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12/17/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Where is the innovation in System?
Okay, Ron’s article on FLN got me thinking about narrativist games in particular. I find some of them great, and others I just find myself wondering how they can be…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, jburneko, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, James V. West.

12/16/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Top 5 RPGs by Ron Edwards
Ron's entry into the Top 5 RPG's series has been submitted to Fandomlife.net. A different approach is taken again. The article can be found at http://www.fandomlife.net. On a side note,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, hardcoremoose.

12/16/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Website?
Does Random Order Creations have a website? And also, to save myself double posting somewhere else, is their a website for Wyrd? Need it for links from an immininent FLN…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, hardcoremoose, James V. West.

12/6/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Nearly, but now its Adventure!
I nearly had it, but it slipped through my fingers. I was pitching a narrativist game, relationship maps, with links into kickers, etc, the lot. The prospective players where within…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Tor Erickson, Ben Morgan, joshua neff, jburneko, Ian Freeman.

11/20/2001 Ian O'Rourke: I've just dug myself a hole...
We are about to finish our twice monthly 3e game - and very much it has been, an epic campaign in the Star Wars tradition. Anyway, that leaves a gaming…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Tor Erickson.

11/4/2001 Ian O'Rourke: TOP 5 No 2 by John Wick
In the continuing series John Wick names his Top 5. A few 'Forge' games get a mention - including one that ain't even been released yet! Check it out on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, unheilig, Paul Czege.

11/2/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Glenwood Springs: Relationship Map
Okay, I'm trying to get a campaign off the ground using all this player driven, relationship map style plotting. While sketching out a vague map, one thing I noticed is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards.

10/26/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Variation of Style
Okay, this is sort of inspired by a couple of the threads in the Sorcerer forum, but it's not Sorcerer specific, and this forum seemed the closest fit. This issue…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Paul Czege, James V. West, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Laurel, mahoux.

10/2/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Top 5 Begins!
Not sure if this is the place for it, but the Top 5 RPG's series of articles has begun on Fandomlife.net. The first one is very interesting - or I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, Marco, greyorm, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

8/28/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Ideas! Ideas!
I've been throwing around 2 ideas for Sorcerer… The first is based around a Twin Peaks/Over the Edge style idea - I want to explore horror/surreal stories within a fixed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Mike Holmes.

8/22/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Got it!
My HB Sorcerer book arrived this morning - this means international orders are fulfilled very quickly. Since it was only sent out a few days ago?
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Supplanter, Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair.

8/12/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Little Fears = Child Abuse! Heh! What?
I've heard quite a bit about Little Fears over the last 5 months or so - as people have discussed it here and in other places. I've heard even more…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, jburneko, Jason L Blair, Clinically Insane, Laura Bishop, Cyanide.

5/23/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Narrativists: Competitive Wusses?
[quote] On 2001-05-23 15:06, Blake Hutchins wrote: Ron's speculations regarding Simulationism is like saying Narrativists are afraid of competing or intimidated by immersive gaming. [/quote] I'm making a generalisation here…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, joshua neff, GreatWolf, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen, james_west, Mike Holmes, Dav, Valamir, Poxface, Doc Midnight.

5/23/2001 Ian O'Rourke: GNS and Gaming in the Modern World
I'm writing an article at the moment for fandomlife.net (or my rpg.net column I've not decided yet) which basically proposes a strategy on how to get regular gaming sessions going…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, Gordon C. Landis, james_west.

5/12/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Player Behaviour Dangers
I tend to agree with Ron (and whoever else), as I think GNS can be used to classify player behaviour, most people fall into one category in the main. I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Logan, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, hardcoremoose, joshua neff, james_west, Gordon C. Landis.

5/8/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Fengshui: Simulationist?
Okay, I understand why it could be viewed as simulationist (and may be it is), as it puts all its mechanics into simulating an action movie world. What concerns me…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, George Pletz, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis.

5/8/2001 Ian O'Rourke: I really like Sorcerer but...
...I never know what to actually do with it? I know this is a bit of a 'basic' question for these boards, and it's a bit of an embarrassing one…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, JSDiamond, james_west, greyorm, joshua neff, Jason L Blair, Clay, Paul Czege.

5/8/2001 Ian O'Rourke: Unable to Query DB
I seem to be getting an 'Unable to Query DB' error message a lot? I assume this is an ongoing thing and it's not just me :smile: I get three…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2001 Ian O'Rourke: The New Refuge
I return to The Forge after thinking it had died, and suddenly I find this whole forum thing going on. Very good. I like it. It's an alternative to GO…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards.

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1/26/2002 Ian O'Rourke: What makes a good Kicker?
Well, the question above really - what makes a good kicker? I want to introduce the idea as part of character creation in my Adventure game.
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Tim Denee, Valamir, Petter Sandelin, Blake Hutchins.

2/12/2002 Ian O'Rourke: PayPal - What's the skinny.
Okay, I'm not sure this is even the right forum, but it seems the closest to me :) I've noticed over time a lot of website and e-publishers using PayPal…
In Publishing
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, J B Bell, greyorm, Tim Gray.

3/7/2002 Ian O'Rourke: GNS on RPG.NET
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2781 Another theory proposed, and probably another debate off miss-quotes and 'don't label me comments' on rpg.net. Might be worth checking out.
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Valamir, gentrification, Christopher Kubasik, Mytholder, Blake Hutchins.

3/31/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Mystics
Can someone describe the rules for Mystic Magic into plain English for me? I'm either missing something or the Mystics don't do much? Also, how are people using Magic generally?…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg, J B Bell, contracycle, Blake Hutchins, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/23/2002 Ian O'Rourke: The Hero Scale....?
Okay, so Hero Wars allows you to create characters at various power 'levels' (for want of a better word), but in order to get a better grip on it what…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, Jonas, Ian Cooper.

5/10/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Hero Wars 101
Okay, a while back Ron did a whole series of Sorcerer set-up threads, and they worked really well as a 'look under the hood' of one approach to setting up…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Ayrizale, AndyGuest, Blake Hutchins, epweissengruber.

5/17/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Hero Wars and Pendragon
Someone else may have already made the comparison but Hero Wars seems like a perfect match with Pendragon. It would allow for the characters to express relationships, emotions and squires…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, contracycle, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Jonas, Norbert Franz, Ian Cooper.

6/7/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Writing for After These Messages...
Early days and all that - but what would be the process for writing for After These Messages (well, getting the game would probably come first) but beyond that point?
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason Sartin.

6/29/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Sorcerer: Glenwood Springs
Sorcerer, really like it, but like a lot of these fiercely narrativist games, I like the idea, but I've not thrown myself into the frying pan with actual play yet.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

6/30/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Maths behind Sorcerer
Anyone know the details of the statistics behind Sorcerer? Percentage changes of success given various dice pools (using D10 or D20)? Or the way it is worked out. It is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

1/5/2003 Ian O'Rourke: The Beowulf Effect
Okay, it's not actual play yet, but it will be. I'm also not wanting to go into system too much at this point (as that is mostly decided, and there…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Roy, Jack Spencer Jr, Clay, Matt Gwinn, Ian Cooper, simon_hibbs, szilard.

4/28/2003 Ian O'Rourke: Neverwinter Nights and GNS
I'm not really sure this thread has much response potential to it, but I've been so enthralled by my discoveries (sad I know) and frustrated at the same time, that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Balbinus, ADGBoss, Ron Edwards.

7/17/2003 Ian O'Rourke: Concept to Actual Play
I’ll warn everyone now, this may ramble a bit, and it may come to pass that numerous problems are identified rather than just one, but work with me and see…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Alan, Marco, Paul Czege, jdagna, Valamir.

9/19/2003 Ian O'Rourke: GNS and NWN
Okay, I've put this in Actual Play, because it was sort of kicked off by Actual Play issues. I will also say now, I apply NO value judegements in this…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Andrew Norris, Ron Edwards, Marco, TheShireReeve, contracycle.

9/22/2003 Ian O'Rourke: Underworld and GNS
I think Underworld is the first movie I've seen that models the whole Relationship Map, Kicker, etc set-up. I'd see it for that alone if your interested. The movie starts…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, John Kim, pete_darby.

1/19/2004 Ian O'Rourke: [Primetime Adventures]: Pre-Actual Play
Just downloaded Primetime Adventures, just done the first read through. Now, the role-playing game as TV show thing is a big thing of mine. It's sort of the common way…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Matt Wilson, John Harper, Meredith, Ron Edwards.

1/26/2005 Ian O'Rourke: Producer and Scene Creation
After having read the print version, which is very good by the way (very clean and the cover is excellent), I'm a bit confused about the role of the Producer…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Matt Wilson, nikola, Joe Dizzy, azrianni, Alan, John Harper, chrisn, ashmoo.

3/5/2007 Ian ORourke: SotC: Gadgets and Sorcery
I'm really liking the game, but I have two questions, relating to things I've not come across while reading, or my hopeless brain has missed.... You can create gadgets, which…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ian ORourke, iago, Alan.

4/12/2007 Ian ORourke: Gadgets..Weird and Mad
Okay, just some general advice and discussion really. The gadget rules are the part of the game I feel less comfortable, not saying there is anything wrong with them, it's…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ian ORourke, iago, TomTitTot, Mel_White.

4/16/2007 Ian ORourke: Issue of Compel Rates
Okay, first SotC session coming in about a month, and I'm looking forward to it. I'm happy with the characters and all is going well. I think everyone will enjoy…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ian ORourke, iago.

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