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9/28/2004 Adorame: Idea to help all of us
I had an idea that the admins may like but then again maybe its too much work. There are quite a few people here with the same problems or so…
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Participants: Adorame, Jasper.

9/27/2004 back_stabbed: new tv pilot
hey everybody, i just want to say hello to the board. may as well say something interesting. I recently saw some clips from a new show about 2 guys who…
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Participants: back_stabbed, Walt Freitag, Marco, Ron Edwards.

9/23/2004 hyphz: Cut-down versions of games on Bookshelf
Hi, I recently noticed that "Run Robot Red" has been added to the Forge bookshelf, and went to look at the accompanying web site. However, I found that the Bookshelf…
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Participants: hyphz, Clinton R. Nixon, John Wick.

9/23/2004 ozental: Dedication...
I just wanted to post a quick note to say how impressed I am with the dedication of some posters here. It's good to see a forum with people that…
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Participants: ozental, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Adorame.

9/17/2004 Silmenume: Explore novel ideas rather than rush to dismiss question
This is an issue that invite all the Forge-posters to contribute. This issue pertains to my experiences on the GNS boards, so I am uncertain how it would relate to…
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Participants: Silmenume, greedo1379, M. J. Young, Valamir, komradebob, TonyLB, ffilz, Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, xiombarg, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Jonathan Walton, daMoose_Neo, Sean, bcook1971, Marco.

9/9/2004 Jonathan Walton: Disappointed with the Forge (re: White Wolf)
Over the past few days there have been a series of threads offering thoughts on the new World of Darkness and, more often, White Wolf's business model and "real goals"…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman, greyorm, Doug Ruff, Bankuei, Andrew Morris, eyebeams, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Noon.

9/2/2004 Doyce: Bookshelf errors?
Just logged into the Forge bookshelf... well, I tried to, that is. The system didn't recognize my username, nor did it think my email belonged to any ongoing user. I…
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Participants: Doyce, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2004 Kurosawa: Forge Bookshelf Problems
Sorry to make my first real post one about a problem, but it appears that I no longer have an account at the bookshelf. Since I purchased Paladin and Octane,…
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Participants: Kurosawa, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2004 asdfff: Guideline question
Are we allowed to talk about card game design and "selected from-library game component games" rules theory? Like discuss the rules of different CGs, especially the new ones--Call of Cthulhu,…
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Participants: asdfff, Ron Edwards.

8/31/2004 KorbanDream: My first Post (Original?)
Greetings to all and sundry... First an apology for placing this here but I couldn't find anywhere more suitable? Please could you correct me if I am off the mark…
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Participants: KorbanDream, Ron Edwards, Vaxalon, Andrew Martin.

8/26/2004 WyldKarde: Growth on the Forge
I was wondering, what happens when someone comes to the forge and their ideas and such metamorphose into a small indie game shop (with more than one person implementing multiple…
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Participants: WyldKarde, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2004 ethan_greer: Long? So What?
I'm noticing lots of people are tacking "long" on the end of their subject lines when they post something that is more than a couple paragraphs. Personally, I think everyone…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Marco, timfire, Joshua Tompkins, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Andrew Martin, Vaxalon, Blankshield, Noon, clehrich, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

8/18/2004 Person: Future Actual Play?
Hey there, Peter here. First-time poster, short-time reader. I've got a question about a question. Specifically, where on the Forge (if anywhere) should questions about actual play hypotheticals be put?…
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Participants: Person, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2004 Valamir: Paging Gordon Landis
Does anyone have Gordon's phone number? He has not responded to PMs or Email. He is supposed to be at GenCon in the Forge Booth but I can't get in…
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Participants: Valamir, Gordon C. Landis.

8/10/2004 Darcy Burgess: Hunting for someone (two someones, actually!)
I'm really not sure if this is the right forum to post to, but it seems to be the best fit. Harlequin & Bob Richter! Kindly check your private Forge…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Valamir, Blankshield.

8/9/2004 ADGBoss: The Games formerly Known as RPG's...
Well a thread in RPG theory, this one, ended with as I read it: where do we go from here? That is a very good question. It is also…
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Participants: ADGBoss, ErrathofKosh, Andrew Morris, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, Inner Circle Inc, M. J. Young, Eric J..

8/6/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Marking/Linking to a Particular Post: Shortcuts?
I find that this is often the case: I want to link to a particular POST by another person (rather than an entire thread), in a way that will take…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ScottM.

8/1/2004 IdentityCrisis: lack of CRPG topics
New here. I'm very impressed with the forums, there seems to be an incredible amount of thought and work on RPG theory consolidated here. However, I note that it mostly…
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Participants: IdentityCrisis, Vaxalon, Jasper, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, LordSmerf, Andrew Morris, Andrew Martin, ADGBoss, timfire, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young.

7/27/2004 Insect King: Disappearing Post...
Hey there, Moderating persons. I posted a new topic earlier today about an OGL-based rpg I was having to rewrite, and thus was asking for advice. It seems to have…
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Participants: Insect King, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Alan.

7/27/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: The Forge Bookshelf and problems
I'm posting this here because I've gotten several e-mails recently about the Forge Bookshelf. Recently, the database that powers the Bookshelf crashed and all data was lost. My last backup,…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, montag, clehrich, Thunder_God, Nathan P..

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10/1/2004 clehrich: Congratulations Ron!
Has anyone else noticed that Ron recently broke the 10,000 posts mark? Happy something day, Ron! If you're going to chime in on this, folks, do so before he comes…
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Participants: clehrich, Ron Edwards.

10/1/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum re-ordering
You've probably already noticed that we've re-ordered the main forums on the front page. Actual Play, as befits it, is now first, followed by Indie Game Design and Publishing. Ron…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, ffilz, Andy Kitkowski, Andrew Martin, Jasper, LordSmerf, Ron Edwards, Eric J..

10/9/2004 Silmenume: Many thanks!
Hey Everyone, I just wanted to leave a open note saying how much I enjoyed posting my experiences in Actual Play. My reservations about posting were (notice please - past…
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Participants: Silmenume, Ron Edwards.

10/9/2004 teucer: Automatic Login
...isn't working for me. I check the little box, but whenever I load the page, I am not logged in.
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Participants: teucer, Rob MacDougall.

10/11/2004 Silmenume: Who's Online - Bolded
Does anybody know the significance of the bolding of certain names on the Who's Online portion at the bottom of the General Forge Forum page? Just curious...
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Participants: Silmenume, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Sean, abzu.

10/16/2004 clehrich: On Charitable Reading
Lately on the Forge, I have noticed a lot of what might be called “uncharitable reading.” I’m not going to point fingers or give references here; there’s no point in…
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Participants: clehrich, Clinton R. Nixon, Ethesis, casquilho, Michael Johnson.

10/17/2004 Szubii: Hi...
Hi I come from Poland and I'm fan of rpg, fanatsy and I know that this site has a modes rpg for phpbb forum....? Can you help me from where…
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Participants: Szubii, Ron Edwards.

10/19/2004 Factor 8: Where RPGs are headed (split)
This is why I pointed out KOL, because I believe that's where the ball is going next.
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Participants: Factor 8, Ron Edwards, greyorm, daMoose_Neo.

10/19/2004 Technocrat13: Clicking errors cause a mess.
Out of curiosity, and fueled by my inability to click straight, I just thought I'd ask if it was possible to put a little more space between the Preview and…
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Participants: Technocrat13, Ron Edwards.

10/19/2004 George Moralidis: why not use keywords?
Hello, what do you think about using keywords (taken from the glossary i suppose) under every new topic? I think it will make everyone's life easier. Also, after how long…
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Participants: George Moralidis, timfire.

10/20/2004 ffilz: Question on read/unread marks work
I've recently noticed some quirks with how the Forge remembers what I have and have not read. This morning I found myself logged off, and when I logged back on,…
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Participants: ffilz, Shreyas Sampat, clehrich, Mark Johnson.

10/21/2004 Vaxalon: Why does "mark all topics as read" lead back into
Why does "mark all topics as read" lead back into the forum? It seems to me that if you're marking all the topics as read, you're done with the forum;…
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Participants: Vaxalon.

11/1/2004 Vaxalon: Haven't been in for a few days, but everything is "read
I haven't read any posts over the past few days, but everything here is marked "read".
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Participants: Vaxalon, Tobias.

11/5/2004 thelostgm: Gamer website Help
Hey all. This may be the wrong place to post this, and if so I am sorry. I am trying to find a web hosting company for a website I…
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Participants: thelostgm, Matt.

11/9/2004 raithe: Searching
Hi, first post (sorry its a complaint) though I've been reading these forums for a year or so. The Search feature could use a bit of work. For example: I'm…
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Participants: raithe.

11/23/2004 Grand_Commander13: The front page
[quote] hello tal from ilan KFC MOB IS CHICKEN KILLER DELUXE BABYYY [/quote] Am I supposed to understand this, or not? And in other news: "oh my g0D!!!1 i kn0…
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Participants: Grand_Commander13, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Vaxalon.

11/23/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Break-in and upgrade
A big security update for phpBB (the forum we use) came out recently. With it came a slew of little hackers, hell-bent on exploiting the holes in older versions. As…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

11/25/2004 Matt Gwinn: Member List
Is there a reason I can't get to the member list?
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/30/2004 greyorm: The Forge in Games Quarterly
Out of the blue the other day, I recieved a magazine in the mail called "Games Quarterly." The magazine is about...well, games: board, card, RPG, etc. And as I sat…
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Participants: greyorm, Valamir, Andrew Morris.

12/1/2004 sophist: just trying to improve the links
After aquiring SORCERER I followed the cue to to delve more into independent roleplaying. And i must say it payed off splendidly. The resource page on the forge here is…
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Participants: sophist, Ron Edwards, greyorm, M. J. Young, Marco, GreatWolf.

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