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6/1/2004 Moah: What forum to use for...
Hi, I'd like to know what forum to use to "update" (ie tweak significantly) a game? I saw the indie game forum had specific warning against these threads, so I…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Moah, Ron Edwards.

6/1/2004 Pagrin: An interesting thing happen on the way to CoC
I recently GMed a game of Call of C for some friends of mind. The game was written by two other people who had hosted it at a recent Con.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Pagrin, wyrm, Bob Goat, Valamir, Nathan, DrStalker, Doctor Xero.

6/1/2004 Andy Kitkowski: The 2003 Indie RPG Awards: Now Live!
Hey all- Andy here with the Indie RPG Awards. Before I slap my 9 inches of PR on the table, I just had a few additional comments for the Forge…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ethan_greer, Jürgen Mayer.

6/1/2004 abzu: [Burning Wheel] Sacrifice
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. We just finished our latest episode of our City on Fire campaign. I think the premise is actually starting to form, to become clear. Sacrifice. What…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, AndyAction.

6/1/2004 Caz: Me, myself + I
I've seen this done in just about every other game forum, why not here and now? Has anyone here ever tried to put yourself on a ROS character sheet? Post…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Caz.

5/31/2004 pfischer: Introducing adult newbies - what's hot and what's not?
In the good old days I used to grap a Call of Cthulhu scenario to introduce people to roleplaying, but I's like to try something different. I have a couple…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, JamesSterrett, Noon, Bob McNamee, Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

5/31/2004 Dev: Initiative Questions/Idea
(1) Can actions be held? If I wanted this, what kinds of limits should I impose? (2) I had an initiative idea that's cool, but needs some fixing. Whereas the…
In CRN Games
Participants: Dev, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/31/2004 Bob McNamee: Universalis Arena 2- Last day in the Before Vesuvius Shard
Today, May 31, 2004 is the last day for the dimension shifting city of Hope in its first Shard Before Vesuvius...a greco-roman Shard complete with meddling gods. Tomorrow it transitions…
In Universalis
Participants: Bob McNamee, ScottM, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, C. Edwards.

5/31/2004 rafial: [Burning Wheel] Poisonous Ambition
Poisonous Ambition (Luke's PvP con scenario, available from the BW website) was run for 4 players at Clinton Con, as part of our "all Orc day" (it was back to…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafial, abzu, joshua neff, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper, Thor Olavsrud, urbwar.

5/31/2004 timfire: lumpley's design theory
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11256&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0]In another thread,[/url] lumpley said: [quote="lumpley"]I've got a theory. There's Setting, System, Character, Situation and Color, right? I think that you can start a game as soon as you've nailed…
In RPG Theory
Participants: timfire, Jack Spencer Jr, sirogit, Jeph, ethan_greer, Bankuei, lumpley, M. J. Young, pete_darby, quozl, John Kim, teucer, Henri, Blankshield.

5/31/2004 timfire: [Mountain Witch] What should Influencing be based on?
For those of you unfamiliar with "The Mountain Witch," my game uses a "Trust" mechanic involves spending points for one of three purposes: 1) aiding another character's rolls 2) Narrating…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: timfire, ethan_greer, redivider.

5/31/2004 timfire: One Player, Many GM's...
Back in the Forge Birthday Forum, Ben Lehman brought up this idea for an rpg, in the "Tell me about... your unfinished game ideas" thread: Prophet -- A single-player…
In RPG Theory
Participants: timfire, anonymouse.

5/31/2004 Tywin Lannister: "The Riddle of Steel" Resource Thread
I think it's time for a resource thread. A thread where we can pool links which can be helpful when it comes to our beloved RPG. Please add a link…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Irmo, StahlMeister, haunted, Prince of Thieves, Salamander.

5/31/2004 Bunsen: When is it plagarism
Okay, working on releasing my own RPG system and Campaign World and I was wondering what WOTC had copyright on. My friend is saying they have the rights on using…
In Publishing
Participants: Bunsen, Eero Tuovinen, Sean, timfire, madelf, Jack Spencer Jr, daMoose_Neo, greyorm, Paganini, Space Cowboy, Loki, John Kirk, Erick Wujcik, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, efindel, Tav_Behemoth, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

5/31/2004 Nev the Deranged: Gretchen Helfrich raps about motherhood in cinema
www.odysseyradio.org click the link to Maternity in the Movies, for Friday the 28th of May. A truly interesting discussion on the roles of mothers in various genres of film, as…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, ethan_greer.

5/25/2004 Dauntless: Fear & confusion (split)
There was an excellent game called Phoenix Command that was put out in 1986 by Leading Edge games. Basically it was a replacement firearms combat system for other roleplaying games…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dauntless, Noon, Sydney Freedberg, bcook1971, Tomas HVM, Ron Edwards.

5/30/2004 WyldKarde: Outatowners
While the project closest to my heart is my MMORPG Engine, I still find time to work on my intimate little pen-and-paper RPG’s. I started writing them in the army,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: WyldKarde, Simon W, ethan_greer, Crackerjacker.

5/30/2004 Caldis: Universalis Sim or Nar?
Recently there's been a lot of talk of Universalis (or the Pool) as a sim facilitating game. With my understanding of GNS I really dont understand how that's possible so…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Caldis, Bob McNamee, hix, Sean, M. J. Young, Silmenume, pete_darby, Valamir, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards.

5/30/2004 Simon W: [It's a Dog's Life] Plague Town
One of our usual players couldn’t make it last night. So in a break from the D&D3E campaign I have been running, we decided to do a one-off ‘rules-lite’ game.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Simon W, ethan_greer.

5/30/2004 bergh: Modern firearms - Medieval Plate/chain armour....
Modern firearms - Medieval Plate/chain armour.... How does this work? I know it does not has much with TRoS to do, but i posted it here becouse i know that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bergh, btrc, Tash, Caz, Frank, Irmo.

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6/1/2004 xiombarg: layout tips
Two things... 1) Can anyone point me to a good resource, either here or elsewhere, on doing layout? I'm not talking about a free course telling you everything you need…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Clay, C. Edwards, Bob Goat, Weisshaupt.

6/1/2004 pete_darby: Exploring theme without addressing premise
(split from here) The idea of exploring theme without adressing premise: well, I'm falling into a state that I deplore in others, of having proposed a theoretical statement without an…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: pete_darby, C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, Landon Darkwood, Valamir, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr.

6/1/2004 sirogit: Elfs would do a Slayers game incredibly well.
(As much as I hate to admit it, as I hate slayers and find Elfs much funnier. But I could be coerced to run it like that as I know…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, xiombarg.

6/1/2004 Malechi: Twilight Samurai...
Hey guys, Just wanted to make sure everyone's heard of and intends to go see "Twilight Samurai". If you haven't seen it yet go and find a copy soon. SAs…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Malechi, Loki, Tash.

6/1/2004 Moah: Improving Scales
*grumbles about computer crashing while typing long posts* Hi all, I’m posting here about a game I am currently game mastering again, and that I love. However, there are a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Moah, clehrich, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

6/1/2004 8bitjunkie: [Donjon] Light/Darkness question
I am getting around pretty well in Donjon except for some issues related to darkness in dungeons. I can make up most stuff on the fly when it comes to…
In CRN Games
Participants: 8bitjunkie, Clinton R. Nixon, Bob McNamee.

6/1/2004 wyrm: favorite RPG session (split)
My favourite Session was ... when I met the first girl gamer I've ever met. She's my girlfriend now ;-)
In Actual Play
Participants: wyrm, Ron Edwards, clehrich.

6/1/2004 Doyce: [Sorcerer] Grimm Therapy: Another gradeschool sorcerers riff
(First off, props: the following set up is all a result of Judd's great grade-school sorcerer's idea, which I shamelessly ripped off and used. The events of play are obviously…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce, Paka, Ron Edwards.

6/1/2004 Ron Edwards: DemonCon III followup
Hello, Let's qualify this a little - it's not a real big con, all right? Just an open play day, getting people to meet one another. We've tried to get…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Bob Goat.

6/1/2004 Jacob Ossar: [Donjon] Silly allegory, anyone?
Here are some highlights from a session of Donjon I played with James Sterrett over the phone. I was DM; the name of the adventure is Rendezvous with Rana.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jacob Ossar, Simon W, JamesSterrett, Bob McNamee.

6/1/2004 pfischer: Sorcerer and Pullman's His Dark Materials
Excuse me if this is a stupid-kind-of post, I am waiting for my Sorcerer copy (due Thursday). I can't help thinking of Philip Pullman's brilliant trilogy His Dark Materials (Northern…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Nev the Deranged, iambenlehman, Solomon, pete_darby.

6/1/2004 Nev the Deranged: A few really stupid questions
These are probably dumb questions, but I don't have my books handy and can't remember anything relevant. So I beg your forgiveness in advance. 1) What do demons use Lore…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Doyce, Ron Edwards.

6/1/2004 Tomas HVM: Challenge: comedy
I've succeeded with the design of a funny RPG once. And once I managed to make a comedy out of a game that was not meant to be funny. However;…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tomas HVM, M. J. Young, clehrich, pete_darby, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, ethan_greer, iambenlehman, Praetor Judis, Pagrin.

6/2/2004 Valthalion: Help wargamer from long back
Hi guys Here is my problem. The way I see TROS running is more abstract than a minatures based game. Terrain rolls are used to decide who fights who. When…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valthalion, James Buchanan, Ian.Plumb.

6/2/2004 teucer: Clueless about Bangs
So I've been lurking on the Forge for a long time. I lurk because I like what comes out of the discussions here, but I have trouble getting involved in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: teucer, Trevis Martin, Doctor Xero, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Andrew Norris, Bankuei, Roy.

6/2/2004 Ryan Wynne: Comedy Game Part 2
Ok, so I took some time to consider everyone's input from the last thread (no input was ignored) and I have decided that while the mechanics should be lite (I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ryan Wynne.

6/2/2004 DavidsWeb: Eternity: Looking for Alpha testers
I have finished designing a new RPG called Eternity and I'm currently looking for a group to perform an alpha test. The website, with full info for players, is located…
In Connections
Participants: DavidsWeb.

6/2/2004 Dr_Pete: Various rules bits
Hi, I've got a couple of sticky questions about rules bits. I don't have the book in front of me at the moment, so please forgive any mistakes. 1) Movement…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dr_Pete, Caz, Prince of Thieves.

6/2/2004 Michael S. Miller: [Sorcerer] Urban Squalor Session Two
Here’s what happened in the second session of the Urban Squalor game. We played on 04/25/04. The write-up of session one is here. The stuff I fretted about in that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Lisa Padol.

6/2/2004 bensei: Mounted lance charge
I am new to TROS and would like to hear some experience and hints on the following setup: Setup: A mounted (destrier) full plate knight with a lance wants to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bensei, Caz, toli, Valamir, Prince of Thieves, nsruf, Mokkurkalfe, Turin, Starshadow, Brian Leybourne.

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