David – You are correct in that the reason for creation of the list was so the specific RPG project could be discussed. I don’t have a preference one way or the other as to the name: rpg at dragaera.info could work just fine, unless Steve plans on giving more people permission to run online RPGs, in which case it could still work fine because we could simply change the scope to have the list be a place for discussion of Dragaeran RPGs in general. dragaera-rpg at dragaera.info could also work, although I’m not sure if that’s the “final” name of the RPG. It’s what I’ve been using so far and is a good, general name. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Scope of List and Rules Below ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list, with Steven's permission, is to provide a central forum for those fans of his work also interested in role-playing to gather and talk about the Dragaera RPG. Steven has given permission to those interested to create and run an online RPG based on his Dragaera world. 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