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5/12/2001 Zak Arntson: Web Publishing Model
I've been giving serious thought to doing online RPG publishing. Inspired by Adept Press and Memento-Mori, here's my current plan. I was wondering what y'all thought of it, especially those…
In Publishing
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Dav, JSDiamond, Clay.

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5/21/2001 Zak Arntson: RPG System for Kids
I take in a 7 and 10 year old every few weekends, and try to get some roleplaying into them. Not only is it fun to play with kids, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, james_west, Ron Edwards, greyorm, GreatWolf.

5/24/2001 Zak Arntson: Simulate vs. Explore
Here is my take on Simulation vs. Exploration. Simulation holds the weight that "Sim" does as a prefix to video games. SimAnt, for example, handles anthills _NOT_ realistically, but with…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, greyorm.

5/27/2001 Zak Arntson: Freebie RPG: Courts & Corsets
After watching Amadeus (and being a fan of those effeminate costume dramas in general), I thought about writing an RPG that recreates the intrigue-filled life of those characters. I thought…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Damocles, Paul Czege.

5/30/2001 Zak Arntson: Players playing Demons
(Dragging an idea over from the ever-fraying Zombie Squirrel thread) I don't have the Sorcerer book (hopefully this weekend), but does it discuss each player playing their character and another…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zak Arntson, greyorm, Dav, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay.

5/31/2001 Zak Arntson: D&D
Okay, guess what I just played ... But, it went okay. There's a bunch of newer players (including the DM) who seem to be pretty happy with learning the game,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, Clay, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/10/2001 Zak Arntson: Freebie RPG: Chthonian
Okay, spurred by D&D -] Disposable Characters -] Call of Cthulhu -] CoC done "right" (read: Narrative) ... Props (mad even) to Jared for giving me the bug to write…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege.

6/21/2001 Zak Arntson: Why D&D will never leave Hack -n- Slash
Played D&D again tonight. Here's an observation. Using the search time concept, I believe that D&D will never become a good system for non-dungeon crawling (i.e., search for traps, get…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis, hardcoremoose, jburneko, Peter, Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/22/2001 Zak Arntson: Presentation and Design Goals
Okay, I'm moving this D&D discussion to Game Design from Actual Play because I think it's a design-level issue. I am going to concentrate on Presentation. For most games, Presentation…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, james_west, JSDiamond.

6/25/2001 Zak Arntson: Dying Earth
None of our group has posted about this yet, and somebody's got to let the Forge know. I played Dying Earth with Clinton Nixon gming, and two other guys playing…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Mytholder, Clinton R. Nixon, james_west, Blake Hutchins.

6/26/2001 Zak Arntson: Sorcerer & Sword
Okay, I got my über-copy of Sorcerer. And I can say that Sorcerer & Sword rocks the entire combined worlds that make up my rump. So much so that I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zak Arntson, Supplanter, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, greyorm, Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, Clay.

8/16/2001 Zak Arntson: What Kids Say
I don't know if this is really good for Little Fears (not having bought the game yet ... soon I promise! :) ... but I've got a niece that says…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Zak Arntson, Balazs, FilthySuperman, delirium.

8/23/2001 Zak Arntson: Premise vs. Convention
For those of you emulating a particular genre, I would recommend following that genre versus established RPG conventions. Snippet from an interview about the upcoming Lord of the Rings RPG…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/23/2001 Zak Arntson: Adventures in Space!! - Freebie RPG
http://zaknet.tripod.com/hmouse/games/ais.html Okay, I've put my newest game up. It's for playing in those cheezy space serials/comics. Main drive behind game: Players should have a large part in driving the story,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, FilthySuperman, Cadriel, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2001 Zak Arntson: Clerks - Sorcerer Style
Okay, saw Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back the day after I read my Sorcerer book ... So ... has anyone run Sorcerer with a comedic bent? I can imagine…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zak Arntson, Time, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2001 Zak Arntson: the Jon Morris Sketchbuk Roleplaying Game - Freebie RPG
[H3][A HREF="http://zaknet.tripod.com/hmouse/games/sketchbuk.html"]the Jon Morris Sketchbuk Roleplaying Game[/A][/H3] Just finished my newest roleplaying game, based on the freaky art by Jon Morris at http://www.ape-law.com. It's a beer & pretzels affair with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, James V. West.

9/10/2001 Zak Arntson: Elfs - First game tonight!!
Okay, Clinton came over to play some Elfs. So I figure, what the hell. We're playing Elfs so all bets are off. So anyhow, I drank way too much (having…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/11/2001 Zak Arntson: I am a Sports Hero - Freebie RPG
[H3][A HREF="http://zaknet.tripod.com/hmouse/games/sports.html"]I am a Sports Hero[/A][/H3] "roleplaying one of the worst comic ideas ever" This game is all about playing a Sports-based superhero. Which is about the suckiest[SUP]1[/SUP] ideas ever.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr.

9/17/2001 Zak Arntson: Inspectres w/ Clinton & Justin
Okay, just played Inspectres last night with Clinton (of the Forge) and Justin (2nd time playing an RPG ever, and he's good at it!) ... Setup: Character creation went smoothly,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards.

9/26/2001 Zak Arntson: Indie Gaming - Red Box D&D
Okay, so our Sunday Indie Gaming went a little odd this weekend. I had to step out while the gang played Chez Geek ... One of our players had never…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ben Morgan, J B Bell, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/30/2001 Zak Arntson: Sitcom - Freebie RPG
[H3][A HREF="http://zaknet.tripod.com/hmouse/games/sitcom.html"]Sitcom - roleplaying in tv hell[/A][/H3] Okay, it's a silly game where you play a part in a Sitcom. I'd love to hear opinions and get custom-variations from y'all.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, James V. West, hardcoremoose, Matt, Jack Spencer Jr.

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