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6/14/2002 Paganini: Color?
Maybe I just missed this somehow, but it's driving me crazy. I read through the rules pretty thourghouly, and skimmed over them again a couple times looking. The very first…
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Participants: Paganini, Buddha Nature.

5/13/2002 Zoetrope10: Gambled rolls still mandatory (sometimes)?
James I see that in the latest version of The Pool, you ditched the rule about requiring a gamble on a player-requested roll. The updated rules don't make this clear,…
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Participants: Zoetrope10, James V. West, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Andrew Martin, Christopher Kubasik, Fabrice G., joshua neff, Buddha Nature.

5/7/2002 Paul Czege: no option to add dice with requested rolls
Hey James V., I was glad to see your recent posts clarifying the location of the official rules. Now upon reading them, I have a question. Can you explain your…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Henry Fitch, Blake Hutchins.

5/6/2002 James V. West: Random Order Creations Central
For quick reference, here are a couple of links to my stuff: Random Order Creations My games Or, more specifically: The Pool The Questing Beast Thanks…
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Participants: James V. West.

5/5/2002 xiombarg: Toybox
I dunno about "cool", James, but you may wanna look at this thread, where my group playtested the Pool: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1983
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Participants: xiombarg, James V. West.

5/4/2002 James V. West: The countdown begins now.
Well, this has been a productive year thus far, but not necessarily in the rpg category. My goal was to complete The Questing Beast by the end of May for…
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Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2002 Buddha Nature: What have people used The Pool for?
Seeing how versatile The Pool (and of course to a certain extent TQB) I have been just wondering what different types of games (genres, etc) have people used it for?…
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Participants: Buddha Nature, Paul Czege, James V. West, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins.

3/27/2002 Tim Denee: Nine Hells
Can you tell us some more about this? I am interested. Bruce Campbell/Ash/Evil Dead popped into my mind when I read the short summary. Who knows?
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Participants: Tim Denee, James V. West.

3/26/2002 Kenway: Questions about running Pool combat
I was going to try running a Pool adventure, but I was wondering about combat: -I want to run an epic battle or an extended duel, but it seems that…
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Participants: Kenway, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, jburneko, Valamir, HMT, Paganini, Bob McNamee.

3/9/2002 James V. West: TQB Styles of Play
Hello again The Questing Beast features the idea of Accords, which can be best described as settings discussed and agreed upon by a group before starting play. This establishes what,…
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Participants: James V. West.

3/9/2002 James V. West: TQB Levels of Play
Hey In The Questing Beast you are actually playing 3 different types of roles. I'm addressing this in the opening pages of the game and I'd like to present what…
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Participants: James V. West, Rich Forest, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir.

3/5/2002 James V. West: TQB Playtest Journal ONE
Hey everyone! Last night was my first official playtesting session of The Questing Beast. I hoped to post a detailed overview of the session tonight, but time and duties forbid…
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Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2002 James V. West: The Premise of the Beast
I've been tackling one of the sticking points of The Questing Beast: what should a character actually do? No one has said much about it, but I felt like I…
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Participants: James V. West, Zak Arntson, Paul Czege, Zoetrope10, Gordon C. Landis, Henry Fitch, Mike Holmes.

2/22/2002 James V. West: What's up.
Hey everyone! Just checking in with an update on what's going on with The Questing Beast, The Pool, and all my other scads of projects. - The Questing Beast will…
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Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose.

2/22/2002 Christopher Kubasik: When Heroes Fail
James, Haven't yet played The Pool or TQB yet... But since it feels like a dream I had years ago made real, I believe I've got a handle on it.…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, James V. West, Bankuei, Gordon C. Landis, Rod Anderson, Blake Hutchins.

2/6/2002 Tim Denee: Smurf smurf smurf
Godstruth, I just smurfed Smurf: the Smurfing. 'Smurf' has smurfed all meaning for me. Not that it had any meaning in the first smurf. I wish I could smurf what…
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Participants: Tim Denee, James V. West.

1/30/2002 Skippy: Alms for the poor
Okay, its sad to admit, but I find myself needing GM'ing advice. See, I've never run (or tried to run) an all-out player empowered game, and I'm really liking the…
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Participants: Skippy, Ron Edwards, greyorm, James V. West, hardcoremoose.

1/30/2002 Zoetrope10: The Pool & casting dice
James I was delighted to discover The Pool a couple of days ago, by way of Ron's "Top 5 RPGs" article ( http://www.fandomlife.net./A55840/fln.nsf/all/52385EA75E4435DE80256B22006000B6?OpenDocument) I found the section of the rules…
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Participants: Zoetrope10, James V. West.

1/28/2002 Bankuei: Motifs
I sat back watching one of my favorite anime series, Giant Robo, which is teeming with an actual story(more than blow things up), and is covered with motifs left and…
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Participants: Bankuei, Le Joueur, James V. West.

1/23/2002 Ron Edwards: The Beast Released II
Hi James, Here are some of my mechanics-concerns about The Questing Beast. 1) As I mention in the Actual Play forum, the Pool ends up being quite stable. One player,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Blake Hutchins, James V. West, Paul Czege.

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7/6/2002 James V. West: playtester roll call
If you've ever played The Pool or TQB and posted about the experience, or contacted me personally about it, please send an email to this address: players@randomordercreations.com Include your name…
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Participants: James V. West.

7/15/2002 Ron Edwards: GenCon plans?
Hi there, What's the plan for GenCon? Are we still on for selling copies of The Questing Beast? If so, some fees have to be discussed, as per the GenCon…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, James V. West.

8/7/2002 James V. West: TQB GenCon Draft
I've posted the latest draft of The Questing Beast. This is the draft that will be hanging out at GenCon even though my sorry ass will not be.
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Participants: James V. West.

8/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New game based on The Pool
In case you guys haven't seen it, Mike Gentry's been actually writing his hobo game, Hard Travellin'. A long time ago, it had a different name, and used Fudge, and…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, James V. West.

8/30/2002 Michael James Bogue: Everway & The Pool
Hi everybody! I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. First off lemme say I read "The Questing Beast" and the Pool and loved it. A great idea for a…
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Participants: Michael James Bogue, James V. West, Paul Czege.

8/31/2002 James V. West: Quotes for The Questing Beast
Hey everyone I'll be printing copies of TQB soon. I have a bit of finishing up to do, including some simple examples of play, a few more sample Romances, and…
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Participants: James V. West, Mike Holmes.

8/31/2002 James V. West: TQB errata
I found another mistake in the draft of The Questing Beast: Under the playtesters/brainstormers listing I listed Mike Holmes as Mike Hall. This was a mental burp by me. Mike…
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Participants: James V. West.

9/30/2002 James V. West: The Pool in print in new comic zine
Hey! My new comic zine Random Order Comics and Games is now available and it features the first ever printed version of The Pool. This newest…
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Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

10/3/2002 Michael Bowman: The most recent revision
There's a lot of rewriting in this version of The Pool. I like the fuller descriptions of MoVs now. It makes things nice and clear. Dice refreshing at the beginning…
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Participants: Michael Bowman, James V. West, Zoetrope10, Bob McNamee, Paganini.

10/6/2002 James V. West: Pool Party--everyone's invited!
Hey What I want to do here is just sort of survery everyone interested in The Pool and find out what your idea of the game is. What rules tweaks…
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Participants: James V. West, Bob McNamee, Paul Czege, Paganini, Michael Bowman, Zoetrope10, Valamir, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

10/22/2002 Mark Withers: Can I take a dip in your pool?
The Birmingham(UK) university Roleplaying Society is planning a convention, roughly scheduled for the new year. Since this is a *massive* undertaking for a very inexperienced society we would appreciate whatever…
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Participants: Mark Withers, Matt, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Paul Czege.

10/23/2002 Paganini: Comics & Games
Cool beans James! It arrived today... it do indeed pay to be first. And it even has snazzy little Halloween stickers! I was a little surprised by the shape of…
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Participants: Paganini, James V. West, joshua neff, lumpley, jrients.

10/27/2002 J. Backman: The Pool -- extended
I made a post to the design-forum about a project called Theatrum, which is basically The Pool extended. The post (with download link to 1st draft) can be found here:…
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Participants: J. Backman.

11/6/2002 Mark Withers: Dragons and Dreamers - My take on the anti-pool rules
Hi again! Here are the rules that I'm planning to use in Dragons and Dreamers - and all future games that I write. They are written with inexperienced roleplayers in…
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Participants: Mark Withers, James V. West, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, Henry Fitch.

11/11/2002 James V. West: The Pool--hardcore
Let the beatings begin. Here is the hardcore version of The Pool. Most everything is restored to its original form, with some differences. I've read it over and over but…
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Participants: James V. West, Bob McNamee, J. Backman, Paganini, Mark Withers, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Zoetrope10.

12/5/2002 Kenway: "Nemesis" rules for The Pool
"Nemesis" rules for The Pool Here's a Pool implementation of "Advancement via Notoriety" and "PC-summoned foes" discussed elsewhere on The Forge. *SETTINGS THIS WOULD WORK IN These rules were originally…
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Participants: Kenway, James V. West, Rich Forest.

12/20/2002 Ron Edwards: Black Wind
Hi James, Here are some of my thoughts about Black Wind, which I'd really, really like to play. Please take all of these as suggestions - toss out what doesn't…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, J. Backman, Seth L. Blumberg, James V. West, Spooky Fanboy.

12/30/2002 James V. West: Random Order Comics and Games #2
Hey everyone! Random Order Comics and Games #2 is finished and available. This issue features a game called Visions. This is a very simple game based on fantasy (or other)…
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Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, jrients, lumpley, Paganini.

1/4/2003 Paganini: Woohoo! Here it be!
And was it worth the wait? Ah yes! James, I continue to be impressed not only by your graphical skills, but in the dramatic construction of your tales. They're in…
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Participants: Paganini, jrients, Ron Edwards, James V. West, hardcoremoose, lumpley.

1/6/2003 aplath: Multiple players requesting rolls at the same time
Hello all, First of all James, I think the Pool rocks! I've just played it in a one-on-one session with a friend (we've been meaning to test it for some…
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Participants: aplath, James V. West.

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