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Wizards of the Coast
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These are the current holders of the venerable D&D trademarks made famous
by Gary Gygax. I played many a fine D&D and AD&D game in college,
wrote several modules and world settings that I and a buddy ran many an
unsuspecting person through, and really had more fun than any average geek
should be allowed to with this.
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Dominion Games
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These folks have a "Open Game License" concept game called "Dominion Games"
that is a framework for running RPG's within. Currently, they also publish
a "module" called Gwenil. Both are freely downloadable from their site.
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Inform
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I guess I'll have to explain this one a bit. There once was a beloved game
called "Zork". Many years passed. Now there is a thing called "Inform" that
compiles a language into what is called "Z-Code" that can then be run to
produce games that operate in much the same way as "Zork". This is the
home site of the "Inform" compiler/runtime.
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International Fantasy Gaming Society
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These folks play act fantasy encounters in real life. They dress up the
part they are playing, use 20 acres of "setting" and take it from there.
The only "downside" is that they have a national organization that
"sanctions" games. Thus there are not too many of them.
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Live Action Role Playing Association
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These folks play act fantasy encounters in real life. They do not require
"dressing up", nor is there any national organization. They do have a
membership fee and offer a magazine.
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