Farewell to the forum, but not to theory

[Ron Edwards]

Hello,

This forum is no longer available for posting.

That doesn't mean you have to stop talking about ideas. My hope is that the ideas can now be presented, initially, in the proper context: your own experiences of play. Whereas before, someone could say, "I don't get Fortune-in-the-Middle," and that would start a thread here, now, I want them to say, "Hey, in our game last night [last year / twenty years ago / whatever], Bob did this and I liked / did not like it. Is that Fortune-in-the-Middle? It seems like it must be, based on the definition ..." and the discussion can go on from there.

Eventually, I'd like to post a kind of "topics archive" set of links. So someone could see a list of threads that all pertain to character classes, for example. I'll be adding to this thread to show what I mean.

I would appreciate the community's effort to provide within-Forge and off-Forge links to help build this archive. This really can't be done by one person.

Best,
Ron

[Ron Edwards]

Here's an example.

Races and classes (ordered from most to least recent)

The function of races in fantasy RPGs
The role of fantasy races in FRPGs
Shadow World keywords - races?
[Arrowflight] Pixes, poison, and duty
Mike's standard rant #2: race/species/culture
Race in heroic fantasy
The class issue [contains many links to other important threads]
What do you think?
Particles of character class

Send me lots of stuff like this, by email (sorcerer@sorcerer-rpg.com), and we can generate quite a library, I think.

Best,
Ron

[Ron Edwards]

I'll keep posting to this thread with results of others' help. I'll probably add to existing posts to cut down on page count. Thanks to Ben Lehman for this one!

Women in gaming
The Depiction of Women in Gaming
Racial/Gender mechanics?
Well armed, large breasted women put people off games?
Goddess of rape?
Sex and Sorcery: Male and Female Story Types This is commentary on the book Sex and Sorcery, written by Ron and available through www.indiepressrevolution.com
Sexism and gaming
Use of Gender Pronouns
Woman at the Forge
Most attractive setting for female players
Cross Gender Play or, Walk a Mile in my Stilletoes
Feminist Game Design, as well as the follow-up design thread, Feminist game design?
Trollbabe, Feminism, and the Chainmail Bikini
Lines, Veils and Breaking the Ice
Mechanical Gender Differences II III
Dead Inside Playtest, Gender Ratios, Mild Analysis
Why am I not a Woman?
Character/Player Gender Relationship
Gender: Dead Horse Flogging
Gender Based versus Gender Biased
Reasons for Cross Gender Play