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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.

10/16/2004 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.

10/11/2004 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.

10/9/2004 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.

10/9/2004 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.

10/1/2004 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..

10/1/2004 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 sirogit: Current State of Ghost Light
A long time ago, I looked at the review of Ghost Light, and found it extremely intereasting. I was considerably distraught that it was no longer available. I found the…
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Participants: sirogit, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

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.

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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.

12/4/2004 clehrich: Self-defense and Forge-defense -- should I?
Hi gang, So Ben Lehman pointed out to me that in the course of a discussion about RPGs and how they should be written, someone posted a small and out-of-context…
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Participants: clehrich, Bankuei, greyorm, Matt Wilson, Trevis Martin, Marco, Ron Edwards.

12/9/2004 Maciek Zagorski: The Forge and The Forge Studios
About a year ago we started a new Polish project called The Forge Studios. We wanted to create a little outstanding and non-conventional project - we wanted to publish supplements…
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Participants: Maciek Zagorski, Ron Edwards.

12/11/2004 KeithBVaughn: Science Fiction Heartbreakers...
What ever happened to that article? I remember several months ago it was discussed about as another essay soon to be in the Articles section. I've been looking forward to…
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Participants: KeithBVaughn, Ron Edwards, Dev, Matt Wilson, John Kim, b_bankhead, clehrich, Eero Tuovinen, GB Steve.

12/13/2004 rafial: Automatic Ron (a software suggestion)
So given that newbies post to old threads on a fairly regular basis, leading to Ron posting a "we don't do that here" message, it occured to me that the…
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Participants: rafial, jc_madden, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

12/16/2004 Troy_Costisick: Forge Assisted Games
Heya, Is there a compiled list of games that made it into print that were aided in their development here on The Forge? I'm just interested to see the titles…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Blankshield, timfire, Jared A. Sorensen.

12/16/2004 sirogit: Forge Wiki?
Has this ever been suggested before? I know I'd find it tremendously useful if it was half as good as Doyce's Sorcerer Wiki. What would have to be done to…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Doyce, John Kim, Mike Holmes.

12/19/2004 Kedamono: Submitted Web sites not showing up
I submitted two Web sites weeks ago, http://www.heatherwinds.com and http://www.tritacgames.com, and neither have showed up in the Resource Library. When I try to resubmit them, I get a message that…
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Participants: Kedamono, Clinton R. Nixon.

12/20/2004 Doyce: Forge Wiki, Part 2 - Questions of Use
In the recent "Forge Wiki" thread, I mentioned that it was fine for folks to continue to use and grow RandomWiki along lines that interested them -- it's not like…
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Participants: Doyce.

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