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4/16/2004 greyorm: Pseudo-TROS SA's in D&D
I wasn't sure where to put this one, but I figured since this involves a real, actual game, in real, actual play, as well as the actual discussion of our…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, xiombarg, Ante, Andy Kitkowski, Jake Norwood, Noon.

4/10/2004 greyorm: Braving the Wrath of Dav
Ok, even fearing that Dav is someday going to come over, kick my door in, and eviscerate me for talking about my D&D game on the Forge, as promised on…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm.

3/12/2004 greyorm: Pre-raiding jitters put stop to orcish horde?
Alright, ORX is nearly complete. There's a few bits to write out here and there, but I know exactly what is going into those bits, plus examples need to be…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Alan, Mike Holmes, daMoose_Neo, Sylus Thane, Ole.

1/4/2004 greyorm: What is Bad Roleplaying?
Over in Bad Roleplaying? I blame Tolkien, Taina brought up a new subject, so I'm starting a new thread to exploer the issue. Given all this discussion about what influences…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm, jdagna, xechnao, Jack Spencer Jr, Wolfen, Taina, M. J. Young.

12/17/2003 greyorm: Your Red Monkey Fist is no match for my Flaming Tiger Kick!
So, ever since I recieved my copy of Sex & Sorcery I've been trying to think of a way to make the martial arts system therein more than just color,…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Rich Forest, Ron Edwards.

12/15/2003 greyorm: Narrativism & Illusionism (and other matters)
This discussion is split from Schizo Exalted. If Narrativism isn't about telling/creating a narrative, then wouldn't it be a bit of a misnomer? And you're right, charcters with a weak…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Noon, eyebeams, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis.

12/12/2003 greyorm: Schizo Exalted
This arose from a discussion over in Actual Play about a Bumpy Exalted Game. Since I don't believe any of this has to do with John's actual problem, I'm starting…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, eyebeams, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Funksaw, Noon, qxjit.

11/30/2003 greyorm: WotC Market Research & GNS
Over at ENWorld, there was an announcement about the following survey data complied by WotC in 1999: Breakdown of RPG Players. Here's my questions: how accurate do you believe the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, xiombarg, Walt Freitag, jdagna, Emily Care, contracycle, beingfrank.

11/8/2003 greyorm: Narrativism: What the Heck is it?
This thread is being started based on a number of recent newcomers to the Forge who have been having trouble with the concept of Narrativism and what it entails...mainly, their…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, fusangite, Ron Edwards, newsalor, Matt Snyder, jdagna.

10/28/2003 greyorm: GNS & Inclusiveness?
Over here MJ Young said:...the answer of the simulationist is, "You're exploring the wrong thing. You have prioritized specific aspects of the world to explore. We're not doing that; we…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, fusangite, Matt Snyder, John Kim, Ian Charvill, Alan.

10/17/2003 greyorm: Artist(s) Sought for ORX
Heya all, ORX's planned release in the 4th Quarter of this year has been delayed due to a number of factors, both personal and project-based. One of those factors is…
In Connections
Participants: greyorm, Valamir.

7/28/2003 greyorm: Raven goes to GenCon...
Like Matt, I just put up my pics from GenCon...01. Yes, I finally got around to it, two years after the fact. You can find this historical, pictoral archive of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm.

7/26/2003 greyorm: Criticisms of the Threefold
Larry D. Hols has just put up an article entitled "Criticism of the Threefold: Criticism of the RGFA Threefold and similar theories." It can be found here http://www.carrollsweb.com/crkdface/3foldcrit.html. Though mainly…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, crkdface, Hunter Logan, Caldis, Marco, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Gordon C. Landis, Paganini.

7/13/2003 greyorm: Protagonism and Mind Control
So, I was reading over Ron's take on Puppetman, mulling over the conversations about mind control and protagonism, and thinking about Immortal. First, I know absolutely nothing about Puppetman --…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

7/13/2003 greyorm: Narrative 3E: Real Time & Effects on Play
After a lengthy spat of little-to-no posting, I'm finding I have more time again lately to do more than peruse the boards, and with that time, I figured it was…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Mike Holmes.

7/13/2003 greyorm: Yet More Incoherence!
Second try...the Forge ate the first one as I was posting it. Over in No More Incoherence, Fang asks a question that has been repeated for a couple months: namely…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Marco, Thomas Tamblyn, Ian Charvill, WDFlores.

5/3/2003 greyorm: Effects of "the D20 Push" on Indie Industry
[url=http://www.enworld.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=ENNews&file=index&newsdate=2003-05-01]Yesterday on EN World[/url], Ryan Dancey was championing the glory of the OGL and the benefits the market will reap from its existance. It got me wondering what it actually…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, Dav, Jack Spencer Jr, GMSkarka, Bruce Baugh, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Gold Rush Games, Valamir, Sylus Thane, Clinton R. Nixon, C. Edwards, Matt Snyder, philreed, samdowning, Ryan Wynne, efindel, JSDiamond.

4/28/2003 greyorm: Organization & Layout
This is a pretty general topic, and so is my question, but I am asking about it in relation to the design of Orx here. This was the same question…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Valamir, Wolfen, hix, M. J. Young, Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Wilson, Fallen_Icarus.

4/25/2003 greyorm: "No Myth" with D&D
Our group finally started playing the 3E game again -- various issues such as work and births and such having interrupted the usual flow of gaming for a few weeks.…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, ADGBoss, Marco, Thierry Michel, Mike Holmes, Scripty, Cassidy, John Kim.

4/23/2003 greyorm: RPG-Index: Sorcerer included
There's a new site trying to index all the games ever published since D&D first came out. On a lark, I checked to see if Sorcerer was included in this…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Andy Kitkowski, Thalendar.

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6/7/2004 greyorm: The Riddle of the Fading Suns
I just recieved my TROS books (thanks Jake!) and besides indulgence in a sudden and growing addiction to Dungeon Siege that I blame on my gaming friends, I've been pawing…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: greyorm, Matt Wilson, montag, Caz, jeffd.

6/11/2004 greyorm: Intended Usage of SAs Clear?
Over in New (very negative) review of THE RIDDLE OF STEEL, Chris made the following observation: When I find these reviews, I usually put up a short post about how…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: greyorm, Bankuei, bcook1971, Ian.Plumb, Ben Lehman, nsruf, Jake Norwood, Stephen.

6/18/2004 greyorm: [ORX] More About Points
Ron has his hands on a copy of Orx, and he and I were talking about it the other day...you know, that thing where you flap your lips at one…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, quozl, Technocrat13, ErrathofKosh, Jack Aidley.

6/29/2004 greyorm: Narrativism & Force
From over in the Forge Hubris/etc II thread: On the other hand, I think that "Nar is defined by Force" as a practical matter has a lot of value. In…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Jaik, M. J. Young, lumpley, Henri, Marco, Alan, Valamir, Doctor Xero, CPXB, contracycle, John Kim, ErrathofKosh.

6/30/2004 greyorm: [IGC] Publication Update Request
Alright, what's happening with the IGC Publication? Is it going to press? I ask because we haven't heard anything about it, no one has contacted me to get the draft…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, timfire, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes.

7/16/2004 greyorm: Thank God for NPCs: More Frickin' 3E
Alright, after numerous starts and stops due to players missing, leading to cancellations, we've finally gotten through what should (I swear) have been a one or (at most) two session…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, John Kim, Noon.

9/25/2004 greyorm: [Code of Unaris] More about chat as medium
[quote="GaryTP"]From what I've found, most diehard tabletoppers tend to think of chat as a loose form of roleplay that they'll only touch if all other game choices are unavailable. Mostly,…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, GaryTP.

10/19/2004 greyorm: OTW: Definitions
Over in Effects of One True Way on roleplaying experience, Simon asked me: Aren't you being a bit One True Way-ist yourself? I cite 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm, Noon, Marco, contracycle, M. J. Young, Cup of Iron, John Kim, Vaxalon.

10/23/2004 greyorm: Frustrations with 3E
Note that you will not find much "story-update" in this post, since the situations I am going to discuss transcend any particular set of events or decisions. Mainly this is…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, DannyK, Bankuei, Valamir, Noon, NN, Vaxalon, Rob Carriere, Mike Holmes, Adam Dray.

10/31/2004 greyorm: Typhoid Mary in Action?
Over in Frustrations with 3E, Callan said: For example, recently I pitched a very low key problematic situation to a player so he could address the premise (A guy with…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards, sirogit, Noon.

11/6/2004 greyorm: Why Choice Sucks: the Beauty of Random Generation
Recently, I was trying to make a TROS character for a game starting via Indie-netgaming and about five minutes into character creation, I realized something: I had no idea what…
In RPG Theory
Participants: greyorm, b_bankhead, anonymouse, Eero Tuovinen, jdagna, Simon W, efindel, madelf, timfire, Cup of Iron, Ben Lehman, Noon, xiombarg, ffilz, TonyLB, M. J. Young, jerry, Sydney Freedberg, John Kim, simon_hibbs, Bankuei, inky, Caldis, Adam Dray, clehrich, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Manxome, Ron Edwards.

11/30/2004 greyorm: The Forge in Games Quarterly
Out of the blue the other day, I recieved a magazine in the mail called "Games Quarterly." The magazine is about...well, games: board, card, RPG, etc. And as I sat…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Valamir, Andrew Morris.

12/22/2004 greyorm: [3E] The Straw That Broke The Camel
A new (and surprising) update about my continuing adventures with 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons. For those of you not familiar with my game's history, you should check the following…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Marco, Jasper the Mimbo, James_Nostack, Bankuei, Adam Dray.

1/13/2005 greyorm: [ORX] Font Needed
Heya all, Orx is finally being finished: I'm dropping about a chapter worth of "extras" from it that I do not have the time to finish writing up and editing…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, Selene Tan, zephyr_cirrus, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, ethan_greer, Nathan P., Jack Aidley.

1/14/2005 greyorm: A Demon's Need
So, I was crusing through the old Pokemon Sorcerer thread on RPG.net looking for something else, and someone brought up how reducing one's Humanity to 0 might warp the sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2005 greyorm: ORX Are Here! Run!
Yep, you heard me right, ORX is finally here! Yes, really! I finished it. To satiate the appetites of the curious, I'll answer a few questions, such as: What happened…
In Connections
Participants: greyorm.

3/16/2005 greyorm: Dealing with Simulationism
During our last 3E session, one of the players revealed to me that he doesn't care about XP, which is why he has not been using the TROS-based XP system…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, Bankuei, John Kim, Silmenume, Ron Edwards, Marco, komradebob, apparition13, giblfiz, Kat Miller.

3/26/2005 greyorm: Help with ORX Press Release Text
Heya all, I plan on submitting a press release about Orx to a couple gaming sites over the next few weeks to (hopefully) generate interest, and I am wondering if…
In Publishing
Participants: greyorm, Andrew Morris, Sean, Valamir, hix, jdagna, Alan, xiombarg.

4/14/2005 greyorm: Devotion to Lifestyle is Narrativist?
Split from Rifts is a narrativist game?, since I did not want to derail that thread with a tangential topic. I can see how "justifying my character's lifestyle" can…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: greyorm.

7/2/2005 greyorm: Superheroes in Spaaaaace!
So, I was outside with the kids the other day, watching them jump on the neighbor's trampoline and wondering how best to drag them inside without them screaming their heads…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, sayter, ironick, Lonoto, Eero Tuovinen, Marhault, Resonantg, Darcy Burgess, Stickman, Danny_K, WhiteRat, Allan, Bob McNamee, ADGBoss.

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