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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

4/27/2004 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.

4/27/2004 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 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 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 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 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 kwill: [MLWM] how short can M&M creation be?
I would like to get a MLWM game going soon, as my group will have a limited time to play (the rest of the quarter before mid-year vac) I have…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: kwill, Michael S. Miller, GB Steve.

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4/28/2004 Starshadow: Armor penalties and stacking
Have a few more questions for today, concerning armor. 1. With a chainmail coif and a pot helm, you get a CP modifier of -1, same as with either of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Starshadow, Tash, Jake Norwood.

4/28/2004 lumpley: A Theoretical Combat System
Straight out of Fear & confusion, and bearing in mind that somewhere out in the world there's someone who wants me to write a game called Two Clicks... Imagine a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lumpley, cruciel, Noon, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, ethan_greer, Sydney Freedberg, Andrew Norris, John Harper, Christopher Weeks.

4/28/2004 Paka: Explaining Kickers - I used Star Wars. And you?
When explaining new story-oriented game mechanics I find that movies are an easy way to relate them to a gamer, really allow how they work to sink in. When describing…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, Paganini, DannyK, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2004 The Fiendish Dr. Samsara: Agrippa's magic
This thread is a spin-off from http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=10832&sid=c2012109810037019721824e309b2b7f There was a lot of discussion there about magical theory in the early modern period, specifically H.C. Agrippa’s work, and the disticntions of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: The Fiendish Dr. Samsara, clehrich, Jere, John Kim, simon_hibbs, redwalker, neelk, M. J. Young, talysman, contracycle, Piers Brown, Alan McVey, Matt, BPetroff93.

4/29/2004 Noon: A technique for Rifts rules/balance drift
Recently I've found myself thinking of enjoying Rifts again (probably something on AIM). Naturally this brings up the issue of house rules (at least it does for me) that are…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, Mike Holmes, ScottM, timfire, Andrew Martin.

4/29/2004 ecliptic: Legality of using free fonts?
I was wonder what is the legality in using freeware fonts in a product that you sell?
In Publishing
Participants: ecliptic, Jack Aidley, jdagna, Shreyas Sampat.

4/29/2004 cthulahoops: [Great Ork Gods] Eating people.
Hi, So, I gathered four suitably orkish types after scifi yesterday and went off to try this out. Firstly, God breakdown. MM: Slashing and Slaying, Flailing Limbs. J: Obscurer of…
In Actual Play
Participants: cthulahoops, Jack Aidley, Neylana, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2004 semprebon: PDF prices [split from older thread]
[quote="greyorm"]People naturally tend to believe something with a higher price is "better" than something with a lower price. "Cheap price" translates to "poor quality" in our societal subconscious, and we…
In Publishing
Participants: semprebon, Ron Edwards, Ravien, Lxndr, Jack Aidley, Valamir, cognizantchance.

4/29/2004 ethan_greer: RPGNow: Why or why not?
Poking around RPGNow, I've noticed that some Forge folks sell pdf downloads from there, while others don't. This is a request for end-user info about the service from those who…
In Publishing
Participants: ethan_greer, Matt.

4/29/2004 Chaopsychotic: Just saying hi, and a question about my game.
Hello. I just recently found this website and thougt I would present my idea for a game. I am starting to work on a long term RPG for a computer…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Chaopsychotic, Ravien, JamesSterrett, Shreyas Sampat.

4/29/2004 Zak Arntson: I got Elfs! (but pennicillin helped)
Showed up the same day the power went out, so I read the whole damn thing by candlelight. It's great! I remember being utterly confused with the pdf copy, with…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zak Arntson, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Demada, GB Steve, Jason Puckett, Bob Goat, AnttiK.

4/29/2004 arxhon: [Great Orc Gods] Comment on lack of "Character" sh
All this kerfuffle about Great Ork Gods has caused me to download the current .zip (v2) and print it off. It looks great and the actual play sounds like hilarious…
In Actual Play
Participants: arxhon, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Walt Freitag, Jack Aidley, contracycle, Neylana, Ben Morgan, Valamir.

4/29/2004 lumpley: Lines, Veils, Breaking the Ice
(Anybody who happens to not know, "lines and veils" is a way to talk about players' comfort with in-game material. Ron introduced the terms in Sex and Sorcery.) Emily Care…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, cruciel, DannyK, Emily Care, Andrew Norris, Ron Edwards, Doyce, talysman, C. Edwards, bluegargantua, Christopher Weeks, Matt Wilson, Noon, Nev the Deranged, quozl, John Harper.

4/29/2004 Tomas HVM: [Fabula] Test your heroes!
[b]A scene in todays roleplaying game:[/b] The human characters contrived to capture two orc-NPCs. The humans are convinced the orcs were after their great magical ring (actually it is a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tomas HVM, Noon, Loki.

4/29/2004 Valamir: Access Announcement
Well, it finally happened. They said it was coming and it finally caught up with me. The corporate net nanny just blocked indie-rpgs. They'd already blocked rpg.net a few months…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, cruciel, joshua neff, talysman, Jürgen Mayer.

4/30/2004 Emiricol: Pointless battle? Knight vs Rapier.
Alright. Having just received my TRoS book (Yaay!), I ran through some combat simulations. What stumped me is this; how can a fully armored knight and an unarmored Rapier-wielder avoid…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Emiricol, Bob McNamee, Tash, Dain, nsruf, bergh, Ben Lehman, GaGrin, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Salamander, Turin, contracycle, Uber_Munchkin, Wolfen, tauman, BPetroff93, Deliverator, Rattlehead, Draigh.

4/30/2004 ethan_greer: Forge Hubris
So over in another thread, Chris Pramas wrote: And I think this comment typifies the self-congratulatory hubris I see at the Forge all the time. Some of you have found…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, talysman, Dav, xiombarg, Bankuei, cruciel, M. J. Young, John Kim, pete_darby, Pramas, mearls, Emiricol, greyorm.

4/30/2004 Eric J.: [D&D: 3E] A game in time plays 9.
You can't get rid of me Anyway- Update: My brother (Ryan) is now allowed to play D&D and I live in Nebraska again. Yay for me. Anyway- Well Ryan and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., ethan_greer, Andrew Norris.

4/30/2004 montag: Simulationism without Force?
Short version: Simulationism without Force: Is it possible? What does it look like? Long version I'm currently having a debate with a fellow player GM, about our extent of co-authorship…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: montag, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Andrew Norris, Ian Charvill, M. J. Young, John Kim.

4/30/2004 Morfedel: Of Beasts and Men Order
FINALLY got around to ordering this. I just wanted to say, Yah! Anyone know how long it takes Driftwood to get the book out? I did it on paypal today....
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Tash, nsruf, Jake Norwood, Overdrive.

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