TFT was published by Metagaming, which went out of business about 1982, and TFT has been unsupported since then, and only available on the secondary market. Its first part, Melee, was published in 1977. Steve Jackson Games: The Fantasy Trip was Steve Jackson's first RPG. There are several TFT websites, a TFT webring and a very active mailing list. The Fantasy Trip continues to be played and supported by a loyal group of players across the world. Originally published in the Space Gamer #60, reproduced by permission of the author. One of the most interesting yet neglected aspects of a fantasy role-playing game character is his background: who he was, what he did, and where he was from before embarking on his adventuring career. Some of these are now available on the 'net at Ty Beard's TFT Site.Ĭharacter Backgrounds for FRP - By Ronald Pehr. This is my partial list of TFT articles published in the Space Gamer. This is a copy of the Character Sheet I use for my TFT games. Talent A-Z, Page, IQ, Cost, Prerequisites So I compiled my own index's and am making them freely available here. When The Fantasy Trip was first published, many players bemoaned the lack of an index or even contents in AM and AW. However loyal fans worldwide continue to play and develop TFT. It was hugely innovative and influential but it practically disappeared when Metagaming went bust. The Fantasy Trip (TFT) is a Fantasy Role-Playing game created in the 1980's by Steve Jackson and Metagaming. I'm probably better off sending my proposed plan to WotC to confirm what is acceptable, but since there seems to be some very knowledgeable folks here, I thought I might throw the idea out here first before I bother them with it.TFT Codex 2000 - A Compendium of Resources for The Fantasy Trip That tells me if people can't even post a list of available 5e archetypes from all the published sources, then likely my glossary doing the same thing from their free PDF's would also be restricted. Additionally, I would be referencing my source, as the hyperlink would go back to the official PDF.Īlthough the above seems like an acceptable use to me, I suspect there might still be a concern, since I have not seen any websites that reference of the Spell names, Feat names, or Archetype names from any 5e source (other than those from the basic game).
So for my idea, I would only be mentioning the name of the feat. I believe if I wrote and published an article about one of their PDF's, I can talk about the contents as long as I don't repeat the game mechanics: (i.e The "Kill Everything" feat in the "New Combat Options" of the latest Unearthed Arcana article seems well balanced and will likely be a favored feat for all fighters). What if I just posted my glossary as a webpage, and then hyperlinked all the items to the corresponding PDF? Here's another idea to help make it easier to reference the contents of the Unearthed Arcana material while perhaps not challenging any IP / Copyright protections. In no way do I want to be seen as challenging any of their IP, and I will take every step possible to ensure this. My main goal here was really just to create a table of contents to make it easier to find stuff from all those UA articles. I suspect by giving this a document a name, it could be called into contention, so I will soon be removing that on my next edit. It has occurred to me on the Contents Page that I have referenced the PDF as the: "Unofficial" Unearthed Arcana Compendium.
I realize even by doing that and redistributing their free PDF's that there could be a concern, but I also ensured that the host site I am using, is just a hobby site (there is no money to be gained directly or indirectly).īy not incorporating any personal graphics or design into the PDF, I am hoping that it helps to ensure/reflect that I am not challenging any of their IP. I know that WotC is basically legally required to always challenge any possible IP infringement concerns, since if they selectively stop doing so, then it makes their ability to defend their IP rights more difficult when there is a blatant infringement.īecause of this, I did not want to do anything other than to merge all the PDF's into a single PDF. I really tried to be careful to not infringe on any of WotC's intellectual property rights when I created this.
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