Role-Playing Games: Theory and Practice

Theory Interaction Model (Gleichman Ratings) Brian Gleichman has devised a systematic way to describe playing preferences, to allow communication and prevent misunderstandings between GM and players. New Directions in Australian Roleplaying, Part One ... Part Two ... Part Three John Hughes' summary of the state of the experimental role-playing movement in Australia, circa 1991; the roots of the movement, in the words of the man who started it all. Styles of Roleplaying John Kim's site contains many good things, including the FAQ for the newsgroup rec.games.frp.advocacy, the infamous Threefold Model, and Brian Gleichmans' Interaction Model. Richard Bartle's Player Categorization Model A system of categorizing players, originally developed for MUDs, but applicable to roleplaying games.	Practice Anthology The English-Language section of a much larger French site devoted to systemless roleplaying. The main section contains systemless adventures, for those who can read French. ConOrg The last convention organiser's conference was held in 1998; I know of no plans for a new one. Live Role-Playing Game FAQ Live action role-playing, British style. What it is, how to do it, people to do it with. Shakespeare Eclectic Science Fiction Interactive Theatre A wealth of resources on live-action role-playing, including an article by Robert Prior on freeform design and introductory essays on freeforming. Tabula Rasa Writings by David Carroll, Kyla Ward, and others, including the Yseda archive. Vurt.net Brought to you by the team better known as, "Will F*** GMs for Trophies" around Australian conventions. Includes profiles of some Australian role-players, and a mentoring program.
E-zines The Escapist News, articles, and surveys. Critical Miss The magazine for dysfunctional roleplayers. The Gaming Outpost Gaming, game designing, and miniatures. The Oracle Essays on gaming. Places to Go, People to Be Online magazine covering roleplaying news and discussion. Roleplaying Tips Weekly Tips to improve your GMing skills. Serendipity's Circle A small-press publication devoted to horror and weird fantasy RPGs. Includes discussion of techniques, plus system-independent scenarios. Twilight Time Newsletter A wealth of articles on GMing and RPG-writing by a professional in the field. Wounds Unlimited "... it will have game specific and generic adventures for many RPGs, as well as gaming celebrity interviews, game reviews, insightful and bandwidth consuming columns, and a host of other nifty surprises not yet seen on the gaming scene."	Resources ARIEL Archives The legendary Australian Roleplaying Information Exchange Library is now online. All manner of material on roleplaying, modules, how-to, etc. can be had from here, at no or nominal cost. An Australian Convention Roleplaying Glossary Sydney role-players set an own agenda by defining terms to use in discussing role-playing. Medieval Demographics Made Easy S. John Ross' article. For the same info in spreadsheet form: http://www.rpglibrary.org/utils/meddemog/ NetSERF Medieval resource page. Newsgroups While the rec.games.frp.* heirarchy contains many groups of interest to roleplayers, I've found the the following to be of most value in discussing roleplaying. aus.games.roleplay rec.games.frp.advocacy rec.games.frp.moderated The Roleplayer's Summit New webring ROARING The Ring Of Australian RoleplayING. A webring with a variety of Australian resources.
The Personals Sites linking players and GMs. AccessDenied.Net Gamer Database Gamerfinder Play-by-Email The PBeM News http://www.pbem-information.com/ IRC, IRQ and Web Boards The IRC Roleplaying Homepage - IRC and ICQ games PlayByWeb.Com - Play on web-based message boards http://www.unholyalliance.com - White Wolf games online http://www.2d10.com - Web-based interface http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DirtyGames - adult-oriented games MUDs, MOOs, and MUSHes http://www.mudconnect.com - Links to many games. SimpleMU - Free MUD client.