bormanp (05/08/83)
Well, I tried to use mail to respond to the 3-ring binder article, but to no avail. ihnp4 doesn't seem to want to mail to where I want it to mail (rats). This may be of general interest anyhow. What I think would be great is to set up a database of machine readable charts and other game aids. Currently I am designing new combat rules for FRP. These will all be machine readable (since I am using nroff, tbl, and the like). Included in the rules are several charts on critical hits and fumbles. I hope to get more of the charts I use in machine readable form during the summer. As of now, most of my charts are in 3-ring binders, some out of AD&D books, some out of A&G, some from A&E, some from places I forget, and still more original ones (both mine and friends). What about the rest of you? -Speaker for the Peoples of Kahl -Paul R Borman -St. Olaf College ihnp4!stolaf!bormanp ihnp4!stolaf!agnes!paul
wdr (05/09/83)
In the Dark Ages B.A. (Before AD&D), I constructed a custom built looseleaf rule book. I took my copy of The Books (M&M, M&T, UG&W, GH, BM, EW), C&S, The Dragon, The Wild Hunt, Alurums & Excursions, et cetera, an Exacto Knife, a pot of Rubber Cement, and a photo- copier and constructed a work that had the corrections and enhancements of the Suppelments merged with the text of the 3 Books and the options I had adopted from the Other Sources and written originally. I consider my use of photo-copiers legal and ethical since the process consisted of duplicating the back side of pages removed from the books being pasted on notebook filer. The result was no more and no fewer USABLE copies of the text than were purchased. However, TSR might not find your creation of looseleaf manuals by any process other than one-for-one rebinding to be harmless to them. They are known to 'enforce' their legal rights with gusto. I would recommend you have your local bindery de-bind new manuals and punch them with 19 square holes (such as plastic 'spiral' bindings use) and mount them in metal-ring binders similar in function to 3-ring binders but much sturdier and less prone to tearing. Bill Ricker wdr@security.uucp ..!decvax!genrad! !linus!security!wdr ..!allegra!