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4/27/2004 Jediblack: [Cippa System]: Action resolution
Hi all, I'm developing my own (universal) system. I'd like to use it diceless but also give a d6 option. Here's the core. Attribute: from 0 to 6 (average 3)…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jediblack, Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Dev, Argetlamh, Lollo.

4/27/2004 Matt Wilson: [PTA] Spacehunter: Episode 1, Femme Fatale in Spaaaace!
Some of this is going to be dated, what with my latest and hopefully last major change to the rules. Based on the stumbling blocks of the previous game, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Alan.

4/27/2004 Paka: [Sorcerer] Return to Mu's Bed (Julie and Jeff)
Jeff and Julie are a married couple and we did character generation tonight and will play on Saturday. Jeff runs the local fantasy LARP and Julie has experience gaming there.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, joshua neff, Malechi, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2004 Neylana: A beautiful moment in Rifts Earth
So, a friend of mine is running a Rifts game, where all the characters are in the military of a non-Coalition State that at the beginning of the game was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Neylana, Noon, pete_darby, tigermuppetcut, Mike Holmes.

4/26/2004 redwalker: [Sorcerer] very basic issues with understanding Will & L
I'm going through the Sorcerer book again, making a list of the equations that confuse me. On the one hand, "Lore" applies to all kinds of demon interactions. So if…
In Adept Press
Participants: redwalker, Paka, Bankuei, DannyK, Mike Holmes, Nev the Deranged.

4/26/2004 Eszed: CS Lewis and Why System Does Matter
So I'm reading some CS Lewis this morning, and run across this: There are different kinds of reward. there is the reward which has no natural connexion with the things…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Eszed, ejh, Shreyas Sampat, Garbanzo, John Kim, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2004 bluegargantua: Group Extended Contests and Ganging Up
Hi, So I ran some heroquest yesterday and it went fairly well. We ran out of time before reaching the Heroquest portion of the game, but people seemed to have…
In HeroQuest
Participants: bluegargantua, Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, Bryant, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, lightcastle, Alai, contracycle.

4/26/2004 Eszed: [Great Ork Gods]
I've been meaning to write this up for the last month; Tom's post here finally tipped the balance. We had a typically outrageous back-stabbing fun time, the tone of which…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eszed, Valamir, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Sean, Emily Care.

4/26/2004 Demada: A spur of the moment rpg...
I wrote this during school, for the most part, then typed it up. There are probably typoes, so if you can't stand them, don't read :). I wrote this to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Demada, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2004 xiombarg: metaplot footnote 2
Well, as of today I feel that someone was listening to my my rant. I mean, the cynical part of me "knows" that the main White Wolf people aren't reading…
In RPG Theory
Participants: xiombarg, DannyK, Matt, eyebeams.

4/26/2004 timfire: [Mountain Witch] Trust + Fate
I don't expect to win the IGC, so I thought I would go ahead and ask for general opinions on my entry "The Mountain Witch." I've tweak things a little,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: timfire, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Mike Holmes.

4/26/2004 Simon W: Legends of The Land RPG
Here is a game I am working on. http://www.geocities.com/legendsoftheland/index.html It uses Jeffrey Schecters "Legends of Middle Earth" as its basis. It is not all up yet, so you are viewing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, ghostwolf, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2004 Simon W: BBC ACKNOWLEDGES 30 YEARS OF D&D
I know this does not really belong here but we wouldn't all be designing games if it wasn't for D&D, so I thought this might be of passing interest to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Simon W, Mike Holmes, pete_darby.

4/26/2004 bluegargantua: [Great Ork Gods] Oh that poor little goblin!
Hey, So let's see. For players we've got: Vincent, Emily and Corrie. We also had Bryant, but he showed up late and got to watch (I mean, we could've let…
In Actual Play
Participants: bluegargantua, Ron Edwards, Jack Aidley, Eszed.

4/26/2004 ghostwolf: [Eschaton] Damage Mechanics
Hi guys. Previous Post I've been bashing my head against the wall last couple weeks trying to come up with a usable damage mechanic for my Sci-fi RPG. Here's what…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ghostwolf, Ravien, Jack Aidley.

4/26/2004 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Short Bit on Boost
Q: If a character Boosts Stamina twice, do you check Will vs Power or automatically abort next? Q: Consider a parasite with Boost. There is no conferment, but the host's…
In Adept Press
Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2004 Ben Lehman: Dice Selection
So I have this problem with the game as it is written. For a while, I've been wringing my hands over whether to post it or not, because it's a…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ben Lehman, lumpley, bluegargantua, Emily Care, ScottM.

4/26/2004 Doyce: [Sorcerer] Third Session: Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Our third session of Sorcerer, which normally runs on alternating Friday nights, was preempted by previous commitments. Unwilling to give up the game momentum for another two weeks, I asked…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce, Ron Edwards, Paka, redwalker.

4/26/2004 bcook1971: Force and Vice
It’s my understanding that the use of Force is dysfunctional by definition. I wanted to get some feedback as to the dividing line between proper GM play and the use…
In RPG Theory
Participants: bcook1971, clehrich, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2004 Dotan Dimet: [Empire of Doors] Space Opera/Science Fantasy
Last session, my gaming group destroyed the world. So this week, we started a new campaign. We'd brainstormed last session and in the begining of this session. Sword & Sorcery,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dotan Dimet, Dev, b_bankhead, Alan, FredGarber, ScottM, Nev the Deranged.

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4/27/2004 redwalker: [Sorcerer] John Brown -- tell me if I understand the rules
Now I do appreciate all of you taking the time and trouble to answer newbie questions. But I started the original thread on a not-very-appropriate forum. I'm hoping this forum…
In Adept Press
Participants: redwalker, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, DannyK, Eric J-D, Nev the Deranged.

4/27/2004 Chris Passeno: Possible Origin's Award?
It looks like MLWM is listed as "eligible for nomination" in the Best Roleplaying Game section. I saw this at Gaming Report
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Chris Passeno, Paul Czege, GB Steve, Peter Nordstrand, Christopher Weeks.

4/27/2004 GreatWolf: [Inspectres] Fighting Slime (or, Winging InSpectres, Part 3)
And the carnage continues. That’s right! Time for another update on Winger Paranormal Investigations. (The previous actual play threads are here and here.) Somehow, our group seems to have established…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, TonyLB, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Lxndr.

4/27/2004 Emiricol: Demographics maps?
Has anyone done up the map of Weyrth to show, for example, general technology level or better yet, religions? A map with an overlay, for example, showing which realms followed…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Emiricol, Tash, Jake Norwood.

4/27/2004 Valamir: Another Departure from GAMA
Jonathan Albin resigns as Marketing Director for GAMA. Problems in the GAMA hierarchy...what else is new. I received this as part of an email broadcast. As it is definitely industry…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, xiombarg, Dav, Andy Kitkowski.

4/27/2004 Sydney Freedberg: Fear & confusion - do all RPG combat systems miss the po
[Pull pin; count one, two, throw; and...] Proposition: Pretty much every RPG fails to capture the true essence of combat, which is terror, confusion, and chaos. This goes double for…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sydney Freedberg, Valamir, lumpley, Bob McNamee, TonyLB, Noon, Jack Spencer Jr, cruciel, Andrew Martin, neelk, timfire, Sean, Maarzan, Ron Edwards, Marhault, Mike Holmes, Artanis, talysman, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, Vaxalon1, Itse.

4/28/2004 Paul Czege: before the after glows
Hey Ron, We've been having a pre-chargen email conversation about character ideas (for Sean's Afterglow). Just the big brush stuff at this stage, and focusing more at first on…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, DannyK, Ben Lehman, Sean.

4/28/2004 redwalker: Would you pay $7.50 to see an undeterrable protagonist?
One question from Sorcerer that I love is, "Do you consider this to be a good idea for a movie? Because if you wouldn't spend $7.50 to see a story…
In Adept Press
Participants: redwalker, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Alan, Jaik, Bankuei, pete_darby, DannyK, Brand_Robins, tetsujin28.

4/28/2004 Erick Wujcik: Credit Union/Co-op Banking
Since there was a thread about starting a business, I thought I'd offer some advice on banking. I'll start with a post from a previous thread, "Starting a "Legal Company",…
In Publishing
Participants: Erick Wujcik.

4/28/2004 Uber_Munchkin: Otamarluk & Djinn
Ok so I'm starting my first TROS game tonight and I have a vague idea of what I want to be doing with it. The game is going to occur…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Uber_Munchkin, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Ian.Plumb.

4/28/2004 Starshadow: Questions about maneuvers
Hi there. Have a few questions about maneuvers here. 1. Can maneuvers that give give bonuses on the following exchange be started in the second exchange of a combat round?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Starshadow, Uber_Munchkin, Alan, nsruf, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

4/28/2004 xiombarg: customer fraud and e-publishing
I thought the following link might be of interest to y'all: When Your Customer Commits Fraud In essence, it goes over your rights, as a writer, regarding your customers, when…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Dev, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2004 andy: PDF pricing
Help-- I'm getting ready to put my first indie effort out on RPGNow. It will be a new game system (The BONES thread in the Forge explains it in detail)…
In Publishing
Participants: andy, Jack Aidley.

4/28/2004 ghostwolf: Sci-Fi Heartbreakers?
I just finished reading Ron's Fantasy Heartbreakers articles (again) and noticed this time around at the end of the second article that he mentioned Sci-Fi heartbreakers. Being a huge fan…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ghostwolf, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, John Kim, Paka, AdAstraGames, Rob Carriere, Matt, simon_hibbs.

4/28/2004 xiombarg: the "supplement treadmill"
Malcolm (eyebeams), as a freelancer for White Wolf (he can correct me if that's an incorrect way to refer to him in this context), made and interesting comment on another…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Pramas, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, FFG Greg, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, quozl, Erick Wujcik, ethan_greer, mearls, Lxndr, ryand, Paul Czege, Matt.

4/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: Banish, Snapshots & Boost Questions
Can someone answer me these question three? Okay, we've got: Samson, a parasite demon with Power 9 and Boost Stamina Rafeal, the sorcerer whom Samson is bound to Che, the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

4/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: Audience Thrills & Creator Thrills
In thinking about ways to explain Narrativism to folks unfamiliar with the Forge & Ron's essays, I've hit upon something which might be useful to others ... or it might…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Noon, Mike Holmes.

4/28/2004 Emiricol: Is this scene framing? Force? Narr? Silly newbie post.
Hello. Let me preface this by stating that I'm new to these forums, and most of these concepts are new to me. I read about them and recognize that I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emiricol, timfire, Walt Freitag, Wolfen, TonyLB, M. J. Young, Noon, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2004 Mark Galeotti: Mythic Russia: call for opinions
Comrades! As people may or may not have noticed, Issaries has licensed the HeroQuest game engine to me to produce a standalone game set in Mythic Russia, which with startling…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mark Galeotti, kagemusha, Brand_Robins, BPetroff93, Invain, KingOfFarPoint.

4/28/2004 Valamir: Welcome Christopher Hammock
Congratulations. You are member #3000! <insert balloons and confetti falling from the ceiling here> There is no prize, I'm afraid, but it seemed like too big a milestone to let…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Paganini, Christopher Kubasik, C. Edwards, Jeph, ethan_greer, clehrich, Bankuei.

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