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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

4/3/2004 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.

4/3/2004 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 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 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 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 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 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 nataix: New RPG - PROTEUS
Welcome to the last bastion of humanity, where Earth is but a distant memory. This world is known as Ad Tair. Here humanity is but one of many species struggling…
In Site Discussion
Participants: nataix, Ron Edwards.

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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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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: 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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Mark Johnson, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, talysman, Garbanzo, xiombarg.

4/4/2004 drembaer: new Russian CCG
Íi. I represent a small group of Russian developers currently working on new card RPG. We are planning to release the game in 2 versions (English and Russian) and are…
In Connections
Participants: drembaer.

4/4/2004 Mark Johnson: Forgie, Forger, Forgite, Smith
What is the best term for a poster at the Forge?
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Dev, Ben Lehman, Sean, clehrich, Ron Edwards, Anonymous.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 Morrius: Damage mechanic
Whenever I'm trying to develop a system in my head, the one part that always stymies me is the damage mechanic. I'm currently working on a systems that uses an…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Morrius, Jasper, Knarf, Matt.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Dev, Mike Holmes.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: abzu, Sean, Ben Lehman, joshua neff, Christopher Weeks, Michael S. Miller, Marhault.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 clehrich: Be honest, now
Okay, you can log out and answer this if you like, but Ron's so plastered by this point that he won't remember a thing. Admit it, have you ever: 1.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: clehrich, Ben Lehman, Shreyas Sampat, Sean, C. Edwards, cruciel, bcook1971, ethan_greer, Jonathan Walton, talysman, Alan, brainwipe, Marhault, Nick Pagnucco, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, hix, Dav, Ron Edwards, timfire, Jack Aidley, orbsmatt.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: clehrich, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, rafial, Jack Spencer Jr.

4/4/2004 Jeph: Will 24 Hour Games be making a return appearance?
The thread for the original started April 8th last year. It seems like it's about time for another batch, given Ron's 1/year qualifier. This coming week would be perfect for…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jeph, Ron Edwards, Seth L. Blumberg, Mike Holmes, philreed.

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.
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: cruciel, Valamir, Walt Freitag, coxcomb, Bob McNamee.

4/4/2004 Zhores: Movement in combat & pain & other stuff :)
I'm not sure the book answers these questions.. atleast there's some confusion in our group. How do you handle movement in combat? How long does it take? Do you use…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Zhores, Alan, nsruf, bcook1971, kenjib, Richard_Strey.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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?
In Forge Birthday Forum
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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Dav, coxcomb, Dev, Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton, Walt Freitag, Ben Lehman, Andy Kitkowski, Michael S. Miller, Matt Wilson, BPetroff93.

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