The name "Written Role-Play", also known by a half a dozen other names, has probably been around for a long while and was probably an unofficial branch of role-playing. The first time I encountered it was on *Prodigy's BBSes.

What is WRP?
Written Role-Playing is role-playing, written. (Doh!) <g> There are no dice, cards, boards, and whatnot. All you have is your imagination, your writing skills and a little bit of cooperation from other writers/players. You begin by writing a new character; and ta-da!, you can now play this character. The objective of the "game" is to interact with other characters and from there produce a storyline (or storylines).

Some other answers..
The Quill WRP FAQ will have most of the answers regarding WRP. Come on and join the fun! :) Or you can go to the Red Dragon's Inn; though its FAQ is geared towards the activities going on in the newsgroup, it shows how this "written role-playing" business is carried out.

Quill WRP Mailing List
All wrp-ing is done through a mailing list that I maintain. We have three genres, Fantasy, Modern and Murder & Mystery, all on-going here. Though the WRP is under Quill, we do still have some non-Quill members participating; and you're welcomed to join us.

To join, send a message to:
listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
with the message: subscribe quillwrp (your_full_name)

Most participants, however, do still fit the Quill criteria, being of under 24 years old. Feel free to join the alt.dragons-inn newsgroup--role-playing in a fantasy environment.

Character Database
I have put up a page for this, but I have not had the time to put all the character descriptions in, yet. Just a list of what characters I've created to the Quill WRPs. I'll work on it soon, and I've also put up another character database for the Avress Tower characters.

Quill WRP Archives
I was trying to compile all of the posts conducted on the Quill WRPs in a nicely readable format. But the list has grown so much that I can barely keep up, much less archive! So, I've left the job to a more reliable entity--the server's automated archiver. Don't you just love technology?

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