From: Death@yabbs
To: all@yabbs
Subject: re: d&D
Date: Tue Aug  9 00:39:01 1994
Ummm... I'm not sure how many of you know this (I just learned about it 
yesterday) but there is now a internet-wide ban of ALL TSR products. This 
came about due to TSR saying that any discussion of their products on the 
internet was copyright infringement and, therefor, illegal... They went on 
to say that there is ONE place where it WILL be legal: their BBS which you 
have to PAY to get on. therefore, I am, as of now never again buying
 anything made by that company (including Dragon magazine, which is still 
halfway decent...)
Incidentally, (along the current train of thought here) Steyr: My playing 
group for RPGs actually has fun playing AD&D, although I must admit that 
we don't even come close to paying attention to the rules. WE pay more 
attention to character developement then to "statistics" and only use AD&D 
as something of a backdrop...
Also, I am currently in the process (almost finished!!!!) of writing my 
own RPG based on the world created by David Eddings in _The Belgariad_ and 
_The Mallorean_. If anybody on here would like to help me play-test it, 
let me know. (I would strongly suggest having read all 10 books 
before-hand though). If you do, I will send you a copy of the "Player's 
Guide" which will soon include illustrations. I have written David Eddings 
for "official" permision, in order to actually spread it around without 
infringing on his rights. If he (or his lawers, PR ppl, or whomever :) 
ever gets back to me, I'll know if I'll actually be ALLOWED to market it. 
From what I've finished so far, I have a feeling that anybody who is a fan 
of his and a gamer will want to play it, so I'm hoping to get a favorable 
response. If you want more details, leave me a note.

    --Death