role-playing games links

The 31st annual of the world's longest-running gaming convention, held over President's Day weekend in San Ramon, CA. Virtually every RPG and war game will be played at DDC at some point.
Expired 2 years ago Keywords: event, dundracon, game, convention, 2007, february

The official site/store for "Land of Og", a funny role-playing game with an interesting mechanic: players may only communicate with a small vocabulary of 'caveman' words.
Keywords: shopping, land of og, caveman, role-playing, rpg, game, wingnut

Another free utility for running tabletop RPGs online. This is available in French and English.
Keywords: tool, dices, tabletop, rpg, online

This page covers various attempts to describe RPGs in general terms. Rather than telling you how to roleplay, this is a collection of articles on what the different ways are -- and the pros and cons of different choices.
Keywords: rpg theory, playing styles

A good web site for role-playing games, particularly ones by independent publishers and/or electronic versions.
Keywords: rpg, now, role-playing, game, web site, independent

Great article that tries to distill RPG "stories" into 36 basic plot patterns. Very useful for GMs needing a little inspiration.
Keywords: article, game master, ideas, inspiration, scenarios

Funny collection of posters with some inspirational quotes for all you rpg gamers.
Keywords: photo, posters, funny, inspiration

A classic list of free role-playing games which you can download and play right away.
Keywords: chris, compendium, free, rpg

Pretty interesting attempt to preserve the best aspects of pen and paper rpgs within a software interface. Haven't personally tried it out, but it looks promising.
Keywords: tool, software, virtual tabletop

Free software for simulating tabletop RPGs online. Great for gamers who are unable to gather with others on a regular basis due to time or distance constraints.
Keywords: tool, openrpg, tabletop, rpg, role-playing