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3/9/2006 Artanis: History of Indie RPGs
Hello! In a bit less than a month's time, I have the opportunity to participate in a radio programme broadcasted by one of the big stations of french-speaking Switzerland. The…
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Participants: Artanis, M. J. Young, MatrixGamer.

3/1/2006 ErrathofKosh: Obstacles In the Actual Play Forum
It has been quite some time since I've visited the Forge, due to life events.  Suffice it to say, the wheel has swung around and I've started roleplaying and looking…
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Participants: ErrathofKosh, Ron Edwards.

2/28/2006 David Hallett: Where should people refine their understanding of the Big Model?
If I have a question about my understanding of the Big Model, what should I do? My guess is: come up with an example of Actual Play that illustrates my…
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Participants: David Hallett, Ron Edwards, c.

2/24/2006 Ben Lehman: -1 total posts
Several key historical threads in Indie Game Design (the Fastlane threads, Nicotine Girls, and a few others) have -1 listed as "total posts" and are inaccessible.  From an archival perspective,…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, jrs.

2/23/2006 asdfff: Where can I discuss mechanics?
If I'm building a roguelike or trying to enhance the Gamist aspects of my RPG, where can I discuss the proper methods of, say, character advancement, taking inspiration from Diablo…
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Participants: asdfff, Eero Tuovinen, Tommi Brander, Ben Lehman.

2/23/2006 mistercrapdaddy: Copyright Issues?
Hey everyone, my name is Sheldon and I'm new to the site. I'm very eager to start discussing my new game ideas here on the Forge.  I've heard excellent things…
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Participants: mistercrapdaddy, Blankshield, joshua neff.

2/23/2006 Emily Care: "most online" spike
Whoa, is it me or did that just double+ today? Wow.
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Participants: Emily Care, Ron Edwards.

2/20/2006 Czar Fnord: BB code for ordered list?
Anyone know the BB code for an ordered list (i.e. 1, 2, 3; not *, *, *)? I have tried to search the FAQs and the site Help, to no…
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Participants: Czar Fnord, c, Ron Edwards.

2/17/2006 John Wick: "It's up to you to decide where you stand..."
After talking to Ron last night and answering a few personal e-mails, I've heard this phrase stated multiple times: "It's up to you to decide where you stand." Can someone…
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Participants: John Wick, jburneko, Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

2/1/2006 Jack Aidley: How it works - draft
Over here Ron said: Lisa, that would be wonderful. You're not the first person to propose it. I'll tell you what I told all of them, in hopes that…
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Participants: Jack Aidley, Nathan P., timfire, Troy_Costisick, Bryan Hansel, Andrew Morris.

1/25/2006 Ron Edwards: Forum re-construction under way
Hi there, Clinton and I were doing some talking. Here's what we came up with. Basically, poor old Indie Design has been pulling triple duty for far too long now.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, dindenver, Paka, jburneko, Technocrat13, daMoose_Neo, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Troy_Costisick, Paul Czege, Nathan P., Arturo G., Gordon C. Landis, Sydney Freedberg, Andrew Morris, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, komradebob, Green, Bryan Hansel, Andy Kitkowski, talysman, Tommi Brander, greyorm, Halzebier, Wolfen, Rob Carriere, ffilz, Doug Ruff, Mark Woodhouse, Lisa Padol, urbanpagan, MatrixGamer.

1/11/2006 oneofthesedays: Issues Replying...
Anyone else having problems replying to certain posts???  Help!
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Participants: oneofthesedays, jrs.

1/11/2006 darrick: my resignation from the forge
yep, i'm leaving the forge.  i find the atmosphere here untenable due to Ron's totalitarian position. it started here:  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18273.0 then i wrote this email: i just wanted to…
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Participants: darrick.

1/11/2006 WhiteRat: Independent Games Forums
Using the search function, I found Forge post number 3 inviting people who wanted a forum set up for their indie games to simply ask, and lo, it would be…
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Participants: WhiteRat, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

1/10/2006 Starblade: Livejournal.
Will the forge ever get a livejournal of some sort, for any purpose? It could end up very interesting. Or it could end up tragic in some way. My question…
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Participants: Starblade, Wolfen, Jack Aidley, Nathan P..

1/4/2006 Thunder_God: So, Ronnies Details?
I used the search function, but to no avail. I am curious and want to read the post describing the terms and goals of The Ronnies. The post that people…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Ron Edwards, Sydney Freedberg.

12/30/2005 Hekatoncheires: Curious and New
I noted the existence of the site based on a link on NWVault.  Curious, I took a peek, read GNS and Other Matters of Roleplaying....even more curious, peeked around further....and…
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Participants: Hekatoncheires, Troy_Costisick, Sydney Freedberg, Michael S. Miller, Brendan, CCW.

12/22/2005 Tommi Brander: Brain lock
Either I am missing something very obvious, or I can't send PMs. If it is a "post first"-thing, no need to tell. I think I'll notive it soon enough. Another,…
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Participants: Tommi Brander, joepub, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., Ron Edwards.

12/22/2005 oliof: Announcement: indie rpg planet (alpha)
Hello, I have set up a planet where the goal is to have all the feeds of indie design/discussion blogs collected people deem interesting. I would call the current setup…
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Participants: oliof, joepub, Nathan P., RobMuadib, Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards.

12/19/2005 rvowles: PDF/Short book of best of forge articles?
Is there a pdf or purchase-able book somewhere of all of the articles and (maybe) key discussions from the Forge? Reading them on the web site is... annoying? And I…
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Participants: rvowles, Trevis Martin.

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3/23/2006 Ron Edwards: Big forums change!
Hey everyone, As you can see, Clinton and I are messin' with the forums, as promised. Don't flip out. I'll be pumping existing threads from Indie Design (say, from the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, abzu, Kesher, Troy_Costisick, Arturo G., Joshua BishopRoby, Clinton R. Nixon, Marco.

3/24/2006 Thunder_God: Notification not Working.
I have set Notifications for three threads, and yet, replies to these threads do not result in me being emailed. I know my email regarding the Forge works, as I…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Ron Edwards.

3/29/2006 Thunder_God: On Signature Length.
Is there any way to make the actual shown character string be 250 characters long, instead of what we put in the field? I'm asking due to the added length…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Nathan P..

4/4/2006 bballchic1049: Free, right?
[color=Teal][/color] This place is free, right?
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Participants: bballchic1049, Thunder_God.

4/5/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Holy Hell, "Modify" is Back!
Finally, looks like I can edit some posts again!  I'm notorious for making spelling mistakes or not flushing out my thoughts on the first try, only spotting them 10-30 minutes…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Thunder_God, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

4/5/2006 Thunder_God: Personal Message Limit?
I ran a search and could not find an answer, and since I think many users will be interested by the answer, here I am, posting! How many personal messages…
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Participants: Thunder_God.

4/6/2006 abzu: Self Locking Old Threads?
Hello Clinton, In the wonderful fabulous Bday forum I have twice been tricked into posting into year-old threads. Is there any way to institute a mechanism that locks a thread…
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Participants: abzu, Thunder_God, M. J. Young, Julian, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, Lisa Padol, Nathan P., Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2006 Peter Nordstrand: Anal Retentive Me
Hi, Is bumping old threads permitted in Connections? I am asking because I have seen it done several times with no moderator visibly moderating. I'm just, you know, wondering. Peace,…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards.

5/11/2006 Czar Fnord: Request for Spell Check Dictionaory Additions
I am not sure if/how you can add entries to the Forge's SMF dictionary that is used for spell checking, but if you can, could you add the following?: GNS…
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Participants: Czar Fnord, dindenver, Thunder_God, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

5/22/2006 Tommi Brander: Bug: spellcheck
I tried to use spellchecking on a thread in First thoughts, and this was the error message it gave: An Error Has Occurred! strpos() : Offset not contained in string.
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Participants: Tommi Brander.

5/30/2006 hurtmypony: GNS Mention in Paranoia XP
Don't know if this is common knowledge, or if it is the right place to post it, or even if it is a good idea to post after seeing the…
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Participants: hurtmypony, Ron Edwards, Marhault, Graham Walmsley.

6/6/2006 ettn: Alan Neill - our loss
I feel a little strange posting such terrible news here, when I know many of you won't have a clue who I'm talking about. However, the Forge and all the…
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Participants: ettn, Ron Edwards.

6/13/2006 MatrixGamer: A question about pictures
A member asked me to post pictures of my printing equipment on a thread about self publishing. I'm not aware of that happening on this site before. Is there a…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Czar Fnord.

6/20/2006 hyphz: Some Bookshelf games cannot be unlocked?
Hi, I recently bought the game Seven Leagues, through the "find more info" link on the Bookshelf, but when I bought it I was redirected to an RPGNow page to…
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Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards.

7/21/2006 Iskander: Bookshelf Link
Could we get a (more obvious?) link to the bookshelf, please? My pre-caffeinated self this morning had to Google it, 'cos I couldn't find it on the forums page.
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Participants: Iskander.

7/21/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Why not move the inactive forums to Inactive?
Not a huge deal, but I was wondering why the RPG Theory, GNS, and Indie Game Design are still in General Forums even though they're Inactive?  Why not move them…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

7/22/2006 Paka: The disappearance and re-appearance of Galileo Press forum
If I am not signed in, I can't see it.
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Participants: Paka.

7/24/2006 coldblackwind: Adding a Link
I tried to add a link on the button that says Add a Link and it tells me that I seem to be lost.  I know that I am not…
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Participants: coldblackwind.

7/28/2006 Hans: Anvilwerks forum gone?
Any idea why I suddenly would not be able to see the Anvilwerks forum?  Did I miss a memo?
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Participants: Hans.

7/31/2006 Ron Edwards: Proposed major change to the Forge
Hello, Clinton and I had one of our Dark Admin Discussions a couple of days ago. There's a problem to acknowledge, and a couple of possible solutions. We decided that…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, r_donato, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, Valamir, joshua neff, Zathreyel, thwaak, demiurgeastaroth, contracycle, baron samedi, Eero Tuovinen, Blankshield, rafial, Nathan P., Emily Care, Halzebier, Arturo G., Czar Fnord, Wolfen, GreatWolf, Sydney Freedberg, JMendes, LordSmerf, Mark Woodhouse, timfire, abzu, c, Steven Stewart, Noon, Wysardry, dsellars, ejh.

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