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2/20/2004 Jonathan Walton: Brecht Article up on RPGnet
Hey folks, This is a public service announcement. http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/collists/fineart.html The new article is called "...But with Innovations!" and talks about the dramatic theories of Bertolt Brecht and how they apply…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Noon, Halzebier, xiombarg, Valamir, clehrich, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr.

2/20/2004 clehrich: Calculating card-hand odds
Hey, math people, Can you help me calculate some odds that use cards? The difficulty, of course, being that every card drawn changes the pack, thus each draw affects the…
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Participants: clehrich, james_west, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, HMT.

2/20/2004 Tomas HVM: "Guiding"; game guiding techniques (GGT)
[quote="Ron Edwards (in the "GM-less techniques" thread)"] I suggest that "GM-less" is an abominable and misleading term. [/quote] This is quite wrong, in my view. The users of a game…
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Participants: Tomas HVM, talysman.

2/19/2004 Jonathan Walton: "Beyond Role & Play" Book
Hey all, So the huge Nordic roleplaying convention, called "Nodal Point" in various Scandinavian languages, decided to publish a book on RPG theory for this year's convention in Helsinki, Finland.…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, John Kim, Clinton R. Nixon, Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Christopher Weeks, Itse, matthijs, Ole, Tomas HVM, Eero Tuovinen, MikesLeftHand.

2/19/2004 bergh: Dwarfs, Dwarves and small people!
HEHE, i don't acutally know if this is the right place to write this, but i need info from different systems/RPG world. More precise on Dwarfs! I need the Maximum…
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Participants: bergh, Bankuei, Doctor Xero, Ron Edwards, anonymouse, Thuringwaethiel, Simon W, M. J. Young, coxcomb, talysman, Christopher Weeks, Ian Charvill, Gelasma, Trevis Martin, ejh, contracycle, Scourge108, timfire.

2/18/2004 artofmagic: Lines of Experience
the only brilliant idea Marvel Universe RPG has is lines-of-experience. from every session you get 1 - 3 lines of experience, and when you collect 10 relating to an action,…
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Participants: artofmagic, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

2/18/2004 ksarith: Choosing and defining the Stats
I am new to the Forge and was searching for something. Supprisingly enough, I was unable to locate it. For a while I have been developing a RPG and feel…
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Participants: ksarith, contracycle, pete_darby, Valamir, artofmagic, Scourge108, M. J. Young, John Kim, orbsmatt, Autocrat.

2/18/2004 artofmagic: loose skills
I really like the FATE's idea of Aspects. Player desides his aspects, not game rules or GM. They can be anything. But what happens when you read FATE rules a…
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Participants: artofmagic, Mike Holmes, Noon.

2/18/2004 Librisia: Male Dominance in RPGs
Still gettin' the hang of the Forge Culture, so please ignore the other cross posts on other threads. Here's what I've slapped together based on the conversations here and reconsidering…
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Participants: Librisia, james_west, talysman, John Kim, Ravien, S'mon, Valamir, jrs, Mike Holmes, AnyaTheBlue, sirogit, clehrich, Scourge108, Itse, Taina, inthisstyle, Bankuei, Doctor Xero, M. J. Young, Christopher Weeks, RaconteurX, Ben Lehman, Minx, contracycle.

2/17/2004 iago: Impossible Romance (Pyramid poll & rpg.net thread)
I've been having an interesting time chatting on this thread over on RPG.net: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102754 I'll quote what someone said as the opener: ..Looks like something that should be discussed here…
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Participants: iago, Ron Edwards, Rob MacDougall, jburneko, talysman, Scourge108, Paul Czege, artofmagic, Michael S. Miller, jrs, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, John Kim, M. J. Young, Tomas HVM.

2/17/2004 Scourge108: Solo Gaming
I decided not to hijack the GMless gaming thread to ask about this. I know I started with Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books before being introduced to D&D. I recall many different variations…
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Participants: Scourge108, Ron Edwards, Nuadha, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Walt Freitag, talysman, M. J. Young, Noon, Gordon C. Landis, Emily Care.

2/17/2004 Peter Hollinghurst: Art Styles
hmm-I seem to be finding interest in some rather old and possibly 'dead' threads. Oh well. This is of particular interest to me since Im an artist as well as…
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Participants: Peter Hollinghurst, Ron Edwards.

2/17/2004 artofmagic: how
[quote="iago"] At any rate, the basic idea here suggested that, since a character's flaws are often just as interesting if not more interesting than his capabilities, why not make it…
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Participants: artofmagic, iago, Ron Edwards.

2/16/2004 Itse: Visual aids
I was reading an old thread which started with Ron Edwards talking about page45 comic stores and how "alternative" and "mainstream" are sometimes seen a little upside down. There…
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Participants: Itse, clehrich, Marhault, james_west, coxcomb, Lxndr, Nathan P., talysman, contracycle, Jack Aidley, brainwipe, Technocrat13, Doctor Xero, Andrew Norris, Michael S. Miller, Peter Hollinghurst, Mike Holmes, Green.

2/16/2004 sirogit: Roleplaying as a place to pick up chicks
To clarify abit, I'm thinking of the possibility of a roleplaying game/environment designed as a place that adults can meet people, with an emphasis for the possibility of a sexual…
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Participants: sirogit, james_west, Noon, Doctor Xero, clehrich, John Kim, S'mon, Walt Freitag, Christopher Weeks, AnyaTheBlue, Scourge108, Ron Edwards.

2/15/2004 talysman: GMless gaming techniques
Michael's thread on GMless play was slightly derailed by a technical discussion on how to do it, and he asked that technical discussed be moved elsewhere. I agree that it's…
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Participants: talysman, Valamir, clehrich, Ron Edwards, Noon, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young.

2/15/2004 Doctor Xero: a definitive definition of roleplay?
[quote="in response to one of Doctor Xero's questions clehrich"]I'm not sure what you mean by "roleplay." This is such an open concept, especially here at the Forge, that without my…
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Participants: Doctor Xero, Paganini, neelk, Christopher Kubasik, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Noon, Shreyas Sampat, clehrich, Rich Forest, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, Itse, Jonathan Walton.

2/14/2004 Autocrat: General views on Universal systems ?
Alright, I've been to a couple of forums, I've answered other peoples posts, I've helped, explained, I've started threads, asked questions and questioned answers....... Yet I get a very strong…
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Participants: Autocrat, james_west, Valamir, John Kim, timfire, clehrich, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Mark Johnson.

2/13/2004 John Kim: Gender/Racial/Other Bias in RPG Texts
[quote="Librisia"]I'll be posting revised statements regarding my hypothesis about the male dominance in rpgs tomorrow or the day after. As veterans of the Forge's culture, can you please advise whether…
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Participants: John Kim, Doctor Xero, Bankuei, clehrich, greyorm, Dev, Ron Edwards, cruciel, gobi, S'mon, contracycle, M. J. Young, Green, Thuringwaethiel, Librisia.

2/12/2004 Morrius: Sell me Universalis
I've been hearing a lot about these collaborative-storytelling games like Universalis. But I'm curious as to how this sort of thing actually functions in practice. Let me put forth a…
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Participants: Morrius, Clinton R. Nixon, clehrich, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, james_west, Don D..

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2/21/2004 Autocrat: Item & Equipment Details ????
OK then, lets see how fast this one goes...... So you have a huge list of potential equipment, (to cover your post apoc setting with umpteen types of skills and…
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Participants: Autocrat, anonymouse, erithromycin, Ole, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, Noon.

2/21/2004 Autocrat: Skills:- What types and how many?
Yeah, yet another one to pick you brains and preference sticks with! OK, post apaoco', loads of variety for the technnology, potential goldmines of info for Characters to locate and…
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Participants: Autocrat, Taina, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Shreyas Sampat, M. J. Young, Ole, clehrich.

2/23/2004 Eric J.: Pyron's first Rant (Which isn't very good)
I would just like to rant for a moment: And I'd like to start with a quote from Shapesphear: "This, above all else, to thine own self be true." I'd…
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Participants: Eric J., james_west, Noon.

2/23/2004 Nuadha: How many skills do you prefer?
I've a question for everyone here. How exhaustive of a skill list do you prefer in a game? From games with no skill lists (like Amber) to games with skills…
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Participants: Nuadha, Ron Edwards, Valamir, John Kim, orbsmatt, coxcomb, Scourge108, clehrich, M. J. Young, RDU Neil, contracycle.

2/23/2004 ksarith: Major Methods of Mechanics
When I went looking to choose the attributes, I forgot to start at the very basic level of a system. I am just BS'ing my way through this fraction of…
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Participants: ksarith, M. J. Young.

2/24/2004 Nigel Evans: Autocracy U-turn. Probably.
First real post here - I'm not sure this is the place for it but here goes. The situation: I'm running a game called Pathways. It's a homegrown in both…
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Participants: Nigel Evans, Mark Johnson, clehrich, coxcomb, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, montag, Noon.

2/24/2004 Dr. Awkward: RPGs driving an interest in history?
Is anyone aware of any studies, surveys, or articles that address how RPGs can increase an interest in history among players? I've been contacted by someone who is doing some…
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Participants: Dr. Awkward, Valamir, M. J. Young, Scourge108, Mike Holmes.

2/25/2004 Bankuei: Let's talk Design!
Hi folks, We tend to go through a cycle here at the Forge. New folks come in, and there tends to be a little rustling as folks get adjusted to…
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Participants: Bankuei, clehrich, Shreyas Sampat, Autocrat.

2/25/2004 Jinx: Team creation / social contract questions
I've been thinking a great deal about group character creation and social contracts for players in a team, potentially with team/party-oriented PCs designed to work together - specifically, in this…
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Participants: Jinx, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman.

2/26/2004 Noon: Rules that back source
This is a condensation of the 'Rules that outsource' thread. I'd give a direct link, but that might give the idea that you have to read through it before tucking…
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Participants: Noon, M. J. Young, Ian Charvill, Itse, Valamir, John Kim, Mike Holmes.

2/26/2004 Noon: Quick questions on illusionism
A quick question or two on illusionism. Okay, say our hero gets to a T intersection. One way looks like it goes to a dangerous forest, the other a graveyard.…
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Participants: Noon, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Doctor Xero.

2/26/2004 RyuMaou: Are non-humans neccessary in FRPGs?
I was thinking about this the other day and it occurred to me that I don't know of any surviving, or even dead-but-once-popular, FRPGs that didn't involve elves, dwarves, or…
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Participants: RyuMaou, Lxndr, Jack Aidley, Loki, clehrich, Ron Edwards, Alex Johnson, timfire, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, J B Bell, Mr. Sluagh, Wolfen, Doctor Xero, Shreyas Sampat, M. J. Young, contracycle, hitsumei, Scourge108, neelk, talysman, Itse, bcook1971, AnyaTheBlue, Walt Freitag, komradebob.

2/26/2004 Nathan P.: Interesting NYT Article
Hey all For you online NYT subscribers (its free to sign up if you're not already), this is an interesting article: The Ivy-Covered…
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Participants: Nathan P., John Kim, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Loki, Vishanti, Eric J..

2/26/2004 clehrich: Setting seeks System, for long walks, cuddling....
So I’ve got this setting and campaign concept, and I wonder if anyone can think of a system that would admirably suit my goals. I’d rather not redesign from scratch;…
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Participants: clehrich, Valamir, erithromycin, Shreyas Sampat, John Kim, Loki, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, cruciel, Jonathan Walton, Harlequin, Rob Carriere.

2/27/2004 Doctor Xero: The Role of Fantasy Races in FRPGs
[quote="Zak Arntson"]Tying into the third category, you have races representing an exaggerated aspect of humanity. Does this ties into the suspension of disbelief? Can players can more readily accept a…
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Participants: Doctor Xero, Jonathan Walton, Ben Lehman, pete_darby, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Scourge108, John Kirk, Itse, coxcomb, M. J. Young, greyorm, Henri, John Kim, arwink, Argetlamh, komradebob, madelf, Walt Freitag, Valamir, Brother Adso, simon_hibbs, Cemendur.

2/27/2004 Tomas HVM: Like a symphony...
[b]A roleplaying game should be played like a symphony.[/b] [b]It should start quiet and calm,[/b] like a single cello. The opening scenes should be played in a deep and protracted…
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Participants: Tomas HVM, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

2/27/2004 sirogit: Obtrusive mechanic details?
It's to my understanding that several games have considering using certain mechanics, but didn't include them in the game as it would slow the game down to a certain degree.…
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Participants: sirogit, Doctor Xero, Harlequin, Mike Holmes, John Kim, coxcomb.

2/29/2004 Wenlock: No limit ?!
Hello, I'm a newbeee and I wondered a short time in which forum I could put this thing...... Well, in case I made a mistake, let me know. Here's the…
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Participants: Wenlock, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Noon, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, Doctor Xero, M. J. Young, Nathan P..

3/1/2004 RDU Neil: Simplistic GNS examples...
As I've attempted to plow through the varioud GNS articles and the like, I find my non-academic brain needing some clarification. (I have to look up words like brachiate and…
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Participants: RDU Neil, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

3/1/2004 Doctor Xero: thesis : the two approaches to RPG player enjoyment goals
After reading (and participating in) the various posts involving cooperative and competitive gaming, the purpose of fantastical races in FRPGs (and SFRPGs), and some of the G/N/S concerns, I think…
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Participants: Doctor Xero, RDU Neil, Mike Holmes, John Kim, greyorm, contracycle, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Andrew Norris, Valamir, clehrich, Itse, Alan, Christopher Kubasik, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, Caldis.

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