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4/4/2004 clehrich: Beer and munchies
Okay, so Walt's got a lampshade on his head at 2:30 in the afternoon, but most of the rest of us seem to be starting up slowly. So my ultra-important…
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Participants: clehrich, Shreyas Sampat, Lxndr, cruciel, Jeph, coxcomb, Bob McNamee, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Steven Bishop, jrs, brainwipe, ScottM, Jack Aidley, WDFlores, orbsmatt.

4/4/2004 abzu: *sniff* We Share a Birthday
A tear forms in my eye when I think how apropos it is, the Forge and I share a birthday. (or at least near enough to each other to fall…
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Participants: abzu, Sean, Ben Lehman, joshua neff, Christopher Weeks, Michael S. Miller, Marhault.

4/4/2004 Dev: Bad GMing, then and now!
Y'know, I'm not even a good GM, really. (And I like the egalitarianizing effect of game design that doesn't require an entirely godlike and excessively preparatory.) Flashback: High School, Circa…
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Participants: Dev, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 Christopher Kubasik: So, When You're Not Playing Roleplaying Games...
Here's what I do. I've been painting and drawing. It's become somewhat obsessive. I really don't care much about writing anymore. I even had to leave Jesse's terrific In the…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Jeph, Dev, Ben Lehman, Lxndr, taalyn, clehrich, greyorm, gobi, cruciel, Walt Freitag, Argetlamh, Dav, talysman, bcook1971, joshua neff, Bob McNamee, Rich Forest, Christopher Weeks, Andy Kitkowski, John Harper, pete_darby, brainwipe, Matt Wilson, GreatWolf, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Shreyas Sampat, timfire, Chris Passeno, ScottM, Umberhulk, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Gordon C. Landis, Muggins, Matt, Rich Stokes, Malechi.

4/4/2004 Ben Lehman: Religion!
Hi. This is the new religion thread. Post here. I am curious as to people's religious beliefs. I ask this because I am in a muddle about my own beliefs…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Shreyas Sampat, Christopher Kubasik, Eero Tuovinen, ethan_greer, taalyn, clehrich, Sean, Simon W, C. Edwards, Lxndr, coxcomb, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, joshua neff, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, RaconteurX, greyorm, talysman, cruciel, Ben Terry, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, lumpley, quozl, Christopher Weeks, Rich Forest, BPetroff93, Anonymous, Green, Matt Wilson, Scourge108, Yasha, DannyK, Jack Aidley, Marhault, orbsmatt, Rich Stokes, Muggins.

4/4/2004 Dev: DRINK DA FORGE
So, um, really. What's the official drink of the Forge '04? I propose that rejected sorcerer drink, with the shot of I think tequilla and chili pippers and bleach. But…
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Participants: Dev, Ben Lehman, Sean, clehrich, Ron Edwards, Anonymous.

4/4/2004 Mark Johnson: Forgie, Forger, Forgite, Smith
What is the best term for a poster at the Forge?
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Participants: Mark Johnson, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Peter Nordstrand, clehrich, Anonymous, Wolfen, talysman, Walt Freitag, Bob McNamee, Asrogoth, Valamir, Paul Czege, Andy Kitkowski, pete_darby, lumpley, brainwipe, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Umberhulk, Gordon C. Landis, orbsmatt, Shreyas Sampat, Alex Johnson, hix, Steve Samson.

4/4/2004 Mark Johnson: Baltimore/Washington D.C. Area Forgers
Would anyone be interested having an "in person" meetup? Write me here or privately. If there is enough interest maybe we could get together for an evening of design sharing…
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Participants: Mark Johnson, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, talysman, Garbanzo, xiombarg.

4/4/2004 Christopher Kubasik: Thanks, Clinton and Ron!
And Happy Birthday! Again! Although my life's turned awfully busy in ways having nothing to do with RPGs, I'm still always checking in here. The Forge has been an amazing…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Dev, Ben Lehman, Shreyas Sampat, bcook1971, coxcomb, John Harper, brainwipe, Marhault, Paka, Adam, Anonymous, ScottM, Tomas HVM, GreatWolf, Technocrat13, Mike Holmes, Jack Aidley, clehrich.

4/4/2004 Mark Johnson: Great Tasting Spam
Anyone have any cool links that they are involved with that they wouldn't normally post at the Forge?
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Participants: Mark Johnson, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, Sean, Dav, talysman, bcook1971, coxcomb, Jonathan Walton, Steven Bishop, Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, brainwipe, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 Anonymous: The Zero at the Bone Thread
What's the worst thing you've ever done? I've destroyed a friend's marriage by sleeping with his wife. Remember to log out before you post.
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Participants: Anonymous, Sean, C. Edwards, greyorm, Ben Terry, Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks, joshua neff, Bob McNamee, Paganini, GreatWolf, lumpley, quozl, orbsmatt, Garbanzo.

4/4/2004 Walt Freitag: The Adventures of G, N, and (Prof.) S
As the pounding of the drums quickened in tempo, the lines of frenzied dancers parted like a curtain, revealing the sacrificial victim struggling in his bonds on the rough-hewn stone…
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Participants: Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, DannyK, orbsmatt, Jasper.

4/4/2004 Eero Tuovinen: There must be something wrong...
There must be something wrong with me: Forge's strict moderation is a perennial topic for bitching, but I for one cannot think of anything to discuss outside the usual forums.…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Emily Care.

4/4/2004 Sean: War Stories
There are so many amazing gamers on this site. One thing I'm always dying to ask people, but that's rarely appropriate to bring up in the regular forums, is about…
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Participants: Sean, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, GreatWolf, Dav, Lisa Padol.

4/4/2004 Ben Lehman: The Necromancer Stirs...
Awakening from within his foul lair, he calls upon the ancient demon-lords of administration -- bound long ago into the Forge of time, and presents them with offerings of bones,…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 Lxndr: Happy Birthday '04!
Happy birthday Forge! Oh, and... first non-moderator post of the year!
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Participants: Lxndr, Jeph, C. Edwards, joshua neff, Ben Lehman, Shreyas Sampat, clehrich, gobi, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, BPetroff93, Emily Care, Rich Forest, greyorm.

4/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: And, goodbye!
This forum will be closed at 5pm CDT, or 8pn EDT, or midnight Greenwich Standard Time. It was great hearing from all for you, and I appreciate all the conversation.…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

4/6/2003 Zak Arntson: RPG Dreams
It had to happen ... somebody brings up dreams. Anyhow, I dreamt that I had somehow got ahold of one of the first roleplaying games ever written. It was so…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Rich Forest, C. Edwards, Itse, hix, Henri, cruciel, talysman, Lxndr, lumpley, hardcoremoose, Bob McNamee, Ben Lehman, Scourge108, clehrich.

4/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: I badly need cheering up -- but then what else is new
I managed to celebrate the Forge's birthday by getting myself into an accident and ruining my career. I had been picked up by a group of students from Eugene to…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, cruciel, rafael, Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, Christoffer Lernö, greyorm.

4/5/2003 szilard: What character are you most ashamed of having played?
Okay, let's hear it. What is the twinkiest/cheesiest/most min/maxed character that you will admit to having played? What game was it in? What made this character so bad? Did you…
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Participants: szilard, cruciel, Heather Manley, Clinton R. Nixon, Enoch, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Spooky Fanboy, DaGreatJL.

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4/4/2004 clehrich: Bad RPG Fiction
One other thread I wanted to start, which I think might pick up a bit once more people have drunk heavily, is about bad RPG fiction. I'm talking about the…
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Participants: clehrich, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, rafial, Jack Spencer Jr.

4/4/2004 cruciel: I challenge you to a game of stack the piggies!
[url]http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/pig.htm[/url] (Your sound must be on or you suck.) Score: 1,280 Bring it punk.
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Participants: cruciel, Valamir, Walt Freitag, coxcomb, Bob McNamee.

4/4/2004 cruciel: Offensive Political Quotes
So, I've got this weird list of political quotes on my computer. I decided to pick the most offensive ones and post them. Yeah! "Feminism encourages women to leave their…
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Participants: cruciel, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, quozl, Walt Freitag.

4/4/2004 gobi: How have you coerced your friends to play a Forge game?
The only time I've managed to get people to play an indie game is when I got two guys to test out a tactical mini game in exchange for pizza…
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Participants: gobi, bcook1971, coxcomb, Argetlamh, Dev, joshua neff, Paka, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 Mark Johnson: Can of Worms
What is your opinion of D20? What do you think D&D 3.5?
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Participants: Mark Johnson, Dav, talysman, coxcomb, Sean, joshua neff, Valamir, Anonymous, Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, Halzebier, Bankuei, ethan_greer, Technocrat13, Wolfen, Umberhulk, Scourge108, orbsmatt, Lxndr.

4/4/2004 Dav: Things to despise...
So, I've been talking to a number of people "in the industry" lately (whatever the flying-fuck THAT means)... and I've seen this startling, and horrifying notion: people are still making…
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Participants: Dav, coxcomb, Dev, Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton, Walt Freitag, Ben Lehman, Andy Kitkowski, Michael S. Miller, Matt Wilson, BPetroff93.

4/4/2004 Guest: Ever think about just chucking it?
Ever think about saying "To hell with RPGs" and never playing again? I know I have. I haven't played in what seems like forever. Even when I could, I just…
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Participants: Guest, greyorm, coxcomb, joshua neff, rafial, Jonathan Walton, NPC Silent Bob, Anonymous, Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 Jack Spencer Jr: I am so out of the loop...
I tell you, for the niche culture that roleplaying is, I am out of the loop big time. Something like 50% of the posts on RPGnet Open are about some…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, coxcomb, Argetlamh.

4/5/2004 Paganini: Party live, doods
So, party, birthday, happy, etc. I see some of my boys, and a lot of folks I don't know. Why don't you guys drop by the #indierpgs IRC channel on…
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Participants: Paganini, Lxndr, Mike Holmes.

4/5/2004 Jonathan Walton: Let's Be Productive: The Wishlist
So last year (man, that was a whole YEAR ago?), we had this thread that is now marked in my browser Favorites as "Promises," because it consisted of people requested…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, hardcoremoose, Paganini, Rich Forest, Argetlamh, coxcomb, Ben Lehman, John Harper, Matt Snyder, Shreyas Sampat, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Valamir, hix, talysman, Spooky Fanboy, Emily Care, Dev, gobi, anonymouse, Lord_Steelhand, Tobias.

4/5/2004 Asrogoth: Caterpillar Poop
I just saw a caterpillar poop in my son's "butterfly farm". What's really weird is that the last two times we've been to the zoo, we've seen several of the…
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Participants: Asrogoth, Argetlamh, C. Edwards, Green, Scourge108.

4/5/2004 Rich Forest: Tell me about... your unfinished game ideas
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=111476#111476]Over here in the RPG Dreams thread[/url], [quote="Lxndr"]Parts of Fastlane came to me in a dream and/or hypnagogic state; same with good portions of [b]Shangri-la[/b] and [b]Mudsylvania[/b], neither of which…
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Participants: Rich Forest, Paka, Jonathan Walton, Lxndr, Andy Kitkowski, John Harper, Ben Lehman, Dev, talysman, Shreyas Sampat, timfire, Christopher Weeks, greyorm, John Kim, coxcomb, taalyn, Matt, Walt Freitag, hix, b_bankhead, hanschristianandersen, Rob MacDougall, Marhault, lumpley, Valamir, WDFlores, gobi, orbsmatt, Spooky Fanboy, Umberhulk, Wolfen, daMoose_Neo, Michael S. Miller, Anonymous, Bob Goat, Emily Care, Jared A. Sorensen, Sean, joshua neff, xenopulse, Selene Tan, Lee Short, Tony Irwin, Trevis Martin, Andrew Morris, Bankuei, Andrew Norris, Kit, Jinx.

4/5/2004 hardcoremoose: a Forge greater than the sum of its parts
Following the B-day party theme… You know how sometimes you get drunk and brutal honesty follows. This is that thread. Remember, it's the booze talking. My posting here has been…
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Participants: hardcoremoose, Lxndr, Ben Lehman, greyorm, Rich Forest, Michael S. Miller, Paka, Matt Snyder, Paganini, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, Dav, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, montag, John Kim, Valamir, Jack Aidley, Christopher Weeks, KingstonC, JamesSterrett, Emily Care, Bob McNamee.

4/5/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Who are you?!? (Putting Pictures to Posters)
Any forum with a self-fellatio forum HAS to have that thread where people post pictures of themselves (usually the best, apt pictures- the ones that conceal the acne, make them…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, Dev, John Harper, talysman, rafial, Rich Forest, contracycle, bcook1971, Anonymous, Eero Tuovinen, Itse, Matt, Matt Wilson, xiombarg, Bob McNamee, Yasha, Jonathan Walton, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, Chris Passeno, gobi.

4/5/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Oh, BTW, I've completely given up Game Design
Yeah, so after some progress, then failures, with my Kyuseisha game (started out as a mini-sup for Sorcerer, became its own full game, etc), I've decided that I really don't…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Dev, komradebob.

4/5/2004 Christopher Kubasik: All right, fuck it: Iraq!
I suspect this thread will burn brighter than any thread we could produce on religion or sodomy, but what the hell.... Ralph wrote: What we basically had is a vile…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, cruciel, Anonymous, contracycle, Ben Lehman, montag, Valamir, Itse, ethan_greer, Sean, Jonathan Walton, greyorm, Christopher Weeks, Rich Forest, Gordon C. Landis, quozl, joshua neff, Nicolas Crost, clehrich, Paul Watson, timfire, Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, John Kim, ADGConscience.

4/5/2004 Sean: One thing the Forge has meant to me
...is that I've been able to design character-specific games. My new MO since coming here is that I get together with a friend, talk about a character, and we write…
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Participants: Sean, Mike Holmes, Jack Aidley, orbsmatt, clehrich.

4/5/2004 Michael S. Miller: Dumb GNS jokes
How many Gamists does it take to change a lightbulb? Depends on how many tie for the low roll. How many Narrativists does it take to change a lightbulb? "How…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Dav, Jonathan Walton, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Valamir, joshua neff, quozl, rafial, Guest, coxcomb, Scourge108, Anonymous, Wolfen, Nicolas Crost, Doug Ruff, Lord_Steelhand.

4/5/2004 Rich Forest: So what kind of snob are you?
C’mon, you know you are one. Maybe it’s wine, maybe it’s beer, maybe it’s manga or even (gasp) roleplaying games. Maybe it’s some kind of indie music, maybe it’s your…
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Participants: Rich Forest, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, coxcomb, Jonathan Walton, lumpley, Andy Kitkowski, BPetroff93, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, Walt Freitag, Christopher Weeks, GreatWolf, Lxndr, cruciel, Matt Snyder, Dev, taalyn, joshua neff, Dav, Matt, Mike Holmes, Asrogoth, Chris Passeno, Scourge108, Gordon C. Landis, Wolfen, Sirogit?, Spartan, Bob McNamee, Ben Lehman, talysman, Trevis Martin, hanschristianandersen, Sean, clehrich, Jack Aidley, orbsmatt, Rich Stokes.

4/5/2004 lumpley: The Me Principle
So this is kind of self-involved and pointless, but if I can't post it drunk at the birthday party when can I? I didn't name the Lumpley Principle. I wouldn't'a…
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Participants: lumpley, Andy Kitkowski, Gordon C. Landis.

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