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5/31/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New reviews
There are several new reviews on the Forge, including one of Soap, one of the games written by our own esteemed Crayne. Go check it out and post comments.
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, unodiablo, james_west, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Dav, Ian O'Rourke, Paul Czege, greyorm, JSDiamond, Valamir.

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6/2/2001 GreatWolf: Orkworld review
Okay, Ron, I'll take up the challenge. :smile: (Note: all points stated vigorously for the sake of invigorating debate.) I think that you overstated the case for Orkworld being a…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, John Wick, Gordon C. Landis, Dav.

6/8/2001 Valamir: Story Engine Revised
Not sure what forum this is most applicable to, but since I'm sorta asking for a review I guess here is as good a place as any. I currently have…
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Participants: Valamir, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, Levekius.

7/12/2001 Jack Spencer Jr: SOAP
Recently read the review of SOAP and I'm distrubed by how close it is in some respects to a concept I've been woring on. Bloody close. I'll have to read…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Mytholder.

7/17/2001 John Wick: Why Reviews Are Next to Useless
Check this out. Two reviews of MISTS OF AVALON (I won't tell you what I thought of it because it's really not that important, is it?) http://www.culturevulture.net/Television/MistsofAvalon.htm and http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/13/DD230637.DTL Go…
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Participants: John Wick, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Damocles, JSDiamond, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm, Gordon C. Landis, Supplanter, Theory of X, Ian O'Rourke, Clinton R. Nixon, A.Neill, peteramthor, joshua neff, Michael T. Richter.

7/30/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New reviews up
New reviews are up for The Pool, Dead Meat, Human Wreckage, and Wuthering Heights.
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Mytholder, james_west, Zak Arntson, Epoch.

7/31/2001 james_west: Why are all the reviews by Ron Edwards?
The topic pretty much says it all. You might put something about how one goes about submitting a review and who may do so in the Review Philosophy Page.
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Participants: james_west, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

7/31/2001 Dav: Human Wreckage
This one is for Scott Knipe: Human Wreckage was fun. But, as Ron mentions in the review, it needs an end-game. One of the alternative methods that was floating through…
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Participants: Dav, hardcoremoose.

8/13/2001 Gordon C. Landis: Book Reviews, RPG Reviews - US vs. international?
I'm a little worried about posting this, but . . . to bring some outside perspective to the "review issue" - I heard an interview with writer Paul Theroux on…
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Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Philippe Tromeur, Ian O'Rourke, phillcalle, contracycle, FilthySuperman, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: A non-Edwards review! of Inspectres! Check it.
Yup, I reviewed something. I recently played Inspectres at GenCon, and it rocked my world. So I got the first non-Ron review here. Go read and weep that Jared Sorensen's…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2001 kwill: version
browsing the reviews I must say I agree with Zak's request that reviews are date-stamped, not only for ease of browsing ("Which are new?"), but also to keep up with…
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Participants: kwill, Ron Edwards.

9/14/2001 Tor Erickson: More on SOAP!
I just read Ron's review of SOAP, then went and read the game itself. Now I think I need to run it very soon, but I have a few questions…
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Participants: Tor Erickson, jburneko, Ron Edwards, james_west, Ferry Bazelmans, Ian Freeman.

12/12/2001 John Wick: It doesn't just happen here...
A while back I said it was a crime for reviewers to review games they haven't actually played (only read). Well, check this out (from imdb.com): David Soul Wins Libel…
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Participants: John Wick, Balbinus, Clinton R. Nixon, Epoch, Marco, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Gordon C. Landis, Mytholder.

1/2/2002 Ravnos83: New Review Show Hits the Net February 1st
Digital Llama Productions (www.digitalllama.com) has announced they will begin broadcast of an online radio show to review independant games beginning February 1, 2002. The show will be done much the…
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Participants: Ravnos83.

1/25/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Sorcerer & Sword review
http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php Ken pretty much nails it (and sounds as though it nailed him right back...ONE INCH PUNCH!). Cool. Kudos, Ron. Between this and the SciFi magazine review of Schism, it…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Zak Arntson.

2/25/2002 Ravnos83: New Digital Llama: Player's Guide hits soon!
Digital Llama: Player's Guide hit the Web on February 1 and the responce has been ver favorable. We have recieved over 100 emails outlining what was liked and not liked…
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Participants: Ravnos83, joe_llama.

3/9/2002 Ron Edwards: Bedlam review is up
Hi there, The subject line says it all! Best, Ron
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Dav, Mike Holmes, Matt.

4/10/2002 Valamir: Dungeon Siege
Ok, I know that its a CRPG and definitely isn't indie, but I thought I'd throw up some commentary about it since I just dumped $50 on the thing. Dungeon…
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Participants: Valamir, Ace, Robotron666, hyphz.

5/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: How do I get reviewed?
How do I get my game, once it is released in PDF form, reviewed beofre the print book comes out? Would anyone here be interested in doing a review and…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf.

5/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Dust Devils review is up
In addition to the Dust Devils review, you'll notice a first glimpse of me using our new content management system to organize things. Check it out and make sure and…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, James, Ron Edwards.

7/2/2002 Kenway: Fudge and Risus reviews?
Could somebody review Fudge and Risus? These 2 games have been around forever (in indie rpg terms) and might be the most popular of the indie games (I could be…
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Participants: Kenway, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Balbinus, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Ace.

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