SRP was about role-playing games exclusively!
If you are not sure you are at the right place,
check our pointers for
game styles
and related ressources, and our list of
local gaming groups.
Status: Stafnord RolePlayers (SRP) went inactive in the late '90s. For
the usual sorry excuses. The mailing list is stopped. But I still maintain
an up to date list for local gaming groups and a
loose list for misc postings where you can post
your call for players (as a GM or an established open group). In
exceptional cases, I will also post listings from players looking
for difficult to find situations.
For nostalgia's sake, what Stafnord RolePlayers (SRP) was about:
Stafnord RolePlayers (SRP) was an open - and open
was key - informal gaming group dedicated to role-playing games
on the San Francisco peninsula (California, USA). SRP itself did not
organise games, the game masters (GMs) did. SRP provided a forum for
scheduling games, finding players, finding game masters, sharing worlds
and systems, etc... We aimed (and still do) to put in touch as many
players and GMs in our area, as possible. In summary, SRP was a group of
groups.
SRP was about role-playing games exclusively!
If you are not sure you are at the right place,
check our pointers for
game styles
and related ressources, and our list of
local gaming groups.
Our posted games were open to the public, and we always welcomed
more players and game masters, experienced or not. There was
no obligation, no membership fee (no membership for that matter :-),
nothing, just playing with us. Sta-fnord RolePlayers had no tie with
Stan-ford University other than having been founded by students, and
having a number of affiliated players and game masters.
The mailing list was the normal way to receive
group-related info. SRP generated a weekly newsletter to keep everybody
aware of upcoming and ongoing games. We emailed 3 pages weekly, plus game
backgrounds. We also distributed a phone and email list at irregular
intervals. The mailing list was not a discussion list, nor a gaming
magazine, but a scheduling tool.
We encouraged members to be more than mailing list recipients. The games
only happened if game masters went ahead and tried to run them. Equally
Attractive Non-Gaming Activities (EANGAs), social events, etc...
happened if people made use of the phone/email list. Such events could
also be advertised in the regular mailings.
Group Stats: over 110 players and game masters. Founded in 1986.
Age Restrictions: Grown-up gamers only, sort of, defined as mental age
"college freshman" and up (in an attempt to improve game
mood). And generally, above 18. There are other, younger groups
playing in the area, and at their request I will include their contact
info here.
The Group has played AD&D, Call of Cthulhu, Paranoia,
Twilight 2000, Traveller, GURPS (Horror, Fantasy, Space, Swashbucklers,
Supers, Prisoner, Cyberpunk, Vikings, Bunnies, Traveller, Time Travel
and more), Rolemaster, 4th Age, Villains & Vigilantes, Hero
(Champions, Fantasy, Victorian), Star Wars, Ars Magica, SORD, Runequest
and we tried pretty much any other system we could find a game master
for!
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