Games and Recreation

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If you have a URL which documents a game or recreational pastime, send me email, I'll add it to this list. Games and Recreation includes computer games, board games, card games, role-playing games, scuba diving, skydiving, kite-flying, anything that a reader could participate in.

Some things I don't think belong here include mail-order catalogues, electronic storefronts (at least, not yet), and entertainment (professional sports, television). Pages that document a commercial game product are fine. Sports have their own page.

means that a site is not currently in service, but hopefully will be soon. If you notice that it is back online before I do, drop me a line and I'll remove the sign.

means that a URL is no longer valid and I have no idea what the new one should be. If you know what it should be, drop me a line.

I really want a "robot" that will detect dead links. If you know of something simple that can check a page for dead links, email me and you'll get a credit.

Computer Games and Recreation

• Paradise Netrek. A multi-player graphical space combat game.
• Netrek. The parent sport for Paradise Netrek.
• Crossfire. A multi-player graphical cross between Nethack, Moria and Gauntlet. More sites at City College, and Cardiff.
• XPilot. A multi-player graphical space combat game.
• Bolo. A graphical multi-player tank game for Macintoshes.
• Rule your own country in *Empire*, the internet's most detailed and intense strategy-wargame.
  • Empire FAQ and monthly magazine EMPIRE NEWS:
  • Empire Users Guide and info on currently running games:
• Nethack, a classic ASCII-graphics sword&sorcery game.
• A massive list of MUDS (Multi-user Dimensions). You can find docs, source, newsgroups, papers, further pointers here. A list of all publicly open Internet MUSHes here. Specific MU*s:
  • DuneMUSH II.
  • GarouMUSH
• The BattleTech 3056 home page.
• DOOM is an immensely popular PC game. Several pages about it are accessible through the DWANGO archive (warning. That archive is heavy on the graphics). Links to many other pages about DOOM, DOOM II, and the new project, Heretic, are on the DooMGate archive (again, graphics).
• Sokoban. Two versions of a fascinating puzzle with lots of boards. There is XSokoban, which stores scores in the WWW. You can also play Sokoban directly using the WWW!
• The Roguelike Games Home Page at krl
• The NetHack Home Page at krl
• The Angband Home Page.
• The Moria Home Page.
• IVI Publishing publishes several CD-ROM titles in the Health, Reference, Educational, Children's, and Entertainment genres.
• Outland is an internet gaming site for Macs on the internet. It seems very reasonably priced.
• Speaking of toys you can play with using the Web, here's Zarf's List of Interactive Games on the Web.
• dig the Raymond Interactive Theatre (tm).
• A few weird things at cybersight.com:
  • Joe's Adventures: a unique add-your-own adventure.
  • For those traditionalists, try Bob's Mishap, a linear story you can add a sentence or two too.
• The Maze, a WWW maze where every square has someone's question.
• CEB Internetworked Games, a company dedicated to creating free, multi-player internet games.
• BU's Interactive WWW games
• The DragonSpires Page documents a prototype graphical mud.

Card Games

• Bridge. The most widely played card game in the world with a telnet-style game server.
• The IRC Poker Dealer page.
• Perhaps more generically there's the USENET newsgroup rec.gambling.
• Magic: the Gathering. A game played with collectible cards.
  • WotC's own Magic page
  • Darrell Budic's page
  • FuzzFace's Magic Page
  • Bingham's page
  • The Boston Magic Club's page.
• These collectible card games are becoming popular. Check out the Star Trek (TNG) Customizable Card Game.

Board Games

• Chess Archives and the Internet Chess Library for the discriminating chess enthusiast.
• The Internet Go Server is accessible to those who can telnet igs.nuri.net 6969. Hop on as guest and type "help".

  Also check out the numerous Go pages:

  • at Texas.
  • Colorado State University Go Club.
  • Jan Steen's page.
  • Ken's Go Page.
  • the Go Teaching Ladder Review Archive.
• There's a web page for The Guide To The Game Of Othello. You can now play Othello over the internet if you can telnet faust.uni-paderborn.de 5000.
• You can play Backgammon over the internet if you can telnet fraggel65.mdstud.chalmers.se 4321 (thanks to those guys who straightened out my ls and es). Check out The WWW Backgammon Page.
• Ken's Game Cabinet has information on a number of board games.
• Railroad Board Games home page. It contains information, tips, and Battle Stories from such favorites as the "Crayon" games, the 18xx series, and others.
• Advanced Squad Leader. A WWII tactical game system published by the Avalon Hill Game Company.
• Fat Messiah Games publishes a number of board games.

Table Games

• A Foosball archive.
• The rec.games.pinball archive with rules sheets and tip sheets for many games.

Miniature-Based Games

• Command Decision. World War II miniatures rules which emphasize command and control at the battalion level.
• An archive for miniatures with a fantasy slant.
• The Miniatures Page, a WWW magazine for miniatures gamers. Includes game reviews, miniatures listings, magazine article indexes, and other material.

Play By Mail games

Model Building

• LEGO Information
• Railroad-related Internet Resources

Role-Playing games

• Nero Ashbury, a live-action roleplaying group based in Brooklyn, NY.
• Greg Boug's RPG page.
• the Vampire WWW Server
• the GreatMinds project
• Anders' Mage Page
• John Gavigan's Highlander supplement for the WoD
• Dragonflight, a Seattle-based, non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of role-playing, miniatures, and boardgames.
• Dagorhir Outdoor Improvizational Dark Age Battle Games, a live-action battle gameing group in IL, OH, MD, TN, and VA.
• Surge's RPG information.
• AD&D at the Stack
• The Interactive Literature Foundation is a collection of RPGers and other gamers.
• Thomas Petersen's Role-Playing Game Internet Resource Guide in Europe.

Miscellaneous Games

• Dig the Scottish Tiddlywinks Association. Do not underestimate the complexity of tactics in this game.
• Vocabulary Word Puzzles and Word Games

Miscellaneous Hobbies

• Some stuff about COMICS.
• Juggling Information Service
• Fish Information Service.
• Did you know that Phone Cards are collectible?
• Information for the Science Hobbyist.

Food & Drink

• For the homebrewer in you: Spencer's Beer Page or maybe a visit to The Virtual Pub.
• the Grapevine Wine Drinkers Forum carries reviews and information about wines from all over the world
• The official home page of the Wine mailing list.
• Vegetarian recipe archive.
• eGG, the electronic Gourmet Guide, an internet zine devoted to food and cooking.

Dancing

Dot: ``Again?''

- Animaniacs, Anvilania episode.

• R. French's Western Square Dance Web server has the Callerlab program lists, a square dance computer program, information for challenge dancers, and more
• The International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs is an umbrella group of over 40 clubs in the US and Canada
• Tech Squares, the MIT club.
• The Strathspey Server, an archive of the Strathspey mailing list which provides a forum for discussion of Scottish Country Dancing.
• A dancing gopher site.

Outdoor Pastimes

• If you like walking around something other than a mall, you can check out the Backcountry Home Page
• Skydive Archive for those of you that like to hop out of perfectly good airplanes with a big sheet on your back.
• For Recreational and Technical SCUBA Divers there's the Aquanaut SCUBA Magazine
• The Climbing Archive for people who think horizontal surfaces are for carpet.
• Kite flying.
• An Aviation gopher site for you pilots.
• The Fishing Page.
• Dig The Virtual Flyshop with photos, stories, movies, knots, and links to newsgroups and other fishing-related WWW pages.
• IGLOO, the International Gay and Lesbian Outdoor Organization which offers a wide range of outdoor activities, including (but not limited to) hiking, bicycling, skiing, sailing, camping and rafting.
• Crawling around underground might not be outdoors, but still, here are the Yale Speleology Server and the Lancaster University Speleological Society.
• Bicycling.
• Or for those who can't afford both wheels: Unicycling.
• The Global Cycling Network (VeloNet).
• The Boating Directory for all types of boating information.
• The Paddling Directory for canoeing, kayaking, and rafting information.
• The Internet Runner has race schedule and other running-related information for those who live life at a faster pace.
• World Wide Windsurfing for those who know life's real priorities.
• the Naturist Home Page.
• The Internet Ski Guide, maintained by Knowledge Plus Multimedia Publishing.
• Ski Web with regional information.
• Horses! on the Internet - Equinet. Information and listings of interest to the equestrian.
• The Saltwater Fishing Home Page
• The Bass Fishing Home Page
• The North Carolina Kayaking Home page
• The North Carolina Outer Banks Windsurfing Home Page
• The Volksmarch and Walking Index

Outdoor Participatory Sports

Things that should have been submitted to John:

• While blatantly commercial, the Ryde to the Cup home page is still well done.

Travel

• Canadian Himalayan Expeditions for the traveler who wants to hike about a bit.
• International Universities offers exceptional travel/study abroad programs around the world. Why not be an au pair in the French Riviera?!?
• Check out The Rec.Travel Library, travel information and stories by people from around the world, who have traveled around the world!
• Datawave has a page with some travel information, and even more unrelated internet resources.
• Enjoy a virtual visit to Napa Valley.
• Virtual Vacation. This web site has pictures of places with hyperlinks that let you "walk" around. If you can digitize photos of your environment, you could add a Virtual Vacation to its database.
• Information about Alaska
• The Internet Guide to Hostelling, the Internet worldwide guide to budget travel.

Humor

• Where the Buffalo Roam is a cartoon feature uniquely suited to the World Wide Web's subversive technology. Its unique brand of pull-no-punches humor leaves some readers laughing, and others calling for the cartoonist's immediate execution.
• John M. Zakour's cartoons, in English and Spanish.
• Jay's Comedy Club, a collection of humor from strange places.
• Dr. Fun archive, full-color JPEG cartoons.
• The Funny Times, humor outpost on the WWW

Miscellania

• the Weightlifting Page.

Miscellania II (stuff which doesn't really belong here)

• Books That Work's home page. A site for home repair, landscaping, gardening, and other things that some crazy people call recreation.
• Reaction Graphics, an image-laden tourist trap on the information superhypeway with killer T-shirts.
• Steve's Ant Farm, has a JPEG of the guy's ant farm that is updated every hour.

Other sites with Games and Recreation info

• The Illuminati Online BBS has quite a bit of gaming info.
• There's a site with many USENET FAQs called Games Domain.
• Fun at Florida State University.
• The George Washington University Gamer's Society has snippets of info about lots of games including board games and role-playing games.
• ZIOPTIS is a bunch of nut-cases from Detroit who provide zany skit performances over the phone. While I personally have never called them, the idea sounds cooler than Pluto to me.
• The Great Outdoor Recreation Pages, featuring descriptions of many National Parks and information about outdoor activities.
• Sports subcatalogue of the WWWVL

Recreation according to GNN

• Cooking
• Gardening
• Hobbies
• Pets
• Recreation
• Miscellaneous

Related WWWVL pages

• Sports
• Beer & Brewing
• Dance
• The WWW Sport Fishing Home Page

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