Collection of role-playing games

Finding aid prepared by Serena Rodholm.
Special Collections & University Archives
The UCR Library
P.O. Box 5900
University of California
Riverside, California 92517-5900
Phone: 951-827-3233
Fax: 951-827-4673
Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu
URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.


Descriptive Summary

Title: Collection of role-playing games
Date (inclusive): circa 1985-2000
Collection Number: MS 375
Extent: 3.29 linear feet (4 boxes)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains role-playing games including Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Heroes. Items in the collection include player and master manuals, as well as maps and character pieces.
Languages: The collection is in English.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Distinctive Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Collection of role-playing games (MS 375). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Processing History

Processed by Serena Rodholm, 2017.
Processing of the Collection of role-playing games was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.

Collection Scope and Contents

This collection contains role-playing games including Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Heroes. The boxes contain both players and masters handbooks, as well as maps and character cards. The collection also includes four boxed game sets, some of which include a CD, extra pamphlets, cards, maps, and manuals.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by game title.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

DC Comics, Inc.
Dungeons & dragons
Marvel Comics Group
Fantasy games
Role playing

Genres and Forms of Materials

Card, table and board game elements
Game pieces (game elements)
Manuals (instructional materials)


Box 1, Folder 1

Clanbook-Dragon Magazine 1985-1994

Box 1, Folder 2

Dragon Wars-Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Wilderness Survival Guide 1986-1989

Box 1, Folder 3

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Book of Artifacts 1993

Box 1, Folder 4

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition: The Complete Book of Villians-Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition: Dungeon Master Screen 1986-1994

Box 1, Folder 5

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition: Dungeon Mater's Guide 1989

Box 1, Folder 6

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition: Legends and Lore 1990

Box 2, Folder 1

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition: Player's Handbook 1989

Box 2, Folder 2

Dungeons & Dragons: Gazetter-Forgotten Realms 1987-2000

Box 2, Folder 3

Eborium Isle of the Flames-Marvel Superheroes: Campaign Book 1984-1994

Box 2, Folder 4

Marvel Superheroes: Child of the Atom-Marvel Superheroes: Love Wolves 1984-1988

Box 2, Folder 5

Marvel's Superheroes: Player's Book-Ravenloft: Oaths of Evil 1985-1992

Box 3, Item 1

Birthright 1995

Box 3, Item 2

Hollow World 1990

Box 3, Item 3

Karameikos 1994

Box 3, Item 4

Menzoberranzan 1992

Box 4, Item 1

The New Easy to Master Dungeons & Dragons 1991