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5/6/2004 cruciel: Narrowing the Definition of Social Contract
This is a split from The Whole Model & Venn Diagrams. Hell, I'm just going to quote what I said in that thread. I see at least two distinct layers…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: cruciel, jeffd, Caldis, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, clehrich, Mike Holmes, Wormwood, Emily Care.


5/6/2004 Zak Arntson: Dragonflight in Seattle (Aug 13-15)
Guess what? Getting close to 20 years of gaming, and I've never been to a convention before. I figure it's time to stop that by going to Dragonflight this year,…
In Conventions
Participants: Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, rafial, jdagna, Michael Hopcroft.


5/6/2004 redwalker: Should the party amass power in Sorcerer?
[quote="Christopher Kubasik"] Red was looking over the rules for Sorcerer. He found passages in the rules that stated the typical "lone wolf, no connections, I'm interesting cause I kill well"…
In Adept Press
Participants: redwalker, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Trevis Martin, Nev the Deranged.


5/6/2004 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] "Metaplot" Issues
I was very pleased to get an honorable mention for Ganakagok, my Iron Game Chef game. A pdf of the entry is here: http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/w/j/wjw11/Ganakagok.pdf One of the development issues that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bill_White, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Lxndr.


5/6/2004 sirogit: For Ron: How would you do Sorcerer differently?
Ron, I've read a smattering a posts where you poisited minor design flaws with Sorcerer. This seems very curious to me as I find Sorcerer the epitome of an advanced…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.


5/6/2004 Drifter Bob: Spell naming contest
Pelgrane Press is having a spell-naming contest, to rename D&D spells in the Dying Earth style. First prize is a copy of the Dying Earth game signed by Robin Laws…
In Publishing
Participants: Drifter Bob.


5/6/2004 George Moralidis: The Emperor's New Terminology
Hello everybody. This is my first post, though I've been lurking in the Forge for quite some time now. First of all congratulations for keeping things so interesting (and civilized…
In RPG Theory
Participants: George Moralidis, Ron Edwards.


5/6/2004 Bill_White: Communication Ethics of the Forge
The threads about Forge hubris and thread locking prompt me to observe that one way of thinking about "how we do things around here" is that it's driven by a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Bill_White, Ron Edwards.


5/6/2004 Valthalion: Very large creatures
Hi guys I am developing a character who is Seelie (Magical). He is about 6 inches tall. However he is outrageously over confident and aggressive with a bad temper and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valthalion, bergh, Uber_Munchkin, Dain, [MKF]Kapten.


5/6/2004 shehee: Target Number Theory
First I'd like to explain how I understand target numbers for challenges, then I'd like to ask a question about target numbers and probability. As I understand it, the difficulty…
In RPG Theory
Participants: shehee, Rob Carriere, Akamaru, Tim C Koppang.


5/6/2004 Nev the Deranged: Initiative tweaking...
Alrighty, I was running through some quick scenarios in the shower (no, the scenarios were not set in the shower, I was in the shower while thinking of them). And…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, bcook1971, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, sirogit.


5/6/2004 greyorm: IGC Results Discussion: At the Dawn
First off, I hate the name. I mean "At the Dawn"? How shallow and cheesy is that and completely uninventive is that? Seriously, "The Two Trees" would have been a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, Mike Holmes, Sydney Freedberg, simon_hibbs, hanschristianandersen.


5/6/2004 Crackerjacker: A Suggestion on Thread Closings
Rather than counting on people to pay attention and almost inviting people to either end up embarassed or defensive (which might lead to them getting in arguments that get them…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Crackerjacker, Valamir, Christopher Kubasik, Eric J-D, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, Walt Freitag, Paul Watson, Shreyas Sampat, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Dev, Mike Holmes.


5/5/2004 Matt Snyder: What do gamers need?
In the Supplement Treadmill and spawned thread "D&D specifically," I asked the Forge what gamers need: That begs a question in my mind. What do d20 gamers need? For that…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Snyder, Christopher Kubasik, Jack Spencer Jr, daMoose_Neo, Bankuei, Matt, Sean, Christopher Weeks, smokewolf, madelf, Loki, quozl, Bob Goat, John Kim, xiombarg, semprebon, Storn, talysman, Valamir, Tav_Behemoth, mearls, greedo1379, MarktheAnimator, komradebob, Jonathan Walton.


5/5/2004 Palaskar: How do I accept payment for my RPG via PayPal?
Ok, I've established a PayPal Personal account, followed their instructions to set up a link...and nothing happened, basically. I'm browsing PayPal's site right now, and thinking I might have needed…
In Connections
Participants: Palaskar, Bob Goat, greyorm, Valamir, Ron Edwards.


5/5/2004 TonyLB: [Amber] Jonesing for constraint
So the saga of attempting narrativism in Amber DRPG continues... We're at an interesting phase. The players have gotten past the novelty of being able to take over some of…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Noon, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.


5/5/2004 chadu: Dead Inside Playtest, Gender Ratios, Mild Analysis
(see also my livejournal post at http://www.livejournal.com/users/chadu/119466.html) Recently, I had a very pleasant phone conversation with Paul Czege, author of My Life With Master. Amongst numerous threads of discussion re:…
In RPG Theory
Participants: chadu, Mike Holmes, TonyLB, Ravien, Noon, xiombarg, Dev, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, John Kim, Christopher Weeks.


5/5/2004 mearls: D&D specifically (split from Supplement Treadmill)
[quote="Ron Edwards"]All three represent a brief correspondence of role-playing material with a wave of "teen craze" purchasing. That's distinct from fan purchasing or anything else associated with SF or pop…
In Publishing
Participants: mearls, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Jürgen Mayer, xiombarg, Alex Johnson, Tav_Behemoth, ryand, Bankuei.


5/5/2004 GreatWolf: Proposed updated iconography
Hello, everyone. In this thread, I discussed the need to change the iconography for the Alyria system. Several ideas were bandied about, including clock faces. After tossing around the ideas,…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Valamir, M. J. Young, Trevis Martin, ethan_greer, Mark D. Eddy, greyorm, Lxndr, Blake Hutchins, quozl, hix.


5/5/2004 Eric J-D: Sorcerer Question: Building the Art-Deco Gun
Apologies from the start about the weird subject line, but those of you familiar with the series of "Art-Deco Melodrama" threads will understand what I am talking about. As I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Michael S. Miller.


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5/7/2004 xiombarg: King of Life and other stupid questions
Okay, I've finally gotten around to starting to read the rules, and possibly run a game of this. I have two stupid questions: 1) What's the "King of Life"? Is…
In lumpley games
Participants: xiombarg, lumpley, bluegargantua.


5/7/2004 Ravien: Mechanical Gender Differences
Up front, I am completely aware of the 'controversy' that building mechanical gender differences into a game entails. People may be offended/disgusted/whatever, and I accept this. I ask that if…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ravien, John Kim, clehrich, Christopher Kubasik, Silmenume, beingfrank, Shreyas Sampat, contracycle, xiombarg, Walt Freitag, simon_hibbs, quozl, Valamir, Halzebier, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, redivider, dragongrace, talysman, Russell Impagliazzo.


5/7/2004 Zathreyel: [Bruise] Skill and Combat question
okay, i'm making this rpg with a sort of epic style of gameplay, as was argued to death in the rpg theory section here. the game has a framework for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zathreyel, Nathan P., Shreyas Sampat.


5/7/2004 Jack Aidley: [Great Ork Gods] Scenario Playtesters wanted.
Hi, I've written a new scenario for Great Ork Gods, and I'm looking for a few folks to playtest it for me. Just drop me a PM if you're interested.…
In Connections
Participants: Jack Aidley.


5/7/2004 Zathreyel: [Bruise] character personality rules
okay, one more little bit of help to ask of you guys for my game, and then i'm done for the day, i swear! in my game bruise, a sci-fi/fantasy-ish…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zathreyel, Loki, Shreyas Sampat.


5/7/2004 Mayhem1979: Weird Character ideas...
Hi, in an effort to "break" a supplement / expansion I'm working on, I need to you to give me ideas for a whole lotta different characters/races. So ideas people...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mayhem1979, kenjib, Fizban, Krammer, Jake Norwood, sirogit.


5/7/2004 Paka: Birthright via Sorcerer
[i]"...Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown..."[/i] Shakespeare Henry IV- Part II [b]Sorcerers [/b]are kings and queens. They bind their subjects to their throne, crown and scepter, thus awakening…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, kwill, Brand_Robins, greyorm, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, DannyK.


5/7/2004 Ryan Wynne: Comedy Games- Are Lite rules the way to go?
I am creating a comedy game called Hillbilles deluxe and I am thinking that rules lite is the way to go. It would involve D6 + Stat + skill vs…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ryan Wynne, quozl, hanschristianandersen, ethan_greer, Valamir, timfire, Lxndr, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, semprebon, Jack Spencer Jr, Simon W, Ben Lehman, pete_darby, btrc, Latigo, Olibarro, Noon.


5/7/2004 dragongrace: Spell Checker
I'm not sure if this topic has been broched as doing a search ont he terms pulls up numerous off topic posts but I have a suggestion, and that is…
In Site Discussion
Participants: dragongrace, Shreyas Sampat, Silmenume, Jack Spencer Jr.


5/7/2004 Dav: Iron Game Chef -- The Publication!
Mike Holmes and I have been working through a plan to publish the current Iron Game Chef games in a single tome. While there are likely a few kinks to…
In Connections
Participants: Dav, Shreyas Sampat, Rich Forest, quozl, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, talysman, Christopher Weeks, Zak Arntson, Asrogoth, C. Edwards, Simon W, hanschristianandersen, Jack Aidley, Lxndr, Ben Lehman, greyorm, Walt Freitag, Palaskar, xiombarg, abzu, JamesSterrett, dalek_of_god, timfire, Dev, Jonathan Walton.


5/7/2004 quozl: Icebreaker RPGs
An icebreaker, for those unfamiliar with the term, is an activity done among people who want to get to know each other better. Often, some type of game is used.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: quozl, Andrew Morris, BPetroff93, xiombarg, Trevis Martin, M. J. Young.


5/7/2004 Dev: Sorcerer questions: martial arts, dices, "game balance&
There's a chance of getting some friends to try Sorcerer out, in an "intense blood opera wish-I-was-Tarantino" way. So, some minor questions. (My search-fu turned up nothing, even though I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Dev, Nev the Deranged, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes, Henri.


5/7/2004 angelfromanotherpin: [Inside]How special is a Hacker?
I recently ran a one-shot of Inside, and the question came up: When your character is not Inside, are they a Sorcerer at all? The specific issue was whether or…
In Adept Press
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Mike Holmes.


5/7/2004 Christopher Kubasik: Why Am I Not a Woman?
Okay. Chadu posts a thread on his Dead Inside games talking about differences he's noticed between his male players and female players. Here's a sample: * On the average, women…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Paka, rafial, quozl, Ravien, Garbanzo, chadu, Wolfen, AnyaTheBlue.


5/7/2004 bergh: undeads in TRoS?
Hmmm, what about stats for undead like Zombies and Skeletons? anyone have any sugjestions?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bergh, Jaeger, Wolfen, Caz, Tash, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, nsruf, Bankuei.


5/7/2004 Eero Tuovinen: [IGC book project] The triad prepares
(Incidentally, my first thread on this forum; I had promised myself to come here with a game to be proud of... but, well, these babies actually need it.) The Iron…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes.


5/8/2004 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Damage Effects and Demon Abilities
Below is a copy of an e-mail I sent to one of my players explaining damage effects and how demon abilities impact them. It's pretty straight forward and brings to…
In Adept Press
Participants: bcook1971, Doyce, Ron Edwards.


5/8/2004 Ravien: [Eclipse] Gender and Social Class
Before I continue, I want to keep this topic strictly within the bounds of mechanical discussion. "X won't work, or won't correlate with your goal", that sort of thing. Discussion…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ravien, Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Valamir, btrc, contracycle, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Maarzan, Lxndr, cruciel, Andrew Norris, NN.


5/8/2004 C. Edwards: GenCon Indy: Sunday Night Crash Pad
Hey all, Thanks to the cool True Dungeon folks, I have my room taken care of for Wed-Sat night. I'd really like to stay Sunday night also though, for various…
In Connections
Participants: C. Edwards.


5/8/2004 John Kim: New RPG Theory Glossary
OK, so a few weeks ago in this thread, Ron wrote: Status Report: the first draft is in Clinton's hands, and he is PDFing it in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, Andrew Martin, George Moralidis, cruciel, Trevis Martin.


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