From: Eric Rowe (rowe@soda.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu 21 Apr 1994 - 20:51:22 EEST
Bay Area RuneQuest Federation
If you don't live in the Bay Area of California keep reading anyway, maybe it will give you some ideas. We're forming BARF to promote RQ in the area. I often hear complaints that people can't find other RQ players in the area, and there flat out just isn't enough RQ going on at conventions. It seems few people are following David Cheng's advice on gaming evangelicism to any extent.
What we're doing here is forming two lists. One is an e-mail list to make announcements such as players wanted, new games starting, and Conventions coming up. The list will be moderated (very low traffic). For now people can e-mail me to get added to it, but it will be automated by majo-domo soon on another machine.
The second list is an address/phone list so people without e-mail can be contacted. Just ftp the list from the soda archive site and call up people in your area if you need a game. It can also be used to mail appropriate things to local gamers. For instance, I will be using it to add to the RQ Con 2 mailing list. If you want to be on this list (and you should) e-mail me your address/phone at rowe@soda.berkeley.edu.
Here's the first BARF message.
What's up people. Plenty of Conventions coming up and no RQ on the plate. Sparticon has no RQ at all (this coming weekend). Gamescaucus II is coming up May 27-30 at the Oakland Airport Hilton. Stephen Martin is running a Nomad Gods/MOLAD board game and I am running an adventure in the Pavis Rubble, The Temple of Gak. (I'm also running the only Pendragon game)
There is no one else running RQ. Get off your duffs, sign up to run a game or at least show up and play in someone else's. We can't bring new lambs into the flock if we graze behind high fences. I even noticed the big GAMEX con down in LA had only 1 RQ game (Hooray whoever you are!).
RQers, man your stations and thanks for listening.
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