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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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4/6/2004 Dev: "Talk amongst you selves..."
(High-Concept Sim with Narr dirft is neither...) Actually, it's just that as GM I run out of bloody accents and personalities some times, y'know? And I feel like a single…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Dev, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Michael S. Miller.

4/6/2004 gobi: Tell me about... your undeveloped system
Sometimes weird system ideas just pop into your head without anything to for them to which to attach themselves. It's a shame, it is. Well, let's not let these systems…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: gobi, Jeph, Wolfen.

4/6/2004 Christopher Weeks: Summarized Personal Politics of Forgies
OK, here's a game based on a line of Ralph's from over in the Iraq thread: For the record, my personal political platform is about 1/3 Right, 1/3 Left, and…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Jonathan Walton, Andy Kitkowski, taalyn, Ben Terry, lumpley, Argetlamh, Marhault, Matt Wilson, RDU Neil, cruciel, Walt Freitag, Anonymous, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Sean, joshua neff, Valamir, Lxndr, quozl, ScottM, Chris Goodwin, Rich Forest, montag, Shreyas Sampat, greyorm, Dev, C. Edwards, Dav, Ben Lehman, contracycle, ADGConscience, xiombarg, Asrogoth, Malechi.

4/6/2004 Matt Gwinn: Translations
Hey, I just received an offer to have my game Kayfabe translated into Italian and publish it in Italy. I was wondering if anyone else has received such an offer…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, montag, Valamir, Jürgen Mayer, Dav, Matt Wilson, Andy Kitkowski, edomaur.

4/6/2004 Domhnall: Mystery-- Essay
Hello all. I've just joined. I had no idea a group of like-minded players were out here this whole time! The following is an essay that I have in my…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Domhnall, Valamir, montag, Noon, contracycle, Jack Aidley, Rob Carriere, Argetlamh, Doyce, timfire, GreatWolf, Gaerik, Alan, Mourglin, John Kim, M. J. Young, clehrich, Sean, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Walt Freitag, Andrew Norris, Cemendur.

4/6/2004 Sean: Avant-Gardeism and Forge Design
Here's the thing: 1) Many of the concepts here are general, robust, and applicable to a wide variety of styles of gaming. Many of the ideas in the games produced…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Sean, coxcomb, ADGConscience.

4/6/2004 lumpley: Adventures in Dramatic Drama
Climactic session last night. It'll take some telling, so. So You Know I play Acanthus, Meg plays Damwild, Emily plays Soraya. When I say "us" or "ours," I mean these…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ben Lehman, Christopher Weeks, Matt Wilson, Valamir, Emily Care.

4/6/2004 Jack Spencer Jr: Personal question: got smokes?
It just struck me that one thing that we know exceptionally well about the people we know in real life we rarely talk about online. At least I don't. No…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, joshua neff, Sean, clehrich, Matt Wilson, Lxndr, Walt Freitag, Clinton R. Nixon, taalyn, Gordon C. Landis, cruciel, Ben Terry, Christopher Weeks, C. Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, greyorm, montag, WDFlores, Ben Lehman, Ole, ethan_greer, Marhault, lumpley, Malechi, Rich Stokes, Dav, Bob Goat, Jason L Blair, Chris Passeno.

4/6/2004 clehrich: Yee F-ing Ha!
Hey, since we're all getting sloshed and not paying attention to the normal rules about what is and is not an appropriate topic of conversation here on the Forge, I…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: clehrich, Sean, coxcomb, Valamir, Rob MacDougall, Walt Freitag, taalyn, jrs, ScottM, Rich Forest, JamesSterrett, Shreyas Sampat, Ben Lehman, WDFlores, montag, ADGConscience, Emily Care, Nick Pagnucco, Piers Brown.

4/6/2004 hix: Any Kiwi Forgers?
Just trying to get a handle on how many of us are hanging out in these parts. I think there's Brian up in Auckland and Andrew in Napier. Me, I'm…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: hix, Walt Freitag, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis.

4/6/2004 Andy Kitkowski: RPGs that Turned You On over the past year...
So, I'm wondering what RPGs that fell across your desk over the past year (they can be older) gave you some sort of inspiration, and why? Doesn't have to be…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, coxcomb, Shreyas Sampat, C. Edwards, Dev, Doyce, Ben Lehman, cruciel, Jack Aidley, Paka, Brian Leybourne, hix, Alan, joshua neff, Marhault, Muggins, GreatWolf, Lisa Padol, Spooky Fanboy, Rich Stokes, Anonymous, rafial.

4/6/2004 Lisa Padol: Any bangs for our buck?
So, I'm still confused about bangs. I just ran a reasonably successful session -- a couple of slow spots, a fair number of cool ones -- and I'm trying to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, FredGarber, DannyK, Alan, Malechi, Mike Holmes.

4/6/2004 Bret Gillan: My Game: Pundits & Pollsters
Hey folks. Cranked out a mini-game of sorts on my website - Pundits & Pollsters. Nothing special. It basically came about after some pondering on my part about whether a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bret Gillan, Jasper, quozl.

4/7/2004 Alan: Mythic Precedent
Hi all, Here's bit of trivia I heard from a History Channel special on Egyption magic. The written text would include a Historica, the full text of several stories relevant…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Alan, lightcastle, Harrek, RaconteurX, Alai, Jane.

4/7/2004 Jack Spencer Jr: I'm such a wuss
I was going to try to start a thread about FATAL, but I just can't do it. Even on the birthday forum.
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, talysman, Marhault, ethan_greer, Lxndr, montag.

4/7/2004 Domhnall: Systems with Worlds?
I have (what I assume to be) ~92% of my system ideas hashed out, and ~70% of the footwork complete. But, I am wondering if systems are more well received…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Domhnall, Jasper, Andrew Martin.

4/7/2004 Walt Freitag: Pointless Quiz Questions
Of all the products you can buy at a supermarket, which is the most frequently manufactured at home instead of purchased at the supermarket? (post your own, and/or answer) -…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Walt Freitag, Rich Forest, Dav, clehrich, Christopher Weeks, JamesSterrett, C. Edwards, jrs, Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, coxcomb, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

4/7/2004 taalyn: [Crux] conflict/task resolution method
Having been inspired by Lumpley ramblings here, I've got half of a conflict/task resolution method figured out. I have the system, but could use help with the method. The idea:…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, coxcomb, cruciel.

4/7/2004 Lisa Padol: Birthday Present for Ron
Okay, Ron's asking for cool stuff that makes us go, "Yes! That's why we play!" Like, in this area, actual play, cuz it came from, like, actual play. Anything I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, lumpley.

4/7/2004 Amadeus: Cover Art Questions
From what I've seen on here while digging through archives for a day, its seems that prices for art vary quite a bit. I've seen quotes for full color covers…
In Publishing
Participants: Amadeus, Paul Czege, daMoose_Neo, Matt, Peter Hollinghurst, Storn, Ron Edwards, abzu, greyorm, quozl, Jack Aidley, Mourglin, Dav, inthisstyle, Valamir, Jonathan Walton, ejh.

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