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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 xiombarg: Unsung Done (kinda -- revised, certainly)
Well, as y'all know, I'm working on the for-pay version of my RPG, Unsung, and I'm looking for comments. At this point, I've done everything I can before layout and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Sydney Freedberg, Garbanzo.

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.

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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.

6/2/2004 Paul Czege: some otherworld
So... I've had several folks tell me privately they think My Life with Master is brilliant, but that they could never play it, because they are dealing with real life…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, jrs, Eero Tuovinen.

6/2/2004 gameskald: Story Telling mechanic concept
Just a concept I recently had for a Freeform style Storytelling type game. What I have so far could really be used in any genre... I wanted to get some…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: gameskald, ethan_greer.

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