The European Men in Black

The Men in Black Program The Men In Black are the volunteer arm of Steve Jackson Games (SJG). SJG is the games company responsible for such delights as GURPS, In Nomine, Illuminati (original and New World Order), Dino Hunt, Ogre, Knightmare Chess, Car Wars, Hacker, Toon, Killer, Tribes, the Awful Green Things from Outer Space and many more. Men in Black (MIB) are responsible for promoting SJG products at game conventions, game stores, games clubs, schools, and anywhere else they can. MIB operations are coordinated online through the MIB mailing list.

About this site

This is the home site for the operations of the Men in Black in Europe. At present it is just a summary of some on-line resources which are available for MIB operatives to use to make their long and arduous tasks that little bit easier.

Always bear in mind though, that the easy route rarely leads to illumination. If it was that easy, they'd all be doing it. There are two true routes to illumination: one lies in providing your own useful on-line resources, and letting me know about them so I can add them to this list.

Oh yes, the other route to illimination involves sending me lots of untraceable cash. Details on request.

"Official" MIB documents

• The Agenda of the Secret Masters
• A description of the rules and responsibilities pertaining to Men in Black.
• The official Men In Black recruiting policy
• The official MIB web site

European MIB activity, and related pages

• Information about the Operatives who have been programmed by the conspiracy to work in this region.
• Information about recent and forthcoming missions with links to con lists and other items of interest.
• A log of the region's event reports and past monthly reports.
• Scenarios, essays and other things produced by European MIBs, and available for other operatives to read, use or ignore as appropriate.
• A separate site for the Sweden Cell, maintained by Lars Lindblad, the Cell Leader for Sweden.

Other MIB sites

• The MIB web site for the South East USA region, including a printable version of the Event Registration Form.
• The MIB web site for the South central USA region, including a local con list.
• The MIB web site for the North central USA region, which covers Iowa, Minesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota.
• The MIB web site for the Baltimore Cell (of which region, I wonder). and a few pages I hold for them on this site.
• The MIB web site for the Columbia, MO cell.

General SJG resources

• The current status of the SJG product line.
• The SJG online convention registration form.
• The SJG list of known conventions.
• Information about refereeing games at conventions.
• Information about volunteering to work at the SJG booth at conventions.
• An email interview conducted by "Dwarven Tavern Cyberzine" with Andon and SJG.

Product-specific SJG resources

• GURPS
  • The home of the GURPS web-ring, a wonderful collection of GURPS-related sites.
  • Stu's Rules of GM-ing, a collection of hints and opinions on running GURPS games.
  • The GURPSNet mailing list (subscribe here) and news group.
• Car Wars
  • The official AADA tournament rules for sanctioned tournaments.
• INWO
  • The INWO mailing list (subscribe here).

Now it's up to you

Have fun, and please let me know of any other resources which might be useful.

Frank.

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GM:     "You see a man in a black suit, with a suspicious bulge under 

         one arm, dark sunglasses, and some sort of device in his ear"

Player: "A blind, deaf man with the plague - he'll be no trouble!"   

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Frank Carver     frank@efsol.com     http://www.efsol.com/    MIB 0247

Last modified: 16:00 GMT 16 Apr 1999