@kyonshi writes about the oldest (and federated!) RPG forums still around, using net news tech.
“From what I can see the first two messages on the brand new group net.games.frp were sent out on the 12th of January 1982. To give you an idea just how early this was: it was before the abbreviation RPG became common, people were still talking about Fantasy RolePlaying instead, so even today the group-names use the abbreviation FRP.” https://gmkeros.wordpress.com/2024/01/12/the-oldest-ttrpg-forum-on-the-net/
