Roleplaying Resources

General Resources

D&D Stuff

The FidoNet AD&D Compendium Version 2.1plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigThe FidoNet AD&D Compendium Version 2.1

The Great FidoNet Compendium 2.0 was published to the AD&D FidoNet group on January 22nd, 1997. It was adapted to the internet as Version 2.1 on August 21, 2011. Last updated July 29, 2014.

Introduction

The previous version of this compendium was released close to fifteen years ago. With FidoNet long gone, and plain text out of style, I figured it was time to reformat this thing for the internet. This version includes seven spell submissions that didn'…
: A collection of classes, monsters, spells, magic items and whatnot else for 2nd edition AD&D, created by the FidoNet community.

A whole bunch of random AD&D stuff, including worlds, character sketches and humor.

The Dungeon at druidic.net: A collection of interesting spells, feats, races and other D&D stuff.

Net books and guides from Olik's AD&D Pages.

IMarvinTPA's D&D Database: Indexed and searchable lists of spells, magic items and more.

Message Boards

Giants in the Playground: D&D boards run by the creator of Order of the Stick.

Min Max Boards: Gaming boards focused on D&D 3.5. Older posts can be found on Brilliant Gameologists.

Gaming Sites

Macray's Keep: A complete gaming environment. Very well-designed site, with message groups, private mail and chat.

WebRPG: A huge online resource for gamers.

The RPG Gateway: An huge and incredibly useful collection of role-playing links.

Errant Dreams: A site much like this one, with useful tips on character and world-building.

Roleplaying Tips: A free online weekly magazine about roleplaying.

Sly Flourish: A useful collection of articles on building a better DM.

Homebrewery: Create RPG material in a format that looks like books from WotC

Find Roleplaying Games

Obsidian Portal: I can't believe it took me so long to find this site. Join a hundred thousand gamers in a community which includes hosted campaigns, player and game finders, and more, for all RPG systems.

Play by Email / Play by Post

Giants in the Playground forums, mainly D&D.

Min Max Boards, for D&D and Pathfinder.

And you can find a wide variety of PBeMs here: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/PBM List

Finding Players

Find Gamers is a good place to find role-players and wargamers in your area or online.