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5/22/2006 Mike Holmes: MOLAD US Demo Team
I've been honored by having been selected to become the new HQ demo team leader in the US. I find that the demo team consists of only a very few…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, a_verheaghe, epweissengruber.

5/21/2006 barna284: Doubts for duelling using an Extended Constest
When I started my conversion of 7th Sea to Heroquest, duelling is one of the situations I thought would be perfectly covered by extended contests. AP are a neat mechanism…
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Participants: barna284, Eero Tuovinen, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, Hobbitboy, rstites, Web_Weaver, fredrikr.

5/20/2006 Hobbitboy: Messing with relationships?
In the "Request for assistance with Demo and my gaming woes" thread Mike Holmes makes the following statement... ... In fact I've been going a…
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Participants: Hobbitboy, Mike Holmes, Web_Weaver.

5/17/2006 a_verheaghe: Request for assistance with Demo and my gaming woes
From my previous posts over the last year, I just can’t get my group of 15+ years to enjoy Heroquest- other then one person who loves it. I’ve scrapped my…
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Participants: a_verheaghe, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

5/15/2006 Mark Galeotti: Mythic Russia
Comrades! I hope you'll allow me a moment's shameless and blatant plugging, as I am delighted to announce that Mythic Russia, the HeroQuest-engined game of medieval Russian adventure, is close…
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Participants: Mark Galeotti, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, alexandre santos, rafial, Neil the Wimp, Lisa Padol, Alex Fradera, CCW, Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Thalaxis.

5/15/2006 barna284: Introducing people to the Heroquest system
I´ve made a few posts in other recent threads regarding how I intent to introduce my gaming group to HQ. However, I believe that a lot of new HQ players…
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Participants: barna284, Mike Holmes.

5/14/2006 Web_Weaver: The danger of Maximum Game Fun
I considered throwing this straight into the toolbox thread, but think it may require some discussion. I believe there is an inherent danger in the "Maximum Game Fun" maxim, as…
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Participants: Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes.

5/14/2006 Der_Renegat: The HQ toolkit for understanding its secrets
[size=10pt][b]HQ Esoterica[/b][/size] Im into HQ since it came out in germany as HeroWars. That was in the year 2000. Understanding the game is kind of a science. Im still learning…
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Participants: Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes, barna284.

5/11/2006 Der_Renegat: Failure means conflict
The idea for this thread comes from Mike Holmes statement here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19740.0 The key is creative failure conditions. In most games, failing to leap the chasm means the player…
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Participants: Der_Renegat, barna284, Bankuei, Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes, soviet, Jane, Miskatonic, Hobbitboy, Vaxalon.

5/8/2006 barna284: Fencing system: crunchier extended constests?
As part of my 7th Sea conversion, I intent to create a Fencing system which works as a plugin of sorts, changing the way extended constests wotk when in combat.…
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Participants: barna284, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, mneme, Web_Weaver, soviet.

5/7/2006 barna284: Athletic skills: Scope & Reason of being
I like the freeform structure of skill in HQ, but it is a definite change from the usual, more structured game systems I tend to use. Something I never liked…
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Participants: barna284, Bankuei, TheLHF, Jane, Mike Holmes.

5/5/2006 barna284: Too many Keywords? (was Heroquest 7th Sea)
In my recent attempt to convert 7th Sea to Heroquest, I stumbled upon a problem. Generally, I think of Keywords as important issues you need to define about your character;…
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Participants: barna284, a_verheaghe, mneme, Mike Holmes, soviet, Jane.

4/30/2006 barna284: Heroquest 7th Sea
My copy of Heroquest is arriving in about two weeks, and I've been craving to do a 7th Sea conversion for some time now. I have read that a lot…
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Participants: barna284, Mike Holmes, Hobbitboy.

4/24/2006 Vaxalon: What makes an extended contest fun and interesting?
First, read these two posts: http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=601&page=1#Item_8 In my highly limited experience with extended contests in HQ, they have seemed fairly unnecessary. When do they work?
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Participants: Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, mneme, Valamir, Ian Cooper, Web_Weaver, Der_Renegat.

4/7/2006 a_verheaghe: Greyhawk keywords (long)
About a year ago I asked about converting D&D type stuff, well it took awhile but here is my Furyondy stuff for critique. The game will be centered around a…
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Participants: a_verheaghe, Mike Holmes, screen_monkey, soviet.

4/7/2006 Melinglor: Heroquest purchase question
Hi, I'm strongly considering purchasing Heroquest in the very near future. However, I am planning on using it to run a game set in Middle Earth, and was wondering: 1)…
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Participants: Melinglor, Paul King, droog, Mike Holmes, Lamorak33, Hobbitboy, simon_hibbs, Vaxalon, lightcastle, fredrikr.

4/2/2006 soviet: Advancement Revisited
After reading the recent(ish) thread on HP reward systems I've been thinking a lot about advancement in HQ. In general I like the system presented in the book. Many players…
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Participants: soviet, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, lightcastle.

3/27/2006 Mike Holmes: Asymetrical Conflicts
There's been a principle that I've wanted to discuss for a while, and what with the buzzword Asymetrical Concflict being thrown about on the news a lot of late, I…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, lightcastle, simon_hibbs.

3/24/2006 Mike Holmes: Unrelated Actions Revisited
A perennial topic, the subject of Unrelated Actions was brought up in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19082.0 The question, as always, is what makes an action truely unrelated enough to use this…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, lightcastle, Tim Ellis, Web_Weaver, nichughes.

3/23/2006 Der_Renegat: descriptive abilities as a pendant to visual special effect in movies
You all know the special effect in a movie – the one that totally blasts you away, like the AT AT in The Empire Strikes Back. Or the costume that…
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Participants: Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, lightcastle.

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5/26/2006 joshua neff: alternate hero advancement
I have a problem with the HeroQuest rules: Hero Points. I’m good with them being used to bump success levels in contests, but I hate that they’re used to improve…
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Participants: joshua neff, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, Hobbitboy, ( o Y o ), CCW, charles ferguson, mneme, Doyce, fredrikr, soviet, sebastianz, Lxndr, TheLHF.

5/29/2006 fredrikr: [Shadow World] First adventure: An Untold Tale of Reif Maglean
Hello all. As a system exercise, Mike Holmes has been helping me convert a character from my HARP/Shadow World game to HeroQuest. I've been talking to player of said character,…
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Participants: fredrikr, Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes.

5/29/2006 Der_Renegat: Mooks, Deer and contest consequences - a matter of style ???
Mike Holmes said: Mooks exist as an extension of a group. If they die, there's another to take it's place, meaning the source of potential challenge isn't removed. So you…
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Participants: Der_Renegat, barna284, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Tim Ellis, alexandre santos, fredrikr.

6/5/2006 Mike Holmes: Some Simulationism Concerns
This thread was originated from comments made here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19987.15 This is an usefull summary on your thinking on the so-called GNS model (I admit I did not have the nerve…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, alexandre santos, Bryan_T.

6/5/2006 Mike Holmes: Flat Characters
[quote]In both instances the characters are completely flat and transparent, they are simply a tool for the players to act in the reality of the game. They have no personnal…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, barna284, alexandre santos, Arturo G., Vaxalon, Bryan_T.

6/6/2006 Latreya Sena: Word on the Heroquest stand alone rules?
I haven't been around here (the Forge) for a while now - life beckons – but I do believe I read a thread here once about the Heroquest rules being…
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Participants: Latreya Sena, Mark Galeotti, mark mohrfield.

6/6/2006 Mike Holmes: Play Example Explanation
Alexandre was inquiring about what my play is like mechanically from what he's seen in the logs here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19987.15 I was thinking more about publishing…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, alexandre santos, Valamir.

6/8/2006 Vaxalon: An alternative to Extended contests
I just got the book a little while ago (after playing in Mike's IRC game for months) and I can't see why anyone would want to run an extended contest. …
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Participants: Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, CCW, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro.

6/10/2006 Melinglor: Chasing Heroquest
I had a couple of delightful moments in my (non-HQ) roleplaying recently, that made me feel good about running Heroquest in the near future. Last week, I was playing with…
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Participants: Melinglor, Mark Galeotti, Vaxalon, rstites, Mike Holmes, Tim Ellis.

6/11/2006 fredrikr: [Shadow World] New high-flown adventures
As discussed in another thread (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19985.0), I've been preparing a micro-campaign to introduce one of my two regular Shadow World players to HeroQuest. However, the game had to be postponed,…
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Participants: fredrikr, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, Web_Weaver.

6/16/2006 droog: Species keywords--a kludge?
I've been wondering about the species keywords and their ungainly list of separate ability scores. Would there be any obstacle to having them act like all other keywords, ie at…
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Participants: droog, Vaxalon, soviet, Sydney Freedberg, Mike Holmes, Web_Weaver, Jane.

6/17/2006 Latreya Sena: There were three in the bed and the little one said...
...Roll over, roll under... Do you like the idea of rolling over the resistence/opponent rather than rolling under your ability score as per rules?
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Participants: Latreya Sena, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Melinglor.

6/17/2006 Tony Irwin: Indie net-gaming IRC Heroquest
I had the chance to sit in on Mike Holmes' IRC Heroquest Thursday night game last week and enjoyed it. Thanks to Mike and to all the players for the…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes.

6/20/2006 Vaxalon: A mechanic swiped from Nine Worlds: Goals
Some people already put traits on their character sheet that are goals.  "I want to kill my brother, Gold."  "I want to become a shaman."  "I want to rule the…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Latreya Sena, Mike Holmes, nichughes, Web_Weaver, Tim Ellis.

7/13/2006 Harshax: New to HeroQuest ~ need advice
I was very down on HeroWars when it was released.  It was, in my opinion, a convoluted implementation of an otherwise simple concept.  HeroQuest changed my opinion dramatically.  There are…
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Participants: Harshax, soviet, Mike Holmes, Latreya Sena, Melinglor, Bankuei, sebastianz.

7/14/2006 Mike Holmes: HP Transference
We're changing phases in the IRC game, and this is where I prefer to get in rule changes as they tend to stick best if implemented during the transition. So,…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Vaxalon, Latreya Sena, sebastianz, Doyce, Mandrake, Tim Ellis, Jane.

7/18/2006 Der_Renegat: Shadow World and HQ
I know there are a few people here, who are interested in running Shadow World with HQ, so i thought it would be a nice idea to start a thread…
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Participants: Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes, fredrikr.

7/24/2006 Web_Weaver: Removing attributes from HQ
I am moving this more general idea from out of the Species keywords--a kludge? thread, to avoid hijacking the keyword debate. I have discussed there, that it may be an…
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Participants: Web_Weaver, Vaxalon, sebastianz, Mandrake, Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes.

7/24/2006 Mandrake: Bring back edges
OK. This is really beginning to bug me now. If you take 2 warriors, identically skilled, but give one a sword and leather, the other say halberd and plate, the…
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Participants: Mandrake, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, nichughes, Jane, Web_Weaver, soviet.

7/24/2006 Harshax: Healing as extended contest ~ how?
HQ suggests that one may treat healing wounds as an extended contest, by using the inverse (I assume) of the injury as the starting AP total, and a TN as…
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Participants: Harshax, soviet, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, Doyce.

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