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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 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 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 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 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 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.

4/6/2004 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.

4/6/2004 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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4/7/2004 clehrich: For Eero: My Life With Levi-Strauss
So after Eero, Jonathan, and Ralph said all that postiive stuff, I just want to let you know I'm actually starting to work on Levi-Strauss in Amazonia, though I'm not…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: clehrich, Andrew Martin, Jonathan Walton, Piers Brown, Eero Tuovinen.

4/7/2004 lightcastle: Another AP question
I thought this might as well be another thread. How do you deal with a player wanting to take out someone's augments and modifiers? Things like disarming a sword to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: lightcastle, Peter Nordstrand, Wulf, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, rylen dreskin, issariesguy, Alai.

4/7/2004 sirogit: [Demon Cops]Decorated the handout.
With a few pictures I grabbed from Elfwood and a few other places... you can see a intentionial resemblance more towards modern anime than the source material. So, I was…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit.

4/7/2004 ADGConscience: I still love you, man...
No, no moonshine this year, but I just wanted to express my appreciation for the Forge. Clinton and Ron have provided such a wonderful service, and I greatly admire Ron's…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: ADGConscience, Dev.

4/7/2004 Paka: Deadwood
If you ain't watching the new HBO moving picture show, Deadwood before shuffling your deck and playing Dust Devils that I'll have to reckon that you's just a dude too…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Paka, Matt Snyder, Tim Alexander, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/7/2004 Christopher Weeks: Radical politics?
OK, so screw the political summaries, what are you radical about? Me: taxation is thievery, there is no implicit social contract it is merely a thuggery-based protection racket. The minimum…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Ben Lehman, Dev, Valamir, quozl, lumpley, Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Aidley, coxcomb, Marhault, Shreyas Sampat, Alan, contracycle, joshua neff, greyorm, cruciel, Lxndr, Matt Wilson, GreatWolf, clehrich, BPetroff93.

4/7/2004 Storn: Artist Introduction
My name is Storn A. Cook. I've come by these boards intrigued by the GNS discussion. Someone e-mailed me and suggest that I put my hat in the ring here…
In Connections
Participants: Storn.

4/7/2004 Ben Lehman: Status of Alyria
Hey... So everything I've heard about this system makes it sound perfect for a game that I want to run in the Fall, but I don't know if the game…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, M. J. Young, Rich Stokes, Valamir, arxhon, Mike Holmes.

4/7/2004 bluegargantua: Your first mini-supplement
Hi, So last night we were disucssing old TV shows (as gamers often do) and I was reminded that Battlestar Galactica was really just "MORMONS IN SPAAAAACE!". And then of…
In lumpley games
Participants: bluegargantua, xiombarg, Albert the Absentminded, pfischer.

4/7/2004 Ben Lehman: Grand Forge Cross-Country Road Trip!
Hi all-- Since I'm not a Company (yet) I don't know if this would belong in the Conventions forum, but it's definitely "on-topic" for this forum. So, I'm pondering the…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Ben Lehman, Wolfen, lumpley.

4/7/2004 GreatWolf: Alyria website/wiki ideas
In this thread, Mike Holmes mentioned the use of a wiki for an Alyria website. This got me to thinking about this idea, so I thought that I take a…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Marhault.

4/7/2004 Doyce: Being the GM & letting go in Narr play
Over here, we have an interesting thread, which produced: I think the thing you're objecting to (or at least find unusual) is players injecting objects that have the potential to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Bankuei, joshua neff, coxcomb, DannyK, Brand_Robins, John Harper, hanschristianandersen, hix, Scripty, Sigurth, lightcastle, clehrich, greyorm, Green.

4/7/2004 Jere: What is a Scene
Is there a good guide to scenes. What they are, how to handle them, various tools? It seems the type of thing someone on or affiliated with the Forge would…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jere, greyorm, John Kim, contracycle, Paganini, xiombarg.

4/7/2004 Jasper: ABSQVE ROMA - playtesters wanted
[size=26px]ABSQVE ROMA[/size] [b][size=14px]The Legions Have Left You The Emperors Forgotten You The Barbarians Surrounded You [i]Can You Keep Civilization Alive?[/i][/b][/size] ABSQVE ROMA is ready for a first bout of open…
In Connections
Participants: Jasper.

4/7/2004 Ron Edwards: ELFS IS NOW AVAILABLE
8.5" tall, 5.5" wide 96 pp, perfect bound punkish black cover rude illustrations $15.00 + $2.50 = $17.50, via Paypal Direct order from the Elfs website. Best, Ron
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, rafial, Ben Morgan, Amok the hungry, ricmadeira.

4/7/2004 Gaerik: Railroading Fun
My question at it's simplest is "What constitutes Railroading?" Does any overarching plotline by the GM mean the players are being railroaded? If railroading is defined as the GM forcing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Gaerik, Alan, timfire, Nick Pagnucco, DannyK, Tomas HVM, Domhnall, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, jrs, contracycle, Henri, Seth L. Blumberg, Eero Tuovinen, clehrich, Noon, Valamir, Walt Freitag.

4/7/2004 Marhault: Family
It's a little late, but I just thought of a good thread topic. Who all is married, has kids, that sort of thing? A few people are pretty open about…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Marhault, Christopher Weeks, joshua neff, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, quozl, GreatWolf, John Kim, Matt Wilson, Chris Passeno, Bob Goat, Matt Snyder, coxcomb.

4/7/2004 Sean: Thanks, All!
I really enjoy coming by here and reading all your stuff. Keep up the good work. Special thanks to Ron and Clinton for doing all they do to keep the…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Sean.

4/7/2004 timfire: Gamism or System-driven Sim?
Hopefully I can express myself, this is something I've thought about for a while, but have a hard time putting into words. First background: My prefered CA Sim, but I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: timfire, Ron Edwards, RDU Neil.

4/7/2004 Marhault: Daedalus
Before things close up on the old FBF, I want to say how sad I am that Daedalus is ceasing publication. Daedalus really made me think, and I was hoping…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Marhault, Matt Snyder, Andy Kitkowski, GreatWolf, Matt, Shreyas Sampat.

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