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5/18/2004 xiombarg: [Unsung] Retirement System (and more)
Well, I'm working on the for-pay version of my RPG, Unsung, and I'm looking for comments. At this point, the game is technically playable: Introduction (mainly aimed at new roleplayers)…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

5/18/2004 Malechi: Katanapunk: Zanshin and the Armour question
Hey guys, We've been having some discussions regarding Katanapunk and in particular the issue regarding armour. As Katanapunk is set in an era where armour was quite rare we've tried…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Malechi, Ashren Va'Hale, Tash, Ashton.

5/18/2004 Andrew Morris: Speed vs. Realism ... revisited
Okay, a while back, I posted a thread (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=10474&highlight=) asking for opinions on the idea of single-roll combats. There were may great comments and discussions on this (most notably, that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andrew Morris, Andrew Norris, Ravien, frictorious, Garbanzo, Noon, lumpley.

5/18/2004 Michael Hopcroft: Pricing PDF product (split)
Since we're on the subject of prince, I'm looking at a 24-30 page PDF for my new company in the near ftuture. Would $5 be too much to charge? Also,…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Jack Aidley, Roy.

5/18/2004 hawklord2112: ... i couldn't resist
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/7370305/ i'm a Visio Junkie. and a character Sheet junkie. and being at work, i have no 3x5 cards. :(
In Actual Play
Participants: hawklord2112, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

5/18/2004 sirogit: Another new Demon Ability
I came up with the idea for this ability while watching B:TAS's Two-Face episode. It breaks alot of the fundamental rules of the game so I'm not sure how disruptive…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, DannyK.

5/18/2004 Paka: Intrigue in Mu's Bed II - Fleshing Out the NPC's and Bangs
[u][b]Interactions with the NPC's of the R-Map[/b][/u] [b]The Witch King [/b] Overlord of Stygia, Master of Lemuria, High Warlock of Mu’s Bed [i]Father of The Prince and Lovers with Lady…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka.

5/18/2004 abzu: The Price was Right (Come on...er... Up?)
My aim for this thread is to chronicle some interesting developments in the "product" that is Burning Wheel. Not the game, but the thing sold from websites and stores. The…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, Trevis Martin, Dev, Jack Aidley, Michael S. Miller, Matt, Valamir, ethan_greer, quozl, Sean, Andrew Morris, taepoong, Bankuei, jdagna, LordSmerf, John Burdick, ryand, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Jack Spencer Jr, madelf, Christopher Weeks, Rorimack, MarktheAnimator, Ron Edwards.

5/18/2004 Dauntless: Martial Arts setting without technique based martial arts
I'm trying to create a system which enhances a more realistically based martial arts setting. One of my design goals is to get across more the philosophy and mental aspects…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dauntless, frictorious, Bankuei, Garbanzo, dragongrace, Andrew Norris, Cemendur, WyldKarde.

5/18/2004 Nev the Deranged: &Sword Price/Goal Trading
I was thinking about the Goal/Price trading mechanic in &Sword, and wondering how others have handled it in play. Frex, if a character were to swear an oath of vengeance…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, sirogit, Ron Edwards.

5/18/2004 RexGator: Campaign prep help request
To All Been thinking about starting up a TROS campaign to while away the summer doldrums. Anyway I am leaning towards a "historical setting" of the 1400s (just started reading…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: RexGator, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Andrew Mure, Tash, Ian.Plumb, [MKF]Kapten.

5/17/2004 ReverendCuster187: Example Combats
I'm hoping to run my first game of TRoS quite soon, but i'm still finding it difficult to wrap my head around how combat actually plays out - any example…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ReverendCuster187, Tash.

5/17/2004 [MKF]Kapten: Just out of curiousity
What SAs would you think that these characters from movies or litterature would have? Assign the usual 7 points and 5 cathegories. *Conan the barbarian *Elric of Melniboné *Mouser (by…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Brian Leybourne.

5/17/2004 DannyK: Setting vs. Situation (long)
OK, after reading lots of Sorcerer and thinking about setting up a game of my own, it occurred to me that there's a tricky distinction between Setting and Situation that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: DannyK, Hunter Logan, List, simon_hibbs, M. J. Young.

5/17/2004 Paka: Critique of Desires and/or Needs
Ron mentioned a problem with my Demon's Desires. Any critique or ideas on how they might effect my game in a negative way would be appreciated. Demon Hasan is a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, DannyK, greyorm, sirogit, Ron Edwards, kwill.

5/17/2004 Asrogoth: Hephestus Speaks for the 9,000th time...
Just a cool milestone.... Sometime today, maybe while I'm writing this message, Ron (who is at 8,999 posts) should reach the 9,000 post mark. What does this mean for the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Asrogoth, Rob Carriere.

5/17/2004 matthijs: Playtesters wanted for card-based GM-less RPG
"Will the Emperor Fall?" is a story-telling role-playing game for 2-5 players with no game master. More information about it can be found here. I'm looking for playtesters who are…
In Connections
Participants: matthijs.

5/17/2004 Autocrat: Setting...insight....
OK, OK.......people have tossed this one back and forth, too and fro since the dawn of RPG's........ right then, as far as I have been reading it... there are those…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Autocrat, fruitbatinshades, Matt, Ravien, M. J. Young, hanschristianandersen, wicked_knight, Zak Arntson, clehrich, lumpley, timfire, Henri, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Tomas HVM, Tobias.

5/17/2004 JamesDJIII: When You Can See the Rails
I played last Thursday in a Star Trek RPG, run by one of our rotating GMs. I must admit, the game had a lot going against it (from my perspective).…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, Bankuei, Eric J., coxcomb, DannyK, neelk.

5/17/2004 Doyce: Triangulating on a replacement system
Calling on the Power of the Forge. Okay, posting a question to everyone. The situation: a friend of mine is running a (reasonably fun) Spycraft game using d20 in his…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce, Valamir, Matt, Andrew Norris, DannyK, contracycle, chadu, ethan_greer, Jere, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, RaconteurX, Grex, b_bankhead.

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5/18/2004 King Rat: Cychosys, a new RPG system
The Cychosys Roleplay System has recently been published online. It offers a point-based, multi-genre, universal system available in freely-available PDF files. Notes for campaign settings used in playtesting are also…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: King Rat, The Chsoen One, John Harper, ethan_greer, Noon, Andrew Norris, Garbanzo, Valamir.

5/18/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Some new gifts/flaws
Recently ive been toying with the idea of a new flaw called Enemy. Basically, in its minor version, you have either a not so great enemy eagerly seeking you out…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, bottleneck, Starshadow, Poleaxe, Mokkurkalfe.

5/18/2004 redivider: [Nine Games about Tyrants]: design notes & game summarie
[b]Nine Games About Tyrants[/b] [b]Design Notes:[/b]  I'm writing a game about tyrants. I wanted to explore the psychology and pathology of despots, the corruption inherent in absolute power, and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: redivider, hanschristianandersen, ethan_greer, Sydney Freedberg, JamesSterrett, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

5/18/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2204] Booth design and logistics
Hello, Quick note first I am possibly unique in this, but today it was a huge surprise to me to check the GenCon dates and to realize that they've been…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, jrs, Bob Goat, abzu, daMoose_Neo, btrc, Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Matt Snyder, Dav, Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, AdAstraGames, LordSmerf.

5/18/2004 Sean: Lookin' for Love...in all the wrong places?
Hey, quick CA question here. So you're sitting down to your D&D game and the new guy shows up. You're all ready to smite orcs and level up, and he…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Sean, Jack Spencer Jr, sirogit, Zak Arntson, Eero Tuovinen, pete_darby, iambenlehman, Noon, RaconteurX, Ron Edwards.

5/19/2004 redivider: tyrants 1: Crimes against Humanity
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: redivider.

5/19/2004 redivider: tyrants 3: the Palace Gates
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: redivider.

5/19/2004 redivider: Tyrants 2: New Edition
I'm posting draft rules for the first three games in the overall Tyrants game I'm working on. If administrators think that posting three 5-6 page posts the same night is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: redivider.

5/19/2004 6inTruder: Porting Spiritual Attributes into non-Dice Pool systems???
Yeah, I suck for not posting anything other than this question, but has anyone seen/done anything for this?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: 6inTruder, MonkeyWrench, Trevis Martin, arxhon, greyorm, toli.

5/19/2004 Tom: Light wounds and healing
Last session, we suffered our first PC injury, two light wounds (Lvl 1 and Lvl 2). Since then I've been thinking about healing times. Both wounds are mostly cosmetic -…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tom, [MKF]Kapten.

5/19/2004 Jack Aidley: Art for the IGC book
Well, I need some cover art for Chanter for the IGC anthology book thingy. And I'm guessing I'm not the only designer in need of an artist, hence this thread.…
In Connections
Participants: Jack Aidley, xiombarg, sharchen.

5/19/2004 nsruf: First impressions [long]
My group finished their second TROS session on Monday (third if you count character creation). So far, their impressions are mixed, and I am wondering what I could do to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: nsruf, Mike Holmes, Stephen, Malechi, Andrew Mure, Bankuei, Edge, Overdrive, MiB, Trevis Martin, Ashren Va'Hale, bensei, Valamir.

5/19/2004 Emily Care: teaching theory
[quote="Mike Holmes"]So, at this point, I'm thinking we're back to talking about what makes something accessible. Anybody got any links on how to write less "theory" and more "instruction" oriented…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emily Care.

5/19/2004 lumpley: It Could Be Worse
Cranky post by me: I remember a time, maybe a year and a half ago, when new people would come to the Forge, post in Indie Game Design, and ...…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Valamir, Andrew Norris, John Kim, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Brad Renfro, ethan_greer, Andrew Morris, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, GMSkarka.

5/19/2004 ReverendCuster187: TRoS: Gangs of New York
OK, i'm going to be running a one-on-one game of TRoS for my dad within the next few weeks. Having both just watched Martin Scorceses brilliant 'Gangs of New York',…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ReverendCuster187, Tash, sirogit, Stephen, Edge.

5/19/2004 Valamir: Full time game designers
In this thread When you underprice your product vs. what the market would pay and is paying for similar works, you're hurting everyone who is making those other works…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, John Burdick, Dev, daMoose_Neo, wakingjohn, mearls, contracycle, Jack Aidley, abzu, Bankuei, Dav, John Kim, ryand, Ron Edwards, Sean, Olibarro, Andrew Morris.

5/20/2004 Nev the Deranged: Quick thought on Guns and Will
I was thinking... about guns. Seems to me there are some situations in which it makes more sense to roll Will to fire a gun than Stamina. Say, for instance,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, DannyK, Dev, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Geography Issues
Ok, so ive been reading over the World of Weyrth section and theres still some thigns I cant figure out... 1) The book keeps talking about how Otamarluk is waging…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood.

5/20/2004 daMoose_Neo: Distributor questions - quick answer appreciated
I'm working out an arrangement with a distributor and I'm fairly unfamiliar with the actual, inner workings of it. What kind of arrangements have you had now/in the past? What…
In Publishing
Participants: daMoose_Neo, jdagna, smokewolf.

5/20/2004 Azmodan: How to play Uni on IRC ?
I ordered Uni two weeks ago and I suppose I will get it really soon. I plan to play a game on IRC. I was wondering which rule modifications are…
In Universalis
Participants: Azmodan, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee.

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