachronism
    soc.genealogy.medieval      Genealogy of people living AD500-1600
    soc.history.medieval        Discussion of medieval history

H2:  Are there any FTP sites for *D&D?

A:  There is one official FTP site for the distribution of AD&D products,
    licensed by TSR.  It is located at ftp.mpgn.com.  Some of you may 
    remember the old greyhawk.stanford.edu archive, which cut off all 
    anonymous access early in 1994.  Rob Miracle at MPGN took it upon 
    himself to save as much of the greyhawk archive as possible, and that 
    is what is at MPGN.  Some of the greyhawk files infringed on TSR's 
    copyright, and were removed (e.g. scans of Dragon articles), and 
    others have since been removed at the request of individual authors 
    who disagree with the policy MPGN installed as part of their license 
    agreement with TSR which made them the sole "authorized" ftp site for 
    *D&D material.
      MPGN is limited in the number of simultaneous anonymous logins it 
    may have; ten during normal business hours (EST), and five during the 
    evening and nighttime hours.  If at first you can't get in, try, try 
    again.  If you want to see what files are in the MPGN archive, but 
    don't wish to tie up logins and prevent people who wish to actually 
    up- or download files from doing so, there is a WWW site which has the 
    entire AD&D directory, and a few of the files available for your 
    perusal, at <http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~wade/HyperDnd/>.
      If fantasy art is more your thing, rather than *D&D-specific files,
    then be sure to check out grind.isca.uiowa.edu and 
    wuarchive.wustl.edu, as both have extensive selections of art files, 
    quite a few of which are in the fantasy genre.  Unfortunately, both of 
    these sites are extremely busy; it's a good bet that you will not be 
    able to get in between roughly 9am-9pm, Central Time (10-10, Eastern; 
    4pm-4am Greenwich).

H3:  What does ".zip" mean?  And why can't I read these files I just 
     downloaded?

A:  The .zip file extension means that the file has been compressed with 
    some form of PKZip in order to save space in the archive and to keep 
    up- and download times relatively short.  You will need to unpack the 
    file in order to read it properly.  There are many compression systems 
    besides PKZip, and this leads to the often bewildering maze of file 
    extensions one must wade through on most ftp sites.  
      Most ftp sites (including MPGN) have a directory dedicated to 
    providing copies of the various packer/unpacker programs.  Many will 
    also automatically unpack certain formats of downloaded files as you 
    download them if you simply leave off the file extension when you
    request the file.  If your site does not already carry the program you 
    need, either check for such a directory at the ftp site, or ask your 
    local sysadmin for assistance.  
      Some common file extensions:

    Extension      File type      Transfer as    Then... (By using...)
    .arc            Archive         binary          un-archive (ARC)
    .asc             Text           ascii           read normally
    .au          Unix Sound file    binary          player needed
    .bmp        Graphic (bitmap)    binary          viewer needed
    .doc    Word/WordPerfect file   binary          viewer needed
    .exe        Executable file     binary          execute
    .gif           Graphic          binary          viewer needed
    .gz     GNUzip compressed file  binary          un-compress (gzip)
    .hqx    Macintosh encoded file  binary          un-encode (BinHex)
    .jpg           Graphic          binary          viewer needed
    .lzh        LHarc archive       binary          un-archive (lharc)
    .mpg      Video graphic file    binary          player needed
    .pdf     Adobe/Acrobat file     binary          viewer needed
    .ps     Adobe PostScript file   binary          viewer needed
    .sit     Macintosh compressed   binary          un-compress (Stuffit)
    .tar       Unix tape archive    binary          un-archive (tar)
    .tar.z \    Compressed Unix
    .taz    >    tape archive       binary          un-compress (gzip)
    .tgz   /                                        then un-archive (tar)
    .tif           Graphic          binary          viewer needed
    .txt            Text            ascii           read normally
    .uue      Unix encoded file     ascii           un-encode (uudecode)
    .voc   Soundblaster sound file  binary          player needed
    .wav         Sound file         binary          player needed
    .z, .Z   Unix compressed file   binary          un-compress 
                                                        (gzip/decompress)
    .zip        Compressed file     binary          un-compress 
                                                        (pkzip/unzip)
    
      If you try to transfer a binary file as ASCII, all you end up with 
    is garbage.
      If you try to transfer an ASCII file as binary, you can lose the 
    line breaks, which means the entire file will transfer as one long 
    line.
      Note that gzip, though it has the default file extension of .gz, 
    additionally uses the extension .z; gzip will also handle any .Z 
    files condensed with compress.
       
      To help clear up some of the confusion about using ftp, here is a 
    section quoted from an FAQ posted on rgfd by (but, to my knowledge, 
    not written by) Boudewijn Wayers.


    How to get files by ftp.
    -----------------------

    FAQ lists cross-posted to news.answers and rec.answers can be gotten
    from rtfm.mit.edu (18.70.0.209), under /pub/usenet/news.answers or
    under /pub/usenet/more.specific.group.name.

    "Anonymous ftp" is just a way for files to be stored where anyone can
    retrieve them over the Net. For example, to retrieve the latest 
    version of the Moria FAQ, do the following:

      ftp rtfm.mit.edu      ==> connect to the site; a message follows
      anonymous             ==> type this when it asks for your name
      <your email address>  ==> type your address as the password
      cd /pub/usenet        ==> go to the directory you want to be
      cd rec.games.moria    ==> one level down (no slash)
      dir                   ==> look at what's there
      get r.g.m_F_A_Q       ==> get the file; case-sensitive
      quit                  ==> stop this mysterious thing

    If your ftp program complains that it doesn't know where the site you
    want to use is, type the numerical address instead of the sitename:

      ftp 18.70.0.209       ==> connect with numerical address

    If you don't have ftp access, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
    with the single word "help" in the body of the message.

    Getting binary files (executables, or any compressed files) is only
    slightly more difficult. You need to set binary mode inside ftp
    before you transfer the file.

      binary               ==> set binary transfer mode
      ascii                ==> set back to text transfer mode

    FAQs and spoiler lists are generally ASCII files; everything else is
    generally binary files.

    Generic help can be found in the FAQs of comp.binaries.<your_system>
    for how to transfer, extract, and virus-check binary files (at
    rtfm.mit.edu).

    If you can't FTP from your site, use one of the following ftp-by-mail
    servers:

      ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
      ftpmail@src.doc.ic.ac.uk
      ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au
      ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr

    For complete instructions, send a message reading "help" to the 
    server.

    If you don't know exactly what you're looking for, or exactly where it
    is, there are programs and servers that can help you.  For more info,
    send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the body of the
    message reading
    
      send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources

H4:  Are there any WWW pages for *D&D?

A:  While TSR does not have an official web page (yet), they do have
    an "Information Page", and are planning to open an official page in
    the very near future.  There are also a plethora of other WWW sites 
    dedicated to AD&D, as well as to role-playing games in general.

    http://users.aol.com/tsrinc/ 
          TSR's Information Page (writer's guidelines, errata, MOHS, etc.) 
    http://www.mcs.com/~duff/rpg/ 
          Mike Duff's site, the original *D&D WWW site 
    http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~wade/HyperDnd/ 
          Wade's Role-playing Games site; includes a full directory of 
          ftp.mpgn.com, and a few files from there as well, also has the 
          HTML rgfd FAQ 
    http://brems.ii.uib.no/~s553/Dragonlance/ 
          Dragonlance Web page 
    http://www.taisbean.com/shawn/page1.html 
          Forgotten Realms Web page 
    http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/rml/Gifs/Fantasy 
          Web site that contains fantasy .gif's, .jpg's, and such 
    http://crpp0001.uqtr.uquebec.ca/www_wanderer/rpg.html 
          Everything you wanted to know about AD&D and more 
    http://www.irony.com 
          On-line dice roller programs, a virtual village, and more 
    http://www.wwu.edu/~n9044090/underdark.html 
          Underdark Web page 
    http://www.supernet.net/~drizzit/ 
          A certain drow ranger's Underdark 
    http://www.acm.org/~papay/tsr_prices_intro.html 
          List of TSR products which have been auctioned in 
          rec.games.frp.marketplace, with average prices compiled from 
          data dating back up to three years 
    http://www.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/~knight 
          Mystara web page, and more 
    http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1313/shatter.html 
          Details of the Shattered World PBeM, including advice on 
          running PBEMs 
    http://www.csun.edu/~hfoao122/webquest.html 
          An on-line solo RPG on the WWW 
    http://menger.eecs.stevens-tech.edu/~starhawk 
          Netbooks galore 
    http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Role_Playing_Games/ 
          Yahoo's list of RPG-related web pages 
    http://www.pbem.com/pbem-page.html 
          PBEMs, PBEMs, and more PBEMs 
    http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/cgi-bin/nph-gateway/hphalle2/
    ~peceny/spiele_e.html
          Michi's gaming page 
    http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/alex/home.html 
          Selected postings from rgfd, guides, house rules, helpful 
          computer programs, and more
    http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~nushae/ 
          Nushae S. Fahey's AD&D page at Stack 
    http://www.cqs.washington.edu/~surge/rpg.html 
          Mbs upon Mbs of AD&D and RPG files 
    http://dax.cs.wisc.edu/~woodelf/RPG/RPG.html 
          Extensive list of RPG web pages, etc. 
    http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/users/massi/ffp 
          The Fellowship of the Flying Paladin 
    http://linux.uwsuper.edu/~kforslun/drasil/welcome.htm 
          The world of Drasil 
    http://www2.inc.net/~brontomn/fbs.html 
          The Fellowship of the Black Spot 
    http://www.edu.isy.liu.se/~d91johol/rpg.html 
          RPG-related files, etc. 
    http://www.achilles.net:80/~fraserm/fates.html 
          Fate's Fellowship archives & information 
    http://www.stud.unit.no/~brunborg/swordhawk.html 
          Lord Swordhawk's AD&D page 
    http://www.multiline.com.au/~seanh/u_adnd.html 
          Greyhawk information, and lots of links 
    http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/~dshawley/DnD/mageria.html 
          The world of Mageria 
    http://www.awinc.com/users/dbeahm/frgtnrlm.html 
          More fun in the Realms 
    http://www.miniworld.com/adnd 
          Several random character/item/etc. generators, the 
          Dragon/Polyhedron index, and some Mystara information 
    http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/cgi-bin/nph-gateway/hphalle9/
    ~krings/roleplaying.html 
          Spells, kits, and other miscellaneous info 

    Other URLs which contain *D&D information: 

    http://www.wintermute.co.uk/users/larien/rpg.html
    http://www.dem.csiro.au/~matthewt/personal.html
    http://dragon.acadiau.ca/~860473m/kingcon.html
    http://www.lehigh.edu/~pam4/pam4.html
    http://zow00.desy.de:8000/~hungbhy/rpg.html
    http://www.ts.umu.se/~stradh/dnd/
    http://webhead.com/~sergio/games.html
    http://www.ed.ac.uk/~geas/
    http://www.iol.ie/~mazzoldi/dnd/
    http://www.jyu.fi/~np/index.html
    http://quickening.catt.ncsu.edu/~kitiara/kitspage.html
    http://cbacon2.unomaha.edu/~flick/rpg.html
    http://worldmall.com/erf/lipo.htm
    http://doblin.id.iit.edu/~petemar1/www/adnd.html
    http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~aa499/
    http://rooster.sci.port.ac.uk/personal/alexw/adnd.html
    http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~capone/d-and-d.html
    http://www.vivanet.com/~coenep/add.html
    http://spitfire.ausys.se:8003/johan/cave/default.htp
    http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/EPRC/fr.html
    http://www.urich.edu/~ejd4g/dage/index.html
    http://www.biddeford.com/~benyc/DMsAid.html
    http://cs.ucr.edu/~jimv/
    http://www.io.com/~tenzil/rpgs/adnd.html
    http://www.inrialpes.fr/movi/people/Lamiroy/PBEMS/introduction.html
    http://www.wirehub.nl/~quinon/add.htm
    http://www.bath.ac.uk/~su3blarp/
    http://hillres157.cc.purdue.edu/
    http://www.inforamp.net/~gthoms/
    http://www.cyberhighway.net/~cajur/dm.html
    http://www.bart.nl/~bsassen/index.html
    http://omen.com.au/~gazbe/aegen/aegen.html
    http://www.rpi.edu/~payned/
    htp://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jerrod/home.html

 
    Other URLs which have more of a general frpg leaning: 
 
    http://www.webcom.com/~apcrypha/ 
    http://www.greenleafco.com
    http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm.html
    http://www.shore.net/~nti/rpg
    http://star06.atklab.yorku.ca/wm/rh
    http://www.cs.vu.nl/~wouterw/dnet/dnet.html
    http://www.futurenet.co.uk/entertainment/arcane.html
    http://icecube.acf-lab.alaska.edu/~fxdlk

    Other URLs of possible interest for shoppers:
    
    http://worldhouse.magic.ca/
      The Worldhouse gaming store in Toronto, Canada has its own web page
      with ordering info, game info, and much more.
    http://www.commerce.digital.com/palo-alto/FutureFantasy/home.html
      An on-line bookstore, specializing in SF, Fantasy, Mystery, & 
      Horror.  You can browse their catalog and place orders through their 
      page.

H5:  Where can I upload this neat program I just wrote?

A:  If the program contains TSR trademarks (such as those listed at the
    beginning of this document), and/or extensive quotes taken from a TSR-
    published work (e.g. exactly copying the PH2 tables for a character-
    creation program), then the only ftp site to which it may be legally 
    uploaded is ftp.mpgn.com.  If you are on AOL, then it is also 
    permissible to upload it to the TSR area, but it then may only be 
    accessed by AOL customers, thus greatly limiting its distribution.  
    Following this course of action is not possible for some people, 
    namely those who believe (rightly or wrongly) that the disclaimer 
    which is required to be included gives certain author's rights to TSR.
    If the program contains neither trademarks, nor entire sections quoted 
    from TSR books, then it can most likely be uploaded to your favorite 
    ftp site, whatever that may be.  Once you upload the file, please post 
    a note to rec.games.frp.dnd explaining what the program does, and at 
    what site people may find it.
      An alternative to ftp is making the program available via a WWW 
    page.  To do this, you must either have a personal page, or convince 
    one of the existing *D&D WWW page keepers to include your program in 
    their page.  This latter course of action is not as difficult as it 
    sounds, as people tend to be looking for new things to add.  Once it 
    gets added to a page, post a note to rec.games.frp.dnd listing what 
    the program does and the URL of the page on which it may be found.
      If this doesn't seem like your cup of tea, you can try posting it to
    Usenet.  If you decide to take this course of action, the correct
    group to post it to is alt.games.frp.dnd-util.  Posting such programs
    to rec.games.frp.dnd is strongly discouraged.  If you do not get
    alt.games.frp.dnd-util, ask your Usenet sysop to add it.  If you do 
    not get this newsgroup, and your sysop refuses to add it, then and 
    only then should you try posting it to rec.games.frp.archives, which 
    is a moderated newsgroup, so all postings are mailed to the moderator, 
    who then decides if each message is worthy to be posted, so there is a 
    chance that he will decide not to post your program.  Once it gets 
    posted, then post a note in rec.games.frp.dnd explaining what the 
    program is supposed to do and in which newsgroup people may find it.
      The final course of action you can take is not to upload it at all, 
    but rather to post a note to rec.games.frp.dnd that anyone interested 
    in trying your program can send you e-mail and you can e-mail the 
    program to the interested parties.
    
      No matter which of the above methods you use, there are certain
    protocols which should be followed.  When done, your methods should be 
    explained in a companion text file (if uploading to an ftp site or 
    placing on a web page) and in any advertisements you post to Usenet.

      1) Compress the program, both to save room on the ftp site/Web page/
      Newsgroup/etc., and to cut down on download times.  This is 
      especially necessary if you post a program to Usenet.
      
      2) If you post programs to Usenet, don't forget to convert the file 
      to ASCII before you post it (uuencode [preferred by most], BinHex, 
      MIME, etc.); otherwise, it will be unusable by most, if not all 
      systems.

      3) State the compression system used (pkzip, compress, lharc, tar, 
      gzip, StuffIt, etc.) and the ASCII conversion program, if used; 
      don't rely on people's ability to decipher file extension(s).

      4) State the computer & system requirements (i.e. DOS, Windows,
      Macintosh System 7, ANSI-C source, etc.).

H6:  Is a complete index to Dragon Magazine available anywhere?

A:  An index of Dragon Magazine from #2-#213 and Polyhedron #45-#102, 
    compiled by Vince Gray <vince@sscl.uwo.ca> is available in an xref 
    ASCII (KWIC) file via MPGN.  It is updated annually, around the first  
    of the year.  An online lookup form, created by Scooby (Joseph 
    DuBois) <gemjmd@kodak.com>, is located on the World Wide Web at 
    http://www.mcs.com/~duff/rpg/ and at http://www.miniworld.com/adnd/.

H7: Is there a complete list of every *D&D product TSR has ever published? 

A:  Yes, there is.  Originally compiled by Goth <brooks@odie.ee.
    wits.ac.za> it is now being kept up and updated by Gavin Bartell 
    <gavin.bartell@anu.edu.au>, and is available through MPGN, in the 
    /Gaming/ADND/TSRGuides directory.  It includes listings for every 
    known release of every TSR *D&D product, from rulebooks to modules to 
    box sets to mage stones, and everything, and I mean everything, 
    in between, along with short descriptions of each.  If, in looking 
    through it, you discover an that a certain item is not listed, feel 
    free to drop a line to Gavin about it.

H8: Where can I find a complete list of every monster TSR has published 
    for *D&D?

A:  This list, which was up to date as of 1994, is maintained by Goth
    <brooks@odie.ee.wits.ac.za>, when he finds the time to update it.
    However, it is not currently found on any ftp sites or web pages.  If 
    you want a copy, and your mailer can handle very large messages, send 
    Goth a quick note requesting a copy.

H9:  Is there really an "AD&D Guide to Sex?"  What other Guides are there?

A:  Yes, though it is not a TSR product (as one would infer from that 
    name).  Chiefly compiled by Reid Bluebaugh from submissions by many 
    people on the Internet (collectively known as "The Guide Creator"), 
    its proper name is now "The Complete RPG Guide to Unlawful Carnal 
    Knowledge."  At this time, no FTP site is publically known to contain 
    any of the Complete Guides.  Older versions of the Guides have since 
    cropped up in various places on the Internet, so that some, and in 
    some cases several, versions of each and every one of the Guides is 
    still available somewhere.  "Seek and ye shall find" is a good 
    description of the current situation.
      Revised versions of these files, in which all of TSR's trademarks
    and any quotes from TSR's books have been removed, are slowly
    making their way onto the net, via rec.games.frp.archives and a web
    page, as the compiler finishes them.  As they are not really 
    AD&D-specific anymore, they are now called "The Complete RPG Guide 
    to..."  Direct any questions about, as well as any requests for the 
    Guides to Reid Bluebaugh <d2dcblu@fre.fsu.umd.edu>.
      On a side note, if you happen to find a copy of a '92 version of
    the Guide to Sex, pass it by.  There are much better, much more 
    complete, and much more recent versions out there.
      
      The list of Complete Guides is as follows:
      
      Complete RPG Guide to Alcohol
         "      "    "   "  Highlander
         "      "    "   "  Hygiene
         "      "    "   "  Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (previously "Sex")
         "      "    "   "  Star Trek
         "      "    "   "  Technology
       Appendix 1: Complete RPG Guide to Drugs
          "     2:    "      "    "   "  Dice Games
          "     3:    "      "    "   "  Blue Ball Bowling
          "     4:    "      "    "   "  Comedy
          "     5:    "      "    "   "  Gruel

H10:  Where can I find the Net.*.Book?

A:  This type of file is not usually posted to rec.games.frp.dnd, and only
    occasionally sees light on rec.games.frp.archives. Rather, they tend 
    to be found in various ftp sites and WWW pages.  MPGN has several of 
    the Net.Books archived, however, difficulties stemming from the 
    disclaimer they require to be on all *D&D-related files have caused 
    several compilers to take their existing books off of the  site, and 
    not submit new ones or new revisions at all; several others may have 
    vanished in the purges of the D&D directories of non-licensed ftp 
    sites.
      Some examples of Net.Books are:

    Net.Plot.Book  (Contains generic fantasy plot hooks)
    Originally compiled by Aaron Sher
    Currently compiled by <mdlcpgs@lhn.gns.cri.nz>
      Available via ftp to:
      ftp.cs.pdx.edu\pub\frp\general\
        net.plot.book.4.gz  (gzipped; future releases will be here)
        Releases 1-3 are archived here as well.
      LHN.GNS.CRI.NZ\OTHER
        netplot.iv  (ascii; future releases will be here)
        Releases 1-2 & 3 are also located here.
      And via www to:
      http://www.jyu.fi/~np/index.html

    Great.Net.Spellbook  (Every homemade wizard spell the compiler found)
    Great.Net.Prayerbook  (Ditto for priest spells)
    Orig. compiled by Boudewijn Wayers <dedos4@win.tue.nl>
    Currently compiled by Ezra Van Everbroeck 
        <ezra@onyx.arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
      For ftp info write to: Ezra Van Everbroeck 
        <ezra@onyx.arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
      Both available via www to:
      http://onyx.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/~ezra/gnb.html
    
    Ultimate Spell Database (2800+ TSR spells' names & bare essentials)
    Compiled by Mark Middleton <magesage@infinet.com>
      Available via ftp to:
      ftp.funet.fi\pub\doc\games\roleplay\systems\adnd\spells
        *.tab (tab-delimited text-only version)
        *.fm (FilemakerPro version)
        *.sea.hqx (Macintosh version)
        *.zip (Windows version)
     Also available via AOL in the TSR Area & RPG Forums, which happen to 
     be only accessible by AOL customers

    Net.Psionics.Handbook
    Net.Psionics.Handbook II
    Compiled by Charon <rbiggs@interlog.com> [and possibly 
      also <raven@nessus.demon.co.uk>]
      Available via www to:
      http://www.servtech.com/public/doppy/
        (Net.Psi II is available in Adobe .pdf format and Word 6.0 format)
      Book 1 also available via www to:
      http://rooster.sci.port.ac.uk/personal/alexw/adnd.html

    Tome of Vast Knowledge  (database & generator of just about anything)
    Compiled by Douglas Webb <dwebb@cetac.com>
      Available via ftp to:
      ftp.mpgn.com/Gaming/AD&D/Programs/Tome_of_Vast_Knowledge/
        vast112.zip  (latest releases found here)

    Database Builder for the ToVK
    Compiled by Douglas Webb <dwebb@cetac.com>
      Available via ftp to:
      ftp.mpgn.com/Gaming/AD&D/Programs/Tome_of_Vast_Knowledge/
        vbilt106.zip  (latest releases found here)

    Net.Riddles.Book
    Compiled by Mark Manning
      Available via www to:
      http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~wade/HyperDnd/
      http://www.jyu.fi/~np/index.html
    
    Net.Traps.Book(s) (four different collections)
    Compiled by (book #1) James C Phillips <jphillip@ecn.purdue.edu>
      Available ??
    Compiled by (book #2) Michael Sloves <grms@marist.bitnet>
      Available via www to:
      http://www.jyu.fi/~np/index.html
    Book #3 being compiled by Melissa Larson 
        <larsonm@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu>
    Compiled by (book #4) Jason Seeley <jseeley@aros.net>
      Available via www to:
      http://www.aros.net/~jseeley

    101 Spells Not Worth Memorizing  (and we mean it!)
    101 Bard Songs  (popular songs which typify certain classes/races)
      Available via www to:
      http://www.mcs.com/~duff/rpg/

    101 Things You Don't Want to Hear Your Apprentice Say  (Ummm, Master?)
    101 Familiars You Would Have Been Better Off Without  (Here, kitty...)
      Available via www to:
      http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/alex/home.html

    Dark.Sun.Net.Handbook
    Forgotten Realms Notebook
    Famous Last Words
    Net.Munchkin.Handbook  
    Great.Net.Book.of.Classes.and.Kits
    Net.Wizards.Handbook
    Net.Libram of Wild Magic
    Net.Monstrous.Manual
    Net.Book.of.Names
    Net.Book.of.Poison
    Net.AD&D.Players.Supplement
      Most available via ftp to:
      ftp.mpgn.com/Gaming/AD&D/NetBooks or ../AD&D/Archives/NetBooks
      or www to:
      www.cqs.washington.edu/~surge/rpg.html
      Net.Libram of Wild Magic also available via www to:
      rooster.sci.port.ac.uk/personal/alexw/adnd.html

    Net.Bard.Songs.Book  (Goofy lyrics for songs only bards would sing)
    Compiled by: Jeff Gostin <jgostin@eternal.chi.il.us>
      Available via ftp to:  (Versions 1 & 2)
      sandman.cco.caltech.edu ?? 

    Net.Monstrous.Compendium
    Compiled by: Robert Chrisitian <robertc@garfield.cs.mun.ca>
      Available via ftp to:  
      ftp.mpgn.com/Gaming/AD&D/Archives/NetBooks/
        Net_Monstrous_Compendium.Z  (LaTeX only)

    Net.Forgotten.Realms.Book (Tome of the Forgotten Realms)
    Compiled by: Chris <CMK113@psuvm.psu.edu>
      Archived ??
    
    Net.Abyssal.Layers.Book
    Compiled by Tyrus Hellbane <c9108613@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
      Available via ftp to:
      ftp.eskimo.com/u/b/berg/Netbooks/Compressed/
        abyss.z
      or
      ftp.eskimo.com/u/b/berg/Netbooks/Pkzipped/
        abyss.zip

    Tome of the Damned  (A book of all things evil and/or undead)
    Compiled by Brennan Brooks <ab347@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca>
      Available via www to:
      http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab347/damn.zip

    Net.Fiction.Story  (Latest version of the Net.Fiction Story)
    Compiled by: <mar@astrop.physics.su.OZ.AU>
      Available via ftp to:      
      suphys.physics.su.OZ.AU\rpghelper\net.fiction.story\
        allofit.tex  (LaTeX version)
        allofit.tex.z  (compressed LaTeX version)

    There are many more Net.Books out there; MPGN has several, and 
    several Web pages have many more.  Check out MPGN and the Web sites
    listed in the answer to Question H4 before posting a request to
    rgfd.
      There is also a list which occasionally circulates around the ADND-L
    mailing list, and is infrequently posted to rgfm & rgfd, of current 
    Net.Book projects, with short descriptions and contact addresses.

H11: Are there any *D&D-related mailing lists?     

A:  There are several *D&D-related mailing lists.  A mailing list is 
    similar to Usenet, with the main difference being that all messages 
    are mailed directly to your account, instead of being stored on a 
    remote News server.  Some of these mailing lists can get quite high in 
    volume at times, so you might want to think twice about subscribing to 
    something that will quickly swamp your mailbox.
      One of the more popular *D&D-related mailing lists is ADND-L, which 
    is very similar to rec.games.frp.dnd in direction and topics of 
    discussion.  A major difference between ADND-L and rgfd is that 
    contributors are limited by common practice to two posts per day on 
    ADND-L, both in order to cut down on the amount of mail received and 
    to keep enough space on the listserver archives to maintain a six 
    month backup.  Anyone can look up and retrieve recent articles.  To 
    this end, many of those people who have a proclivity towards longer 
    posts put a table of contents at the top of each message.

    Mailing Lists
    Listservs
    adnd-l@utarlvm1.uta.edu       *D&D discussion (digest possible)
    adnd-l@gitvm1.gatech.edu      Alternate address for ADND-L (no digest)
    dark-sun@leicester.ac.uk      Dark Sun
    gmast-l@utcvm.utc.edu         Game Masters interest group
    planescape@le.ac.uk           Planescape & other planar rpgs
    ravenloft@le.ac.uk            Ravenloft
    spelljammer@le.ac.uk          SpellJammer
    qadim-l@knidos.cc.metu.edu.tr Al-Qadim

    Majordomos
    mystara-l@io.com               Mystara, also OD&D
    mystara-digest@io.com          Mystara digest
    realms@ossi.com                Forgotten Realms
    realms-digest@ossi.com         Forgotten Realms digest
    
    Subscribing to a Mailing List
    Listservers:  If you are interested in joining a listserv list, send a
    message to LISTSERV@<listserv domain name> with "SUBSCRIBE <list name>
    <name/pseudonym>" in the body (without the quotes).  For example, to
    subscribe to the ADND-L mailing list, you would send mail to
      listserv@utarlvm1.uta.edu
    with the message
      SUBSCRIBE adnd-l Aardy R. DeVarque
    You will get a message in confirmation of your subscription, which 
    also details some of the ways to use the listserv.  When the time 
    comes for you to send your first message out to the readers of the 
    list, send it to the address listed above for the listserv, which, in 
    the case of ADND-L, would be
      adnd-l@utsrlvm1.uta.edu
    To unsubscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@<address> with the message
      UNSUBSCRIBE adnd-l
    It does no good to send unsubscribe messages to the main list, you 
    will just get laughed at.  You have to send them to the listserver 
    itself.

    Majordomos:  Subscribing to a majordomo list is similar to the method
    for subscribing to listservs, except you include your e-mail address
    instead of a personal name.  For example, to subscribe to the Realms
    mailing list, you would send mail to
      majordomo@ossi.com
    with the message
      SUBSCRIBE realms joeshmoe@foo.bar.edu
    Once again, you will receive a confirmation message with more details.
    For majordomos, as with listservs, do not send unsubscribe messages 
    to the main list; send them to the majordomo, as you did to subscribe.

      Digest means that the list's messages are collated into a large
    message and then mailed to you, usually on a daily basis.  This is
    useful to prevent your mailbox from being swamped with 200 messages
    per day, but does not save you anything in terms of disk space.
    People who only check their mail once a day or so and people who have
    to pay per message received usually prefer this method.  Information
    on how to get the digest form of a list, if one is available, is
    usually included in the introductory material sent to you when you
    subscribe to the list.  Listservs usually require you to send a 
    special command message to the listserver, while majordomos 
    usually require you to subscribe to a slightly different list 
    name to begin with.

      There are numerous other mailing lists which are dedicated to other 
    rpg's, or which are more general; a complete list is regularly posted 
    by Alistair Lowe-Norris on most, if not all of the rec.games.frp.* 
    newsgroups and gaming mailing lists.

H12:  Are there any other *D&D-related resources on the Internet?

A:  There are quite a few other resources on the 'net; including the 
    rec.games.frp.* FAQ, IRC channels, and Internet-provider-specific 
    resources.

      If you are looking for more generalized information, or just
    information which is not *D&D-specific, a good place to check is the
    rec.games.frp.* FAQ, posted regularly on rec.games.frp.misc and
    archived at both MPGN, in the /pub/Gaming/AD&D/FAQ/ directory, and 
    rtfm.mit.edu.
      
      The only other resource commonly available on the Internet which has 
    not already been discussed is IRC, namely the chat areas #AD&D and 
    #RPGA.  There, you can have real-time conversations with other gaming 
    enthusiasts about life, the universe, and role-playing.  There are 
    also several campaigns being run on IRC which are advertised on #AD&D; 
    if you're interested, look there first.  Simply /join #ad&d, then 
    /msg noppa games to see a list of IRC campaigns.  There is also a chat 
    line called #rpg_inn, which is dedicated to running real-time 
    free-form gaming.

      If you have an America Online account, you may visit the TSR area 
    and enjoy spending time online with TSR employees.  The keyword to get 
    there is, oddly enough, TSR.  If you're not on AOL (which is the vast 
    majority of people here), tough.  
      GEnie, Compuserve, and Delphi also have large discussion areas 
    dedicated to AD&D.  Check around in the Games Special Interest Groups 
    and you'll find them.
      Unfortunately, if you do not have an account with one of these 
    companies, you're out of luck; there is no way to get there from the 
    rest of the 'net.

***End Part 6***

