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7/2/2003 abzu: Revised Artha Rules
Here are revised artha rules for use with Burning Wheel. The original system works just fine. These work better. http://www.burningwheel.org/pdf/artha_wheel_r2.pdf also, a revised character sheet to accomodate the new info:…
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Participants: abzu, Claymore.

7/2/2003 Claymore: Starting a Burning Wheel Campaign
Abzu asked me to post some notes as how I converted my existing 4 year campaign to Burning Wheel. The most recent system used was The Riddle of Steel (the…
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Participants: Claymore, abzu.

7/1/2003 Janne Halmetoja: Ordering Burning Wheel
Luke, I would like to ask you couple of questions. Do you send books to Europe? How much is the shipping fee then? I don't own credit card but I…
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Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Claymore, abzu.

6/27/2003 abzu: The Web of Great Spiders
Hello! Great Spiders, Chapter 2 of the Burning Wheel Monster Burning, has been released. The chapter is available for free for download here The chapter describes how to play a…
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Participants: abzu, Claymore, taepoong, Lxndr.

6/26/2003 taepoong: Stunning Blows!
Now this is cool! Stuning Blows Special Move Talk about your subduing techniques! This adds some great realism to brawling!
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Participants: taepoong.

6/24/2003 rafial: A question of Faith
This is a followup from my game report in Actual Play. One of the players in the demo used the Priest, and in play we found that it was almost…
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Participants: rafial, taepoong.

6/24/2003 rafial: Burning Wheel in Actual Play
I report on my first experience running BW in the Actual Play forum.
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Participants: rafial.

6/21/2003 Claymore: Adapting TRoS Combat to Burning Wheel
I realize that my words may (and probably will) be considered blasphemy, but has anyone considered adapting Riddle of Steel's combat mechanics to Burning Wheel. I happen to like most…
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Participants: Claymore, Valamir, abzu, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Anton_Duelant, Ron Edwards, Durgil, rafial, Bracken, Poleaxe, Baron Guthwulf.

6/20/2003 abzu: Unlisted Skills
Lately, couple of folks have mentioned missing skill descriptions. Frankly, there are just too many skills to describe. Skills that I felt needed no further description aside from their name…
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Participants: abzu, rafial.

6/19/2003 rafial: FoRKs in Melee
So I've noticed that all the melee weapons skills list brawling, martial arts and each other as FoRKs. Does this mean that if I have both Sword skill and Brawling…
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Participants: rafial, taepoong, nebulous menace, abzu.

6/18/2003 rafial: Why script Block?
Here's my latest head scratcher. Why would you ever want to script Block, as opposed to Counterstrike? Counterstrike works against all the things that Block works against, and a lot…
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Participants: rafial, taepoong, abzu, nebulous menace, inthisstyle.

6/15/2003 rafial: Why are trainings listed with roots?
Unless I've badly misread the rules, trainings are skills you either have or you don't, there is no rating associated with the skill. Yet I note in the list, trainings…
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Participants: rafial, abzu, taepoong.

6/13/2003 abzu: Dice and the Wheel
As I was drifting into reverie, standing, assaulted by the crushing grooves of The Haunted, a jolt of insight shook me. Burning Wheel can be played with nearly any kind…
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Participants: abzu, taepoong, nebulous menace.

6/11/2003 Valamir: Reference, Homage, Inspiration and Thievery
Oh, one last thing that I suspect you already understand but wanted to make sure is absolutely clear; all of the mentioning of these other games that Chris and I…
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Participants: Valamir, Bankuei, abzu, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, inthisstyle, Zebulon.

6/10/2003 abzu: Shameless Self Promotion
I couldn't help but notice all the folks browsing our little corner of the Forge. In case you are wondering what this is all about, you can get your hands…
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Participants: abzu.

6/9/2003 Tony Irwin: Halfling PCs
Hi Luke, I couldn't find any rules for halfling PCs which surprised me because your game looks like it would run a great Lord of the Rings campaign. With all…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, taepoong, Bankuei, Valamir, abzu, inthisstyle.

6/5/2003 Bankuei: Beliefs, Traits, Instincts
Hi folks, This is really the thing in BW I'm really diggin on. Pretty much though, the advice seems to be like "Here's a semi-formal Social Contract of your character,…
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Participants: Bankuei, Valamir, abzu, zhu_kwan, nebulous menace, taepoong.

6/5/2003 abzu: Alternate Melee Mechanics for BW
I have been working on an alternate, quick resolution system for the melee mechanics. They use basic skill resolution and helping dice to reduce an entire combat to one (or…
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Participants: abzu, Valamir, taepoong, drozdal, inthisstyle, nebulous menace, rafial, epweissengruber.

6/3/2003 Morfedel: Interesting lookng game
Interesting looking game. I read the reviews of the game on RPG.Net, and looked over the starting pdf; it looked like a rules-light system with what little I saw, but…
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Participants: Morfedel, Ron Edwards, Valamir, abzu, Bankuei, hatheg-kla, rafial.

5/31/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: What's next for Burning Wheel?
Luke, I noticed you have been releasing parts of the "Monster Burner," a book of character lifepaths for monster-type races. Since you're releasing it as you complete it, will it…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, rafial, drozdal, Bankuei, taepoong.

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7/3/2003 Claymore: New Feudal Lifepaths posted
I have just completed 7 new lifepaths appropriate for a Feudal setting. They were designed using Luke's excellent Lifepath Creation guidelines. I'd love to hear any comments anyone might have.…
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Participants: Claymore, Bracken, abzu.

7/7/2003 abzu: Pirates and Mass Combat
We had the occasion to push the Bandenkrieg rules to their limits this weekend. The players were raiding a naval blockade in the mouth of a river with a…
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Participants: abzu.

7/9/2003 abzu: Orcs Hate
I've just posted a short chapter that discusses Orc Hatred, a new attribute for Orcs that is similar to Elves' Grief or Wolves' Taint. Also included are revised Servant lifepaths…
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Participants: abzu, rafial.

7/16/2003 abzu: Convention Appearances for July-Dec 2003
[b]Gencon, July 25th to July 27th:[/b] At the Forge Booth from Friday Morning To Sunday Afternoon. Booth 1841 on the Upperdeck side. Indianapolis, In [a href=http://www.gencon.com]Gencon.com[/a] [b]Dragoncon, August 29th to…
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Participants: abzu.

7/19/2003 ks13: Just picked up a copy of BW
I managed to find a copy at my local game store (Pandemonium Books is a great little shop). First off, I really liked the packaging and presentation. The two smaller…
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Participants: ks13, abzu, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2003 abzu: Returned from the Big One
So we are back and settled from GenCon. you can read my thoughts on the matter here: http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=130 -L
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Participants: abzu, Valamir, Jake Norwood.

8/12/2003 abzu: Deflection vs Failure
Personally, I love failure in rpgs. Failure breeds drama, in my opinion. And it is the act of not failing that makes heroes and tells stories. Success has little to…
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Participants: abzu, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson.

8/15/2003 Durgil: The Riddle of Steel Combat
It's much too long to post here (pdf of over 4 pages), but I've made some house rules that make some changes to The Riddle of Steel combat rules using…
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Participants: Durgil.

9/2/2003 abzu: DargonCon Recap/Report
A brief write-up of BW at DragonCon. http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=172
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Participants: abzu.

9/2/2003 Catalyst: BW scripted combat
Hi, all. I think I'm a new BW convert and I wanted to babble about it. There's a lot to digest in BW. I've been taking my time since the…
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Participants: Catalyst, drozdal, taepoong.

9/5/2003 abzu: Ken Hite Reviews Burning Wheel
Scroll down to "Wheels on Fire." http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=77 whoa.
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Participants: abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer, Tony Irwin, Valamir.

9/5/2003 Garbanzo: Shades?
Hey, all. Over in the thread called Ken Hite Reviews Burning Wheel, I was really surprised there was no mention of how Shades contribute to character building and advancement.…
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Participants: Garbanzo, Valamir, Tony Irwin, taepoong, abzu, Lxndr.

9/19/2003 AnyaTheBlue: Groan...
I have been eagerly consuming my copy of BW piecemeal since I got it a couple of weeks ago. Fantastic stuff. But. But....but....but.... Fiber ball? Geez.
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Participants: AnyaTheBlue, abzu.

9/23/2003 bcook1971: Preliminary Thoughts
I bought 3 Forge games a few weeks back: Sorcerer, The Riddle of Steel and The Burning Wheel. Can't remember why BW made the list . . . I'm pretty…
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Participants: bcook1971, abzu, AnyaTheBlue, Kaare Berg, taepoong, drozdal.

9/29/2003 abzu: Beliefs and "Reality"
So we watched Big Trouble in Little China last night. The entire movie can be really (really) nicely explained in BW terms. But one of the foremost aspects of the…
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Participants: abzu, bcook1971, rafial.

10/28/2003 bcook1971: The Burning Wheel: First Pass
I was skipping around, reading each part within the book that pertained to the idea I was interested in, not really making good progress. Then I had a chat with…
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Participants: bcook1971, abzu.

10/28/2003 Matt Wilson: Lifepath question
Hey Luke: Wilhelm "rafial" is talking about running a game of BW coming up in the rotation, so I've been trying out a couple lifepaths to see how things work.…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, abzu, rafial.

10/31/2003 abzu: 1 Year Old!
So today, Halloween, is Burning Wheel's first birthday. After a year of hustling we've moved hundreds of copies of the game, been to eight conventions: Ucon, Ubercon 1, Gazebo of…
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Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, rafial, drozdal.

11/15/2003 LordSmerf: Kudos for Burning Wheel
I got my copy in last night, i spent this morning reading the Burning Wheel itself, the Character Burner will have to wait until i get done with this... Here's…
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Participants: LordSmerf, abzu.

11/19/2003 abzu: A Question of Faith and Timing
So my roommate Rik, Dro and I were we up late watching some bad sci-fi the other night and brainstorming some notes for BW. One thing that Rik and I…
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Participants: abzu, taepoong, LordSmerf.

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