Hello All, Although it’s been a few weeks, I wanted to address an event that tested the limits of a large convention’s policies. The rise of Dungeons & Dragons and fantasy in general has made conventions a much more diverse, crowded, and open opportunity for fun as well as conflict. One of the largest is… Continue reading Letter from the Chair, July 2019
An international network of researchers into all aspects of role-playing games June 2019 David Millians, Editor Paideia School, 1509 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30307 USA NOTE FROM THE EDITOR I will soon leave for East Asia until mid-July. I will not have reliable access to this CAR-PGa material until I get back on… Continue reading CAR-PGa NEWSLETTER Vol. 28, No. 6, June 2019
An international network of researchers into all aspects of role-playing games David Millians, Editor Paideia School, 1509 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30307 USA LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Hi All, My apologies for not writing a letter last month. I just started my new job, which kept me a lot busier than I expected.… Continue reading CAR-PGa NEWSLETTER Vol. 28, No. 5, May 2019
David Millians, Editor Paideia School, 1509 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30307 USA ARTICLES The SPIEL ´18 in Essen By Carsten Obst Part Two: From Children of Mu, Dreadnoughts, and Lights in the Darkness Das Gift der Schlange (The Snake´s Poison) is a new adventure-book for the SF RPG Ultima Ratio, published by the… Continue reading CAR-PGa NEWSLETTER Vol. 28, No. 4, April 2019
An international network of researchers into all aspects of role-playing games David Millians, Editor Paideia School, 1509 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30307 USA ARTICLES Letter from the Chair Hi All, You might have recently heard about a controversy boiling over a controversial figure in the role-playing game industry who has gotten quite a… Continue reading CAR-PGa NEWSLETTER, Vol. 28, No. 3, March 2019
An international network of researchers into all aspects of role-playing games David Millians, Editor Paideia School, 1509 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30307 USA MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Hi All, I’m pleased to announce a few new developments since our last newsletter: The web site is now up and running. We’ve managed to rescue… Continue reading CAR-PGa NEWSLETTER, Vol. 28, No. 2, February 2019
CAR-PGa publishes the CAR-PGa Newsletter monthly. It contains articles, a listing of new documents on RPGs received during the previous month, industry announcements of new products for the coming month, a comprehensive convention schedule, and housekeeping items such as membership updates and budget notices. Subscription is open to the public. To subscribe, write to the Editor. The… Continue reading Welcome to the CAR-PGA Newsletter
An international network of researchers into all aspects of role-playing games David Millians, Editor ARTICLES Report from the Chairman Hello All, As you may know, I was recently named a successor to M. Alan Thomas II as Committee Chair. I’d like to thank Alan for all the work he put into CAR-PGA and all his… Continue reading CAR-PGa NEWSLETTER Vol. 28, No. 1 January 2019
Welcome to the website of the Committee for the Advancement of Role-Playing Games (CAR-PGa), an international network of researchers into all aspects of role-playing games (RPGs). This site contains several categories of information, all of which are accessible from the menu above: Answers to questions about role-playing games Answers to other frequently asked questions An… Continue reading Welcome to the New CAR-PGA Web Site!
Special thanks to Jason Hudgins for scanning this letter for us! From what we can gather, when GAMA asked the CAR-PGA for cash dues to participate, Paul wrote a letter to educate GAMA on how CAR-PGA operated and why we weren’t going to pay the $50 fee to participate. The letter is an illuminating snapshot… Continue reading Paul Cardwell, Jr.’s Letter to GAMA About Cash Dues, March 1, 1996
