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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.

4/5/2004 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Russell Hoyle: Final Days at Skullpoint, by Ron Edwards
Ron, are you the Ron Edwards mentioned in connection with this fine upcoming publication? If so, congratulations! Rusty
In HeroQuest
Participants: Russell Hoyle, jrs, Ron Edwards, Mark Galeotti.

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4/6/2004 Jack Spencer Jr: "What I want to know is who's plooking the monkeys?&quo
"What I want to know is who's plooking the monkeys?" Who said this? When and in what context?
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Rich Forest, talysman.

4/6/2004 hix: When did You 'Belong' to the Forge
Okay, so you discovered this place however long ago and you got involved with everyone doing the whole posting and debating thing. But when and why did you first really…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: hix, Lxndr, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, Rich Forest, Christopher Weeks, Eero Tuovinen, clehrich, Rob MacDougall, orbsmatt, Marhault, xiombarg, gobi, ScottM, lumpley, jrs, Mike Holmes, cruciel, Trevis Martin, RDU Neil, GreatWolf, Anonymous, Jeph, JamesSterrett.

4/6/2004 Henri: Coherent Sim Games?
When I look around at the Forge community games I see a lot of games that are intentionally coherently Naratavist (or Nar-facilitating, etc. etc.). There are also a few that…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Henri, Ron Edwards, Marco, Dev, Seth L. Blumberg, ethan_greer, Landon Darkwood, John Kim, M. J. Young.

4/6/2004 Crackerjacker: Freeform, Diceless, "System" experiment-test 1.&qu
As has been said before, the preferred "system" for my preference of play is pretty much freeform. It's certainly not the gaming mainstream, but it can work, and is a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Crackerjacker, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

4/6/2004 Morrius: Worldbuilding and ecology
I think one of the most important parts of designing a setting is to have a stable ecology. All the different parts of an environment contribute to the development of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Morrius, Henri, coxcomb, M. J. Young, WDFlores, FredGarber, contracycle, Ravien.

4/6/2004 Anonymous: Best Horror Movie Ever
Dark Water, directed by Hideo Nagata. It made me scream in a move theatre for the first time ever. Steve.
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Anonymous, hix, hardcoremoose, Dav, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, Scourge108, Rich Forest, C. Edwards, talysman, Christopher Kubasik, Malechi, jrs, Marhault, Andy Kitkowski, taalyn, lumpley, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, orbsmatt, quozl, JamesSterrett, KingstonC, clehrich, Shreyas Sampat, greyorm, WDFlores, joshua neff, Jason13, Blankshield, Troy_Costisick, Jonathan Hastings, Vibilo, demiurgeastaroth, Frank T, Lisa Padol, timfire, Dave Panchyk, Matt Snyder, Alex Fradera, inthisstyle, Eric J-D, Latreya Sena.

4/6/2004 C. Edwards: False Prophets (Indie-Netgaming)
This is a pick-up game we started in the Indie-Netgaming irc channel tonight. As often happens we used a very system-lite game (game mechanic, actually), Jared Sorensen’s Clockworx. We also…
In Actual Play
Participants: C. Edwards, Lxndr, suffusionofyellow, Shreyas Sampat.

4/6/2004 Walt Freitag: Morbid Topic
[b]Happy Birthday -- Uggh! -- Happy Birthday -- Uggh! Doom and gloom and deep despair People dying everywhere Happy Birthdday -- Ughh! -- Happy Birthday -- Uggh! When you reach…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer.

4/6/2004 talysman: my "house rules" die mechanic
as I've mentioned, I'm developing a set of core or "house" rules that I will adapt to specific games in which the setting is the primary focus, sort of the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: talysman, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Ravien, clehrich, anonymouse.

4/6/2004 scobie: gns for non-game rules systems
Just a provocative questions at the moment but might the GNS approach apply to other non-creative agenda driven rules systems? I am currently writing a paper on rules theory in…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: scobie, M. J. Young, Andrew Martin.

4/6/2004 Domhnall: When to Try?
Hi all. My friend John (“Mourglin”) just found this site and linked it to me. My name is Daniel and I have been creating my RPG off and on since…
In Publishing
Participants: Domhnall, Trevis Martin, brainwipe, Matt.

4/6/2004 hanschristianandersen: Cute/Clever Mechanics Swap Meet
In the spirit of "Tell me about... your unfinished game ideas"... What's a clever, cute, interesting unfinished mechanic that you're rather fond of, but that you haven't put into an…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: hanschristianandersen, montag, Rich Forest, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Marhault, talysman, Lxndr, Walt Freitag, Umberhulk, Jeph, taalyn, Sean, gobi, Dev, ADGConscience, Shreyas Sampat, Harlequin, timfire, jasonm, Doug Ruff, nikola, Kit, daMoose_Neo, Tobias.

4/6/2004 Dav: Sorcerer... ish
So... I ran a game of Sorcerer last night. I had a group, willing and able, all experienced, and all ready to try something different. Now, those who have played…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dav, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Bob McNamee, J B Bell, Ron Edwards.

4/6/2004 Rich Forest: The Forge reads, watches, and listens
What is the most recent: Book you read? Movie you watched? Song you listened to? You can feel free to just list 'em, or feel free to elaborate, but don't…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Rich Forest, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Alan, Rich Stokes, Matt, Paka, clehrich, taalyn, Simon W, Ben Terry, WDFlores, Paul Czege, jrs, GreatWolf, Sean, Marhault, Matt Snyder, Christopher Weeks, Goutetsu, orbsmatt, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, quozl, RDU Neil, ScottM, Asrogoth, Jonathan Walton, Anonymous, Gordon C. Landis, talysman, Paul's Girl, Andy Kitkowski, greyorm, Ben Lehman, contracycle, Emily Care, Bob Goat, Christopher Kubasik, Bob McNamee, kregmosier.

4/6/2004 GB Steve: I hate the Forge!
Gets right up my nose, and long may it continue to do so.
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: GB Steve, orbsmatt, Christopher Kubasik, C. Edwards.

4/6/2004 Rob MacDougall: Games You'd Like To Run
We have a thread going of games people would like to design. This thread is even less ambitious: what are some games (one-shots, campaigns, miniseries, whatever) you're planning to run…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Rob MacDougall, Marhault, xiombarg, Rich Forest, GreatWolf, Doyce, Simon W, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Anonymous, DannyK, hix, Valamir, Shreyas Sampat.

4/6/2004 Michael S. Miller: Summer Cons--Who's going?
Who's going to Origins this year? Who's going to GenCon? What do you want to play? I'll be at both. At Origins, I'm runnin 4 ticketed events: 2 Orkworld, 2…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Marhault, Christopher Weeks, Lisa Padol, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, talysman, Ben Lehman, Brian Leybourne.

4/6/2004 gobi: When designing, do you ever think of a cool trait first?
I have a habit of coming up with names for traits that sound evocative and somewhat appropriate for a game without actually having a reason for those traits to exist…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: gobi, Shreyas Sampat, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, orbsmatt, xiombarg, Clinton R. Nixon, taalyn, Jonathan Walton, talysman, Rich Forest, clehrich.

4/6/2004 Jasper: How I bowed out
I'd just like to relate my recent experience with bowing out of what would have been a regular gaming night.... So this one guy who I know invites me to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jasper, Valamir, silburnl, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Peter Hollinghurst, Andrew Norris.

4/6/2004 orbsmatt: Reality Check - Money money money... $$$
How many people have actually made money from their indie-rpg? And don't worry, I know that's not the actual purpose. It's for the fun, right? RIGHT?
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: orbsmatt, clehrich, lumpley, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, montag, Valamir, Matt, Dav, Paul Czege, Sean.

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