Gaming Filk
Songs about role-playing games, card games, computer and video games, and gamers.
The Gamer Jargon
Web Site says that "Gamers usually consider themselves the "highest
functioning" geek group, with some validity, over trekkers, furries,
anime otaku, SCAers, etc. Without a doubt, the lowest functioning geeks,
the kings of the geeks, the geeks even geeks consider geeks, are the
filkers." Speaking as a gamer, an otaku, a SCAdian, a filker, and
sister to a moderate furry, I can tell you that gamers are exactly as
"high functioning" or "low functioning" as all the rest, and that a lot
of the other groups consider us gamers to be the ultimate geeks.
I don't know if this is good, bad, or indifferent, but it's true.
Updated December 9, 2001.
Songbooks:
Computer Games
LARPs
Amtgard LARP --
Lorien Trust
MUDs and similar
RPGs (the tabletop kind.)
- Against
All Gods (Take a Look at the Drow) by Minstrel (Chris Malme)
- All Along
the Gametable by Mark Osier
-
All Right, So How Do You Make an Undead Go Woof? by
Zander Nyrond
- The Apprentice's Lament by Draper Kauffman
- Aryana:
Rollenspiel-Filk In German and English.
- Autumn to May, D&D
version by Pat Ruppel and Randy Farmer
- Baby, You're a
Lich Now by Matt Mantis
- Ballad of the D&Der
Author unknown
Battletech
- Das
Beilunker Lied by Roach
-
Bimbo Wizard by Tom Smith
-
Bin There, Dun That by Catherine (Cat) Faber
-
Biosoft by Minstrel (Chris Malme)
- Borbarad-Rhapsodie
by Roach
-
But Fairer the Tree by Catherine (Cat) Faber
-
Call of Cthulhu Humor Page
- Cybersaga by Kay Shapero
-
Dead Wizards' Houses by Mark A. Mandel
- Death to the Drow
-
A Dicey Ditty by Tom Smith
- ...diese Welt wunderbar
ist by Roach
-
Divine Irregularity, the record of a Runequest adventure....
-
Drop Dead Fred by Zander Nyrond
-
Dungeons and Dragons by Jacob Sommer
- Dungeoneer's Blues by Zander Nyrond.
- EZ Hero, an online Hero System
magazine, includes filks in about half the issues. Unfortunately,
you gotta buy 'em to read 'em, so I don't know if they're any good.
-
Fantasie by Novareina
- Freunde, lasst uns
trinken by Roach
- Full House by Roger Burton-West
- Gamers
(aka "This Game Is Real") by Leslie Fish. Persecution/prosecution of gamers.
Scroll on down to the sound file.
- Giant Insects
from the Sky by Roach
-
Glitterboy by Edward and Hilary Goldstein
- Greyhawk City
by Deanna Rubin
-
The Hand of God by Julia Ecklar
-
The Hymn of RPG
- Hymne der Rahjakirche
by Roach
- Illuminati
FAQ includes: "The Illuminati Song" by Steve Jackson, Joe Vail and
Creede Lambard and "The Illuminati University Theme Song" by John M.
Ford. Scroll on down!
- Kamaluq (Schlaflied
der Mohaha) by Roach
- Die Kinder dieser
Welt by Roach
- Lass' mich frei, Al'Anfa
by Roach
-
March of Cambreadth by Heather Alexander
-
Mecha Gamer by Gary Montgomery. Excellent song!
- Mehr als tausend Oger
by Roach
-
Millefleurs by Roach
- "Monty Who?" was written by Mike Whitaker and Rhodri James and appears on
Rhodri's album Laughter and Laments. It's not
on his filk page
adnd.report.ru and uncredited at
Smurf's Book of Songs,
The Shadow Knights' Guildhouse,
and Silvermoon Keep.
-
Munchkin Gamer Melody by Jacob Sommer
- Never Anger a
Bard by Erica Neely
-
The Night the Old Guy Went Crazy by Nana Yaw Ofori
- Oh, Gareth by
Roach. In German.
- Pied Piper
by Kathy Mar
- PSX Games
Song Parodies
- Rampage by Bob Kanefsky
-
Rescue the Dragon by Jacob Sommer
- Rolling on a D4 by Zander Nyrond
-
Sie hat gespielt bei Nacht... by Roach
- Silvermoon Keep
includes many gaming and SCA songs, all uncredited.
- Speak into Silence: D&D Songs
Filks by Sibylle Machat.
- Steve Jackson Games
Tribute Page: Filksongs.
-
Still D&D to Me by Zander Nyrond
- Swing on a Star (Gaming version) by Kara Dalkey
-
Das Thorwal-Friedens-Lied by Roach
- Three Dungeoneers' Ditties by Zander Nyrond
- Three Natural Twenties in a Row by Zander Nyrond
-
Tracers in the Night by Andre
- Traveller
Filk
-
Treasure Hunt by Jacob Sommers
- Trollshadow by Bob Schroeck
-
Undead by Zander Nyrond
-
Veteran of the Possibility Wars by David Oakes
- Wand by Mike
Richards and Erica Neely
- Wargame Huxter's Song
- ...weil ich ein
Meuchler bin by Roach
- Wein' nicht
um mich, Al'Anfa by Roach
-
The Wheelbarrow Song, Kender Version
- Wohin
gehst Du am Abend by Roach
-
You Bash the Balrog by Lee Gold. Also
here with
illos. A classic filk. Also these comments:
Bashing the Balrog by Bob Kanefsky,
and
Never Bash a Balrog by Douglas Jole
- Zwerche by
Roach
- Zwischen Trollzacken und Schwarzer Sichel
(Ogerzug-Version)
and (Borbel-Version).
Card games, board games, beer and pretzels games, etc.
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