| World_Builders_Guild Creators and manufacturers of d20 game and miniature accessories for various role-playing gaming worlds. |
| Artificial_Life_Game Contains useful links to resources and studies of artificial life games. |
| The_Canadian_Video_Game_and_Computer_Industry Offers information and analysis about the video and computer game industry in Canada. Produced by a group of researchers in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western On |
| DFC_Intelligence__Game_Industry_Research Providing strategic market research and statistics on the video game, interactive entertainment and interactive broadcasting industries. |
| Digiplay_Initiative Research project on computer games, gamers and the gaming industry. Site has an extensive bibliography of print and online game research. Some news, links, events, own publications. |
| Dungeon_&_Dreamers Website for book of the same name. Includes sample chapter and individual pages for authors Brad King and John Borland. |
| Elliott_Avedon_Museum_and_Archive_of_Games Virtual exhibits from the University of Waterloo, Ottawa, Canada. Dedicated to research and the collection, preservation, and exhibition of games and game-related objects. |
| Game_Game Ludology meets Understanding Comics. A card game about game studies by Aki Järvinen. |
| Game_Liberation A game about game theory by Jesper Juul. |
| Game_Research Offers news and research information on the development and social impact of computer games, and the Games Research mailing list. |
| Games_For_Health Sponsored by the Serious Games Initiative. Develops a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications. |
| Games,_Gamers_and_Gaming_Culture Links to computer and video game research resources. Bibliography of game research, researchers, organisations, conferences, archives, news. |
| GamesLab New Zealand based research group dedicated to raising the profile of games research and acting as a proponent in developing a critical awareness of video games. |
| Global_Timoto One man, on a motorcycle, around the world, in mission to explore and record diverse people and the games they play. |
| Habitat_Chronicles Blog and development historical information from Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer, designers of Habitat, 1985. |
| Interactive_Fiction Annotated bibliography and several scholarly articles about interactive fiction, by Dennis G. Jerz. |
| Learning_Games_Initiative Examine computer games (arcade, console, PC, and handheld) in order to better understand their cultural and pedagogical import. Based in Tucson, AZ. |
| Richard_A__Bartle__MUD_Writings_Archive A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by different researchers. |
| Satellite_Uplink A collection of insights that put video games inside a broader cultural and aesthetic framework. E-book available for download. |
| Serious_Games_Initiative Focuses on using games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Sponsors annual Serious Games Summit. |
| Video_Game_Culture__Leisure_and_Play_Preferences_of_BC_Teens Study examines the significance of children's video game play by surveying British Columiba teenagers' attitudes, interests, motives and behaviors toward gaming. |
| Yee,_Nicholas_-_The_Norrathian_Scrolls__A_Study_of_EverQuest Findings of a major study of EverQuest players including data on and discussions of demographics, statistics, psychology, charts, addiction, gender differences, gender bending, relationships, romance |
| Artificial_Life_Game Articles and inform information on artificial life games. [Atom] |
| BluePineapple_com_Party_Games Free instructions for playing unusual party games. Suitable for all ages, but especially fun for high school and college people. |
| Eventwise_Party_Animals Categorized selection of party games. Includes user submissions and party talk forum. |
| Fib-Or-Not_Game Game in which a story is told and the audience must guess whether or not the person is fibbing. |
| Humpfest A game were people take photos of themselves with various objects. Site contains an image gallery and rules. |
| Instructions_on_How_to_Play_Party_Games Find games for children, small groups of s, and large groups of teenagers. |
| Party_Game_Central Party games and birthday games for kids, teens, and s including ideas for large groups, icebreakers, pool parties, team building and outdoor activities. |
| Party_Game_Ideas Categorized collection of party games and activities for birthday parties, baby showers, wedding showers, and holidays. |
| Party_Games_Etc_ Categorized directory of party game ideas and instructions. Includes games for baby showers, bridal showers, holidays, kid's parties, and dancing games. |
| Party411_Party_Games Collection of games to be played at all types of parties -- kids and s. |
| Partydirectory_com Features instructions for a selection of party games including outdoor, relay races, ice breakers, and shower games. |
| The_Pumpkin_Shell Ebook featuring information, ideas, and themes for planning and hosting a scavenger hunt game. Other ebooks offered include 25 party games, and kids craft recipes. |
| The_Screen_Test_Game Home video camera game in which teams perform short movie scenes. Includes instructions, tip list, and purchase information. |
| Who\'s_in_the_Bag? Game in which each team tries to identify as many personalities on the cards as possible before the timer runs out and the bag or hat passes to the next team. |
| Yankee-Swap_net Gift-giving party game suitable for small to large groups. Offers free download of the official rules for a Yankee Swap in PDF format. |
| A&D_Soccer Football game where every week each teams plays a minimum of 4 matches. |
| Archipelago Fantasy marine based war and trading game. |
| Darkness_of_Silverfall Space combat and conquest game set in a realistic 3 dimensional unlimited galaxy. |
An interesting quote from - A. Rilstone - on this topic:“What is essential in this definition is the freedom of choice allowed to a player's character, compared with the very limited range of choices available in most computer or boardgames. In any given situation, a character in a role-playing game should be able to take any action that that character would be able to take if that situation were to occur in real life.” A. Rilstone 1994.ANALYSIS:The brief outline of games that may be considered RPG’s that appears below, includes Narrative RPG’s, Party Games, Storytelling games, Live-Action Role-playing games, and Computer Role-playing Games. This list is by no means exhaustive, and if you have any comments you would like adding to this page, please email me via the link in the footer of the page.TYPES OF RPG's: Party Games: An example of this is the classic “Murder mystery game”. Mystery games can be best described as an interactive clue game. You and all your guests come to the party in costume and in character, soon to find out you are all suspects in a murder.... Narrative or Table-Top RPG's: A Narrative or Table-Top RPG is a formalized verbal interaction between a referee and a player or players, resulting in the production of a narrative. This interaction means that the fictional character (controlled by the player) has complete or nearly complete freedom of choice within the fictional world (controlled by the referee). The whole idea around text based RPGs is the rule system. The books for these RPG's contain the rules, guidelines and stories of the world the game takes place in. After that’s established the players and the game master (the person that is in charge of keeping that story moving along) use their imaginations and build a fantasy game that's different every time they play. Dice are used in order to determine random events such as the accuracy of a blow and how much damage it does. By far the most well known table top RPG is Dungeons and Dragons. Storytelling Games:A story game is one in which players tell stories. Some games require paper and pencil, some others require props and yet others require only a few minutes of time. Some story games use traditional tales, others use personal experiences or original stories. Live-Action Role-playing (LARPing): A spin off of table top gaming is Live Action Role Playing or LARPing. This is a little more involved than table top and is more like acting in a play without a script. For the time that the game is in session the players are their characters. This involves a large area for game setting, usually a park or other closed in area so as not to disturb those that are not in the game. This is much more interesting than table top but does require additional rules so as not to make anyone uncomfortable. Criteria such as no touching or hitting must be observed and if for any reason it becomes necessary to do so there is a system to deal with combat situations. An example game in this category includes the live-action vampire game Mind's Eye Theatre. Computer Role-playing Games: As illustrated by the quote from A Rilstone at the top of this page, computer games usually do not involve role-playing. However, over recent years someComputer games have emerged that do involve interaction between human players. However even with these types of computer games, this seems to bea controversial topic as illustrated by this quote from - J. Harkavy:“Computer Roleplaying Games can be a lot of fun, but when it comes to true, feel it in your blood, roleplaying, it tends to fall short. And, many gamers are very territorial or passionate about what they play. I have heard arguments about how CRPGs should not be called roleplaying because it just doesn't fit the bill. Don't get me wrong, I have been roleplaying for over 20 years and I do enjoy CRPGs. But the similarities just aren't enough. Typically a computer or a video RPG has you taking the perspective of the main hero. The interaction of multiple characters is lost in this focus. Instead, we have sidekicks, extensions of the main, the only differences sometimes being a different quirkiness or affectation, helping their leader achieve the required goals.” J. Harkavy 
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