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1/9/2002 James V. West: Alrighty then, let's smurf!
I don't know why I did it, but here it is: www.geocities.com/randomordercreations/smurf.html May Peyo forgive me.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Uncle Dark, joe_llama, Laurel, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Zak Arntson, Matt Snyder, Mithras.

1/9/2002 furashgf: Defining "Pulp"
Both Sorcerer and Sword and Sorcerer have (or can be played with) a "pulp" feel. What the heck is "pulp" (in a setting/mood sense)? Gary Furash
In Adept Press
Participants: furashgf, Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, Uncle Dark.

1/8/2002 J B Bell: Examples of Fortune-in-the-Middle?
Hello all, I've had one character-making session with my players for our spanking-new Sorcerer game, and it went really swimmingly. The players surprised me with their innovativeness, not to mention…
In Actual Play
Participants: J B Bell, Jared A. Sorensen, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, contracycle.

1/8/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres v2.0
Hi, folks. Well, version 2.0 is finally available...you should all have a copy. So except for stuff like submitting questions for a FAQ/errata download, this forum is now dedicated to…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

1/8/2002 joe_llama: Triad - Just another RPG...
Hi again, I know I haven't even passed 10 posts in this forum, so this next message is kind of a bold move on my side. I just finished reading…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: joe_llama, Paganini, Laurel, Mike Holmes, James V. West, Logan, Garbanzo, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Paul Czege.

1/8/2002 Uncle Dark: S&S Literary Sources
One of the things that (finally!) recieving &Sword did for me was get me reading Conan again. I decided to revisit the stories that Ron picked as the best Conan…
In Adept Press
Participants: Uncle Dark, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes.

1/8/2002 Epoch: Goblin's Liberation Front
Okay, time to get some work done on this thing. Bringing you all up to date: An as-yet untitled game, set "someplace else," an arcadian locale with no humans and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Epoch.

1/7/2002 Jason L Blair: If I'm crazy, how come I can do _this_?
I N S T I T U T I O N E I G H T Y E I G H T http://www.key20.com/institution88 As always, a work in progress. I88…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jason L Blair, Thededine, Matt, Mike Holmes, Laurel, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/7/2002 efindel: A Simulationist Thinks About Narrativism
Reading the recent threads about Simulationism and Narrativism, and also reading over my copies of Sorcerer and Sorcerer and Sword that I just got last week, it seems to me…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: efindel, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, jburneko, Marco, contracycle, Daredevil, Mike Holmes.

1/7/2002 Tim C Koppang: Stroking Ron's Ego
So I was in the game store the other day and I saw a copy of Sword on the shelves and I thought to myself, "Hmmm... that sounds familiar." So…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

1/7/2002 Laurel: Elements of a Great Cover
This goes along with a game design thread. I've always felt like the most important piece of art an RPG book can have is the cover. Unless I'm looking for…
In Publishing
Participants: Laurel, Jason L Blair, Tim C Koppang, mahoux, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Matt Snyder, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt, Bankuei, Bailey, James V. West, rafael, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir.

1/7/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New forum features: instructions and more
First, the FAQ for the site covers posting and all that jazz. It's quite good, and well worth reading. You'll note it mentions avatars and ranks and smilies. I've cut…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

1/7/2002 greyorm: Page 85
Okay everyone, grab your copies of S&S and flip to page 85. Now reach in and tear that sucker right out of there. Now go frame it and put it…
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Uncle Dark, Gordon C. Landis, Blake Hutchins.

1/7/2002 James V. West: HOF: an idea for a game (long)
This is an idea I’m working on (and I apologize for the length and the typos in advance): Hof- a game of swords, devils, and family. In a nutshell: Players…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Zak Arntson, Paganini, joe_llama, Skippy, Garbanzo.

1/7/2002 Paganini: [Cornerstone] Death
I've run into a bit of a problem with my cornerstone mechanics. My current rule is as follows: "A character is out when he runs out of positive descriptors. Out…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, Gordon C. Landis, Laurel, efindel.

1/5/2002 greyorm: The Road to Narrativism...
I've lately grown disenchanted with my 3E game. Some thought on the issue leaves me with the impression this dissatisfaction arises from not knowing what the players want and thus…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: greyorm, James V. West, Joe Murphy (Broin), Paul Czege, lumpley.

1/5/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Sex & Violence: Roleplaying in the Darkest of Places
I'll post the address when it's done. Just a heads up -- Sin City/Andrew Vachss-style crime fiction roleplaying. Uses playing cards. Kinda cool. Have no idea if it works. :)…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, unheilig, Ron Edwards, reptile2k1, Matt Steflik, Ace.

1/5/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: SOAP again
Hi people, Mike Holmes was the onlyone to react to my previous attempt at getting input from you guys, so I'm going to be an asshole and post again. :)…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Ian Freeman.

1/5/2002 erithromycin: Sorcerers of the world
The posts on anime sorcery got me wondering. Now, somewhat of a fan of fair nippon, I sat down and thought about a 'typically japanese' view of sorcery . So,…
In Adept Press
Participants: erithromycin, Bailywolf, J B Bell, greyorm, lumpley, Bankuei.

1/5/2002 Jeffrey Straszheim: For math geeks
Here are some statistics I've worked up for Questing Beast. The first table is the odds per the number of dice rolled. ========================================================== Dice MoV GM MoF 0 0.0…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, James V. West, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, hardcoremoose.

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1/9/2002 Paul Czege: how we played Chalk Outlines
Hey Vincent, everyone The title is how we played Chalk Outlines because I want to allow the possibility that we did a disservice to the game, by playing the whole…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, hardcoremoose, lumpley, contracycle.

1/9/2002 Skippy: Where have all the articles gone?
(Sung to the tune of "Where have all the flowers gone?") Admittedly, I'm not a bright man, but I can't find the articles that used to be on El Forge-o.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Skippy, hardcoremoose.

1/9/2002 Marco: A game over the holidays
This holiday I played in two excellent games. This is an analysis of the second. There were three kingdoms. This is the fourth. Mars is baren. Europa has huge,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Marco.

1/9/2002 Matt Gwinn: Metamorphoses of a Gamer
This may not be the right place for this, but I didn't know where else to post it. I had a conversation with Moose recently about why I haven't been…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, efindel, joshua neff, Bankuei, Logan, hardcoremoose, Skippy.

1/9/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Updates upon updates
I went kind of crazy updating the look of the rest of the Forge. (If you haven't been there in a while - there's some stuff outside the forums.)…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff.

1/9/2002 GreatWolf: The quick-start manuscript is finished!
At last! The quick-start rules are finished! I still need to work up a sample storymap, but for those of you who want to see the rules now can do…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Jason L Blair, Spooky Fanboy, arxhon, Yokiboy.

1/10/2002 J B Bell: Steel Cage Death-Match Tournament Sorcerer
If you haven't fled in Narrativist horror at the seeming blatant Gamism in the title, imagine with me for a moment: SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY, in the Venerable…
In Adept Press
Participants: J B Bell, Zak Arntson, mahoux, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

1/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Idea for member discussion (donations and hosting fees)
Everyone at the Forge, Ron and I have talked for a while now about how to support the Forge as it grows. Over the last year, we've increased our membership…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair, Matt Snyder, hardcoremoose, J B Bell, Blake Hutchins, Ben Morgan, Le Joueur, Zak Arntson, Bailey, Armin D. Sykes, Chris Passeno, Paul Czege, Trav, Matt Gwinn, greyorm.

1/10/2002 hardcoremoose: Man's Worst Friend
Hey guys, It's been a while since I posted anything of my own to this site, but since I'm trying to catch Josh Neff in posts, I figured I'd better…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, James V. West.

1/10/2002 jburneko: Crayola Roleplay
Hello All, So, I've been thinking about the five basic elements of role-playing as Ron puts them: Character, Situation, System, Setting, and Color. And I've determined that I'm very good…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, Garbanzo, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

1/11/2002 Paganini: [OT] GO?
This is not on topic at all, but it's paralell to the "How did you find the Forge" thread, so what the heck. A lot of people seem to have…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paganini, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Laurel.

1/11/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Character Sheets - Rubbish?
Why are character sheets so ungodly awful? Last year, I had a plan to write a scenario for a games convention. One of the cuter gimmicks for this TransFormers-inspired…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), hardcoremoose, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards.

1/11/2002 Ron Edwards: The Sorcerer's Soul is printing
Hey everyone, The second supplement has passed the bluelines stage and they are putting the book together even as we speak. Past experience has taught me that no real time-estimate…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Balbinus, Manu.

1/11/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: The Joys of Publicizing Your Game
Alrighty, it looks like Cartoon Action Hour is almost out of the final playtest phase.....and it's time for me to begin publicizing it. Now, since last time I posted about…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

1/11/2002 Zak Arntson: S&S Praise & semi-Actual Play
First off, huge amounts of props (prizops, even) go to you, Ron. I got Sorcerer & Sword from my mother on Christmas (!!), and immediately began reading the thing. It's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Clay.

1/11/2002 Epoch: Dwayne's Voices
Hi, everyone. I'm sick with a cold, and generally unable to focus on anything, so I just figured that I'd sit down and try to write something off-the-wall. Dwayne's Voices…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Epoch, Le Joueur, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

1/11/2002 James V. West: What to do, how to do it.
Hey folks. I'll start this forum off by asking a few questions: 1) Can I/Should I ever delete anything from my forum? 2) If I want to post about something…
In Moderators
Participants: James V. West, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

1/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Elitism and number of posts
[quote="Eloran"] I'm fine with the idea of donations. The questions about anonymity and potentials for elitism have got me thinking. How is acknowledging donators from non donators and different from…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, James V. West, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Laurel, Trav, Mithras, Valamir, Balbinus, Jared A. Sorensen, Mytholder, erithromycin, Tim Denee.

1/12/2002 Daredevil: Aeon Flux?
Heya, I'm a big fan of the Aeon Flux television series, authored by Peter Chung, and have recently thought about making some mechanics for game based on it. I'm wondering…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Daredevil, Joe Murphy (Broin), J B Bell, Le Joueur, FruitSmack!, Mike Holmes, contracycle.

1/12/2002 Paganini: [Cornerstone] Announcement
I've got a Cornerstone draft ready to go, compelte with layout, fonts and everything. It's in postscript format, so those of you who are interested and can view postscript (or…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini.

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