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6/22/2004 matthijs: Exploration of system?
I'm having a hard time understanding Exploration. I think I get what's understood by exploring character, setting, situation and color. But system? Could someone give me an example, or point…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: matthijs, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Doctor Xero, Valamir, anonymouse.

6/22/2004 Grog: Excited again! But a few questions
Looks a good game, excited about the possibility of sitting around a table with my mates again. Havent done that for over 5 years. But before I delve into Universalis,…
In Universalis
Participants: Grog, Christopher Weeks.

6/22/2004 JamesDJIII: Forking the Build
It's been a long time coming, but I think my patience with sub-standard gaming has come to and end. I've complained long and bitterly in the past about some pretty…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JamesDJIII, Andrew Norris, Ron Edwards, hanschristianandersen, quozl, Bankuei, M. J. Young, ErrathofKosh, Jack Spencer Jr, jeffd, xiombarg, simon_hibbs, John Kim, Blankshield.

6/22/2004 StrongBadMun: [Schism] Introducing Epoch Games
I just joined about 10 minutes ago but I just have to spread the word as soon as I can. I've been working on my own RPG system for about…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: StrongBadMun, ADGBoss, Mike Holmes, Andrew Martin, WyldKarde, Ron Edwards.

6/22/2004 StrongBadMun: [Schism] Connections of all kinds needed
That's right, brand new to The Forge with an Indie game. At the moment the project involves me and....me, so I'm looking for artists, writers, and anything else I can…
In Connections
Participants: StrongBadMun, Andy Kitkowski, Jürgen Mayer.

6/22/2004 aaronharmon: Grapple to Disarm
OK, using a weapon, there is probably a better way to disarm someone, such as attacking the arm, but I know of many unarmed offensive and defensive techniques to use…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: aaronharmon, Ashren Va'Hale, Tash, Jake Norwood, Prince of Thieves, bottleneck, [MKF]Kapten.

6/22/2004 aaronharmon: Feinting with a rapier
I read the post that i could find, and I just want to ask a clarifying question... It is more expensive to feint with a rapier than with other weapons?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: aaronharmon, Jake Norwood.

6/22/2004 List: Inertia
I've noticed that it frequently happens that, because games are based around action, PCs end up jumping to action fairly easily. We picture starting a game with: GM: "You come…
In RPG Theory
Participants: List, Andrew Martin, M. J. Young, TonyLB, beingfrank, captain_bateson, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Noon, Halzebier, Doctor Xero.

6/22/2004 ethan_greer: Pollies goes Creative Commons
Hey gang, I've recently decided to make use of a Creative Commons license with Pollies, one of my free products. I recommend checking out the Creative Commons licenses to anyone…
In Publishing
Participants: ethan_greer.

6/22/2004 ethan_greer: Pollies goes Creative Commons
So, I've been wondering about the Creative Commons thing for a while now since Clinton started espousing it a while back. Tonight, I finally sat down and looked their site…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, isaackelley.

6/22/2004 Jonathan Walton: Filing Edges: GM as Author
This is the second part of my reaction to Mike Mearls association that roleplaying has not really changed much and his definition of roleplaying inherantly requiring a Gamemaster figure. In…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, lumpley, ethan_greer, Christopher Weeks, neelk, List, M. J. Young, Andrew Martin, Noon, aplath, simon_hibbs, Rob Carriere, Mike Holmes, timfire, Doctor Xero, Paganini, Asrogoth, John Kim, Ben Lehman.

6/22/2004 Jonathan Walton: Filing Edges: Demigods
I was thinking about Mike Mearls assertion that roleplaying design is just "filing off the edges" (now that I'm clearer on what he means), when I responded to a post…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Christopher Weeks, simon_hibbs, neelk, Zak Arntson, Trevis Martin, Ben Lehman, M. J. Young, TonyLB.

6/21/2004 inthisstyle: More Thorough Playtest
OK. I actually got together a thorough playtest from character creation through a "something's wrong" scenario (I just used one from the draft rules for this, actually). This game creates…
In lumpley games
Participants: inthisstyle, lumpley.

6/21/2004 Doctor Xero: standard G/N/S example
[b]The situation :[/b] The player's character is a member of a party from the High Gnome tribal-nation, which is enemies with the Wild Gnome tribal-nation. The party has captured and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Doctor Xero, Ron Edwards.

6/21/2004 komradebob: Question: Which techniques support which CA?
Okay, even after having read many threads and essays on GNS theory, the whole thing remains kind of hazy to my understanding. I'd like to jump ahead a little and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: komradebob, lumpley, Alan.

6/21/2004 Rexfelis: [D&D] Drifting
I'm working on a mystic space opera game called dominion, in fits and starts. What to do in the meantime? I proposed to my group an epic fantasy mini-campaign. We…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rexfelis, Zak Arntson.

6/21/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Designing Final Days at Skull Point
SPOILER WARNING FOR THIS ENTIRE THREAD! (Just in case.) I've had the pleasure of reading Final Days at Skullpoint, by Ron Edwards, in Gathering Thunder. I am interested in various…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Ian Cooper.

6/21/2004 JackBauer: An Idea for Diceless Play
First of all, let me say that this "system" (if you can call it that), is highly customizable and flexible, and I will try to convey that in this post.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: JackBauer, Noon, Simon W, captain_bateson, ethan_greer, simon_hibbs, contracycle, xiombarg.

6/21/2004 Dumirik: [Oneiro] Player Introduced Bangs (Split from thread)
This thread was split from my thread in GNS theory Narrativist Reward Mechanics The basic idea that I have had for my game, now with the final title of Oneiro…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dumirik, Mike Holmes, TonyLB.

6/20/2004 Elkin: Looking for a system to suit a horror adventure
I don't know whether or not does this thread belong to this specific board. I've got an adventure idea in mind, and I'm planning to run it on a con…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Elkin, montag, Eero Tuovinen, smokewolf, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Alf_the_Often_Incorrect, Sonja.

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6/22/2004 C. Edwards: PoC: The Final Conflict
Hey all, From the Provisional Glossary: Points of Contact The steps of rules-consultation, either in the text or internally, per unit of established imaginary content. This is not the same…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: C. Edwards, M. J. Young, matthijs, Silmenume, Ron Edwards.

6/22/2004 StrongBadMun: Opinions on Game Name please
It has come to my attention that the name Schism is being used already so I'm working on a new name. The game is a near future setting where the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: StrongBadMun, Mark Johnson, Andrew Morris, ethan_greer, contracycle, Tobias, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, MarktheAnimator.

6/23/2004 Noon: The gaming peers = friends thing
Recently wondering: Does the association of gaming together and thus being friends together (apart from geek falacies) also come from the game content? I mean, a lot of games sort…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, SlurpeeMoney, Jack Spencer Jr, matthijs, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Alf_the_Often_Incorrect.

6/23/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Maps
Does anyone know any good sites with good maps that I could use for fantasy worlds? Ive tried Googling but i always come up with something along the lines of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Prince of Thieves, Paka, Malechi, Emiricol.

6/23/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Describing Sorcerer
Hi, How would you describe Sorcerer to potential players? I'm talking about that first conversation about the game, pre-first session, pre character generation, pre any kind of seriuos prep. Let's…
In Adept Press
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Paka, sirogit, Clinton R. Nixon, Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

6/23/2004 Grog: Known Setting
Ok this may be a painfully obvious fact... But, I was wondering if any of you have used a known setting and run with it? Like The Belgariad, or Lord…
In Universalis
Participants: Grog, CPXB, Valamir, hawklord2112, Mike Holmes, Tobias.

6/23/2004 abzu: [Burning Wheel] End Game
The session I want to describe is a bit complicated, bear with me please as I am still a bit close to it. First, there were two metagame agendas playing…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, Tobias, taepoong, Thor Olavsrud.

6/23/2004 KingOfFarPoint: Are some NPCs communal property in Sorcerer?
A little while back I read a post that seemed to suggest that the GM plays the PC's and NPC's demons as major NPCs but that non demonic NPCs are…
In Adept Press
Participants: KingOfFarPoint, Ron Edwards, Doyce.

6/23/2004 Ben Lehman: Polaris: Fate and Choice
Hi Everyone-- So my RPG, Polaris is in final devolopment, before playtesting ensues. Since the last thread on it rocked so much (thanks to everyone who responded! Sorry I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, MarktheAnimator.

6/23/2004 CPXB: Universalis Redux
I played Universalis, again, last night with a slightly different group of people. In particular, John Marron was absent and his replacement was not as good as John, shall we…
In Universalis
Participants: CPXB, Valamir, hix, Christopher Weeks.

6/23/2004 Ben Lehman: Expanding IIEE
Hi everyone. So I'm designing this little RPG Polaris which has it's IIEE ripped off somewhat from The World, the Flesh and the Devil by way of Otherkind and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

6/23/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: Sword myths, help me out
I went to an RPG site and they had a little FAQ about swords that was so horrid that I have decided to compile an essay about swords and teh…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Tobias, WyldKarde, Sir Mathodius Black, Caz, Valamir, timfire, toli, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Tash, Tom, Brand_Robins, tauman, Ben Lehman, Turin, CPXB, Paganini, Bankuei, Kaelin, Muggins, Eamon, Emiricol, Vagabond Elf, Mike Holmes, Dain, Richard_Strey, Irmo, Drifter Bob, coryblack_666, Andrew Mure.

6/23/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: an essay on realism and fantasy in story telling roleplaying
I wrote this essay for a different RPG site and I thought I should post it here too. It was aimed more at writing fiction but it applies very well…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Irmo.

6/23/2004 Gaerik: [D&D] I need proactive protagonists...
I've got a nice little D&D game that has been running for 4 sessions now and I'm relatively pleased with how it is going. The majority of my players are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Gaerik, TonyLB, ADGBoss, JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, greyorm, DannyK, Zak Arntson, Bankuei, MarktheAnimator, Noon, clehrich, Itse.

6/23/2004 Grog: d10s
D10s? I got a few. D6s! I got buckets of them. Can I use d6s instead of d10s?
In Universalis
Participants: Grog, rafial.

6/23/2004 Bob Goat: Copyright Question
When I send in my work for copyright protection, which form do I send it in with? I noticed that Form TX is for published and unpublished nondramatic literary works…
In Publishing
Participants: Bob Goat, greyorm, ethan_greer, Lxndr, Peter Hollinghurst, Valamir, Ravien, Erick Wujcik, MarktheAnimator.

6/23/2004 ultraviolet: Cutting damage tables & the other mass weapons???
As a brand new TROS player, I wonder a bit about the Damage Tables. The Regions for swung weapons are only listed as for Cutting weapons, but what about all…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ultraviolet, Jake Norwood.

6/23/2004 Aaron Powell: [Viewpoint] Request for Comments
A friend and I have been working on a set of game mechanics that we're calling Viewpoint. The system's mainly designed to address issues we've had with other sets of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Aaron Powell, MarktheAnimator.

6/24/2004 jburneko: [MLWM] My Life With The Viscount Part II.
So, last night was the second session of the My Life With Master game. I took the advice most of you put forth and played the master with more cruelty…
In Actual Play
Participants: jburneko, TonyLB, Dumirik, CPXB, Nicolas Crost, Michael S. Miller, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Valamir, Mojo, GB Steve.

6/24/2004 StrongBadMun: how do I find out if a company name is original
Epoch Games is already used by a company according to Lycos, and the domain name is already taken according to register.com. I've checked Lycos and Register.com and in both cases…
In Publishing
Participants: StrongBadMun, MarktheAnimator, jdagna, Matt, Bob Goat, GregS, xiombarg, Lxndr, Erick Wujcik.

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