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4/3/2004 Jaik: Gamist->Sim Conversion
Reading through the Primal Gamist thread prompted this idea to me: Many new players come to RPGs as gamists (think 10-13-year old boys playing D&D. Yes, this stacks the deck.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jaik, montag, talysman, ethan_greer, M. J. Young, contracycle.

4/3/2004 komradebob: Anybody experimented with a GM add-on?
I'm really new to Uni, and come from a more oldfashioned GM+Players style of play. I bought a copy of Uni because I wanted to see how a more open…
In Universalis
Participants: komradebob, Bob McNamee, kwill, Lxndr, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

4/3/2004 rylen dreskin: New Old Questions
Howdy, I’ve picked up HeroQuest and hope to run a game sometime soon. I’m still trying to work out some aspects, though. From the posts I’ve read here, I think…
In HeroQuest
Participants: rylen dreskin, Alai, Harrek, buserian.

4/2/2004 Janus: How do you manage augments?
Hi, I was wondering how HeroQuest GMs were managing augments. a) Do you pre-calculate some augments? (e.g. standard close combat augments) b) Do you decide the augments and then do…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Janus, Harrek, Bankuei.

4/2/2004 Jere: [Shadows in the Fog] Age of Paranoia
I'll be adapting clehrich's excellent Shadows in the Fog to an espionage game, heavily borrowing from John Le Carré's Cold War espionage novels, that I'm calling Age of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jere.

4/2/2004 Overdrive: How to use luck?
I'd like to hear some of the practices of using luck. I think there are differences on how people use it, and if we gather those under the same topic,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Overdrive, toli, Tash, Jake Norwood.

4/2/2004 Simon Bray: UW - Calling for Contributors
Hi All, Do you have a manuscript you would love to see published? Do you have a flare for creative writing and design? Do you have a great idea but…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Simon Bray.

4/2/2004 Simon Bray: Gloranthan Maps
Hi All, As some of you may know the Unspoken Word has specialised in Gloranthan Maps since the companies creation. We already have a good product stock including The Lunar…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Simon Bray, droog, RaconteurX, Nils Weinander, Mike Holmes, Invain, Mark Galeotti.

4/2/2004 Durgil: The Mount's Strength
In the main rule book under the Offensive Maneuvers for the Lance, it states:The Riddle of Steel, pg. 59"]Simultaneous Block/Strike (0) used in a charge (mount's ST) V. Mounted Combat…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Durgil, Jake Norwood.

4/2/2004 Simon Bray: Char-Un Sons of Kargzant
Hi All, just to let you know that UW has a new book currently in final layout and out very soon...... The eagerly awaited Sons of Kargzant, sourcebook on the…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Simon Bray.

4/2/2004 Valamir: Minimilist Trait use
Split from Universalis Drinking Game Second follow up question: Has anyone run into problems in games due to minimalist play style issues for some things with rather more expanded descriptions…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Bob McNamee, komradebob, Christopher Weeks.

4/2/2004 Negilent: [Burning Wheel] The end of a beginning
[b]The end of a beginning.[/b] Its been a long time, but here is my latest foray into roleplaying with the forgite twist. As my game stand now, some of the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Negilent, abzu, taepoong.

4/2/2004 Mourglin: Using a survey.
Hello all, This is my first visit to the Forge and my very first post. I am pleased with the volume of discussions going on here and was referred by…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mourglin, Argetlamh, M. J. Young, Bluve Oak, Ron Edwards.

4/2/2004 Noon: One liner GNS
A couple of threads ( http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4267 and http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4414 ) prompted some questions in my mind that I finally managed to figure out answers for. Particularly the second thread, which asked…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Noon.

4/2/2004 coryblack_666: My first TROS campaign(or any campaign), need help.
Ok, so writing a capmpaign is a lot harder then i thought it would be. I have a basic outline of a campaign going, the group is off to find…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: coryblack_666, kenjib, Ingenious, Alan, Bankuei, nsruf, Tash.

4/2/2004 Valamir: [Robots & Rapiers] Contacts, Favors, and Influence
I'm busily at work getting R&R ready for the next round of testing and thought I'd throw out a concept I'm pretty excited about. Contacts. Contacts are all of the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Valamir, montag, Jack Aidley, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

4/2/2004 BPetroff93: S&S humanity definition
I'm trying to reconcile the humanity descriptor for S&S with the definition of sorcerous acts as humanity violators (or at lease humanity risky). If humanity is empathy than sorcerous acts…
In Adept Press
Participants: BPetroff93, Ron Edwards, Supplanter, Valamir, Demada, joshua neff.

4/2/2004 spunky: ALTERNATE APPROACH TO THE KILLING DRAGONS and misc epic foes
The damage and combat system of TROS, while unparalled when dealing with humans, get real nasty when dealing with ogres, dragons, giants, and B.L.'s beloved ubertrollen. The combat system is…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: spunky, Caz, Wolfen, Tash, Negilent.

4/1/2004 big kev: luck.
hey all, its big kev of 24attack dice fame (?) just thought id throw this one in the mix cause it left me blown away. I had the most heroicly…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: big kev, Mayhem1979, Ingenious, Valamir, luke.

4/1/2004 Demada: [Sorcerer] Which Mini-Supplement?
I have ordered "Charnel Gods" and "Schism." I'm looking to order one more mini-supplement for Sorcerer, and I'm not sure which one. I want something that will help me stretch…
In Adept Press
Participants: Demada, Valamir, hardcoremoose, greyorm.

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4/3/2004 Spooky Fanboy: Entry-Level Dieties: a roleplaying game in progress
Okay, I started this game being fed up with games like Lost Gods, Black and White, the Last Exodus, Nobilis, etc. for various reasons. My goal, in creating this game,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, gobi, taalyn, RaconteurX, Matt, Marhault.

4/3/2004 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Damage Penalties in Combat
Just reading through Sorcerer a bit. Some questions: Where a character is attacked but has not yet acted, if he opts to suck up the attack, rolling one die…
In Adept Press
Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards.

4/3/2004 RPGuru59: Donjon on the net
I have been trying to start a game on the net via Playbyweb.com but no results yet. I was wondering, is there a site on the net that is playing…
In CRN Games
Participants: RPGuru59, Paganini, Christopher Weeks.

4/3/2004 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Error in text?
Page 17, column 2, paragraph 2, of the text says: The player may check off another item and get a second re-roll. If it succeeds, the trollbabe succeeds, although her…
In Adept Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Paganini, rafial, Ron Edwards.

4/3/2004 Turin: Helmets
I like to game in a dark/early middle ages world. The assortment of weapons in the later middle ages/renaissance is more interesting, but i like the "feel" better the dark/middle…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Turin, Salamander, ZenDog, Caz, toli, bergh, MrGeneHa.

4/3/2004 b_bankhead: I call upon the PALADIN mastery of Anilwerks!
I will be running Paladin every tues in the indie netgaming irc channel (7pm EDT #indierpgs linuxguy.magicstar.net). I have never run the game and I have already looked at the…
In CRN Games
Participants: b_bankhead.

4/3/2004 bergh: TRoS Middel Earth: Elves as player characters
HI Im making races for my TRoS middle earth campaign, and i wish that elves a simply more Tolkien. so i have made this up: Silvan or Wood Elves -…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bergh, Tash, kenjib, Irmo, Turin, ZenDog, Valamir, Andrew Mure, Mike Holmes, Edge, MonkeyWrench.

4/4/2004 Mystique: Distributor Question
Hi all, I was hoping to find out what distributors fellow small publishers have used in the past / or are using, and what experiences you have had with the…
In Publishing
Participants: Mystique, talysman, jdagna, daMoose_Neo, Dav, Mourglin, HinterWelt.

4/4/2004 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Player-created conflicts
I'm comfortable with the idea of players calling for conflicts, and by that process adding extra elements to the campaign, but I'm having some conceptual problems with the following: …
In Adept Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, rafial, Alan, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 sirogit: [Demon Cops]Great lil' book, a few questions.
Just received it and I have to say I'm quite pleased. Right now I'm planning on my next campaign to be based on it. A few questions I have: I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, DannyK, Valamir.

4/4/2004 Walt Freitag: Spammed
Everyone, there are one or more new threads in each forum started by Optix. Each has a subject line designed -- albeit crudely -- to sound relevant to that forum.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Walt Freitag, Valamir, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2004 Jürgen Mayer: Burning Wheel runner-up for Best RPG (Pen&Paper Fan Awar
Runner-up for Best RPG and Best Graphic Design. http://www.pen-paper.net/awards.php Congrats, Luke!
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, abzu.

4/4/2004 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Injuries, and Error in text 2? :)
On page 20: An injured character ignores the “discommoded" step and proceeds to further injury right away on a failed roll; therefore she is limited to a total of two…
In Adept Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards, rafial.

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

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,…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Sean, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, GreatWolf, Dav, Lisa Padol.

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.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Emily Care.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, DannyK, orbsmatt, Jasper.

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

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