Subseries D: Role-playing games, 1982 - 1995
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains legal papers related to licensing, trademarks, and copyrights for role-playing games. Materials include contracts, agreements, game materials, and correspondence.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by role-playing game line: Chill, DC Heroes, Role Aids/Invincible Overlord, and Underground with an additional section for legal papers related to general role-playing games. Author contracts are arranged by author last name; in the case with multiple authors for a work, filed by the author's last name that appears first on the contract.
Note that some author contracts contain supporting materials which include proposals, outlines, and drafts (unpublished and published). There is some duplication of contracts.
Dates
- Creation: 1982 - 1995
Creator
- From the Collection: Bromley, Darwin Paul (Person)
- From the Collection: Bromley, Peter Yarwood (Person)
- From the Collection: Mayfair Games, Inc. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to portions of this collection have been restricted. These documents will not be open for research use until the year 2042; they are denoted as such in this finding aid and are separated from unrestricted files. Access to media and digital materials requires advance notice. Currently, access to data cartridges/cassettes, and some floppy disks due to formatting is unavailable; it is possible that certain other formats may be inaccessible or restricted.
Extent
From the Collection: 132.6 Linear Feet (This collection is housed in 199 archival document boxes, 5 rolled storage boxes, 7 oversized boxes, and 18 additional archival media boxes, with additional oversized folders stored in 4 map case drawers.)
From the Collection: 512.1 Megabytes
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Repository Details
Part of the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong Repository
The Strong
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Rochester NY 14607 USA
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