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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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 Paka: [Dust Devils] Wyrd West - On the Trail of Bastards
[i]The following is an e-mail I sent to the gamers. A friend is coming in from outta town and I reckoned this'd be a good game ta run:[/i] [b]The Adventure:[/b]…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Dev, Ben Lehman, Nev the Deranged, RobNJ.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Dev, komradebob.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 myripad: What am I playing?
I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the Actual Play forum, so if I'm the wrong place, please let me know. I'm sure this has been asked…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: myripad, trechriron, Emily Care.

4/5/2004 ZenDog: Open call for fiction
Tales from the Ale House is a quarterly Ezine specialising in fantasy fiction. The particular sub-genres of fantasy we are looking for are High, Low/Historical, Epic and Heroic, or Sword…
In Connections
Participants: ZenDog.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 Paul Czege: Jonathan Tweet plays My Life with Master...
...and reviews it here. Paul
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, RaconteurX, Matt Wilson.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Asrogoth, Argetlamh, C. Edwards, Green, Scourge108.

4/5/2004 apeiron: Piratic Inquiry: What games work for Pirate Play?
@ Just watch PotC:CotBP for the 3rd time, and that got me wondering. @ What games and supplements replicate the romantic pirate life? i've noticed someone mention a game called…
In Actual Play
Participants: apeiron, suffusionofyellow, DannyK.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 RDU Neil: Sim story
Setting aside the "Does Sim exist as a CA" conversation for the moment. Question. Does "Sim story" exist? By this I mean... I have seen and played examples of "Sim…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: RDU Neil, Landon Darkwood.

4/5/2004 ChefKyle: How to deal with GM-players?
I'm sure plenty of you have experienced this: the guy who's usually the GM, says, "sure, have a go at a one-off, I'll enjoy playing for a while." Then he…
In Actual Play
Participants: ChefKyle, Bob McNamee, sirogit, jdagna, Doyce, Ron Edwards, S'mon, Lisa Padol, clehrich, mstrand, Jasper, Scripty, Rich Forest, Green, tryscer.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Paganini, Lxndr, Mike Holmes.

4/5/2004 Mourglin: Skyfall
My goals for this thread are two fold. First I wish to answer two inter-related questions I have been wrestling with for weeks. In order to present these questions to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mourglin, Kryyst, Shreyas Sampat, Castellanus, Alex Johnson, ghostwolf.

4/5/2004 montag: Prep-Advice for Whispering Vault wanted
as the title indicates, actual play hasn't happened yet, but I wanted to ask for some advice on running Whispering Vault beforehand. It's unlikely that we'll play a longer campaign…
In Actual Play
Participants: montag, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, coxcomb, Argetlamh.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Guest, greyorm, coxcomb, joshua neff, rafial, Jonathan Walton, NPC Silent Bob, Anonymous, Andy Kitkowski, Mike Holmes.

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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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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
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 ejh: Ed's Art Blog, CC-Licensed
Hey, I finally got around to putting up a web site for my art. It's in blog format. I'm looking for a better name than "Ed's Artwork Blog" -- suggestions…
In Connections
Participants: ejh.

4/5/2004 abzu: Spending and Earning New Artha
Here's a quick run down of artha earning and spending from our game last night. Sorry I can't be much more detailed, very busy at the moment. Feel free to…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, rafial, Mulciber.

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…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: lumpley, Andy Kitkowski, Gordon C. Landis.

4/5/2004 rylen dreskin: how do you get something to eat around here?
Thanks for the response to my last question. I did go a bit long. Shorter bites, this time. Saturday evening, I helped a friend put together a test character --…
In HeroQuest
Participants: rylen dreskin, Brand_Robins, Deacon Blues, Simon Bray, buserian, Mike Holmes, elgorade, Moah.

4/5/2004 bergh: TROS Middle Earth: Hobbits
Hi I have made this PDF if you play hobbits in the middle earth universe with TRoS rules www.fflr.dk/tabletop/TROS/Hobbits.pdf
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bergh, Dain, Andrew Mure, Turin, ZenDog, Edge, casinormal.

4/5/2004 quozl: Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA
In the spirit of the D.C. thread, do any Forgers in the area want to get together and play some games?
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: quozl, anonymouse, xenopulse, Chris Goodwin.

4/5/2004 jburneko: Yet, More On Conflict
Hello, In another thread Ron wrote: There's really no such thing as rolling against "no defense." If there's truly no defense, then the only constraint on the announced action…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller.

4/5/2004 Shreyas Sampat: For Ben: The heaven game.
This is a Forge Birthday (and Special Events) game; if it isn't finished by the time the Birthday Forum closes for the year, I will hold off on it until…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton, DannyK, quozl, Ben Lehman, Ravien, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, FredGarber.

4/5/2004 GreatWolf: GIPF project
This may be a long shot, but hey, who cares. It's a birthday party! I've started playing the different games of the GIPF Project and have been enjoying them. So…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: GreatWolf, Christopher Weeks.

4/5/2004 Ron Edwards: [The Great Ork Gods] Nothing but mayhem
Hello, I should preface this by mentioning that I and the others in this group have played, within the last year, extensive games of: - kill puppies for satan -…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jack Aidley, jrs, Tod Olson.

4/5/2004 Green: new game this summer . . . anyone interested?
This summer, I think I want to start another game, preferably using Kathanaksaya, which you can get in the Resource Library. Mainly this is for playtesting purposes to see how…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Green.

4/5/2004 thomcat: SA spending - come again?
I am still amazed that I have read the use of SAs incorrectly. It just seems that "every roll" must have a caveat of "once a combat round" or "once…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: thomcat, kenjib, bergh, Valamir, Bankuei, Bob McNamee, Tash, Wolfen, Alan, Brian Leybourne.

4/5/2004 Andy Kitkowski: I Need Meat to Feed the 2003 Indie RPG Awards (apply within)
Hey all. After a long hiatus, and a loose plan to start this year's Awards registration in the Spring and declare winners in the Fall, I've come again to my…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, Dav, coxcomb, Anonymous.

4/5/2004 Demada: R-Maps, defined, explained
Where are R-maps defined and explained? I gleaned that they were part of Sorcerer (of the roleplaying advice sections, not the rules), but I cannot find mention of them in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Demada, montag.

4/5/2004 Christopher Weeks: Favorite Board Games?
I've noticed over the eight months that I've been here that a bunch of people play board games. Seth's Gipf query made me think of this more concretely. What board…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Christopher Weeks, xiombarg, GreatWolf, Umberhulk, rafial, quozl, Valamir, Ron Edwards, ScottM, Jonathan Walton, Christopher Kubasik, ethan_greer, Asrogoth, coxcomb, Paganini, Ben Lehman, Walt Freitag, Marhault, Jack Aidley, Sean, orbsmatt, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand, JamesSterrett, Brian Leybourne.

4/5/2004 Wolfen: I've got a few..
Unfinished game ideas.. Well, there's this little thing I was kicking around for a while, Mage Blade.. Then there's a more recent project, ReCoil.. Heh. Yeah, I take forever to…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Wolfen.

4/6/2004 Demada: [Sorcerer] Perhaps a dumb (rules) question, but...
I can't seem to find the answer in the book. Can penalties, in Sorcerer, negate the entirity of a dice pool? Example: A player in a game has an inconspicuous…
In Adept Press
Participants: Demada, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

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