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7/2/2004 MarktheAnimator: D&D Snobs and Marketing your Game
Hello, I've been perplexed for years about this. Everywhere I go, I encounter people that won't play anything but D&D. There is incredible resistance to trying anything else. I call…
In Publishing
Participants: MarktheAnimator, Matt Snyder, Nathan, ADGBoss, abzu, Tav_Behemoth, Emiricol, Dev, LoreTG, Bankuei.

7/2/2004 hix: Who Sorcerised Roger Rabbit?
[b]Demons[/b] are Toons. They want to play with humans, entertain (and be entertained) and most of all they want humans to use Toon Logic with them. [b]Humanity[/b] is Logic, Reason…
In Adept Press
Participants: hix, greyorm, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Sydney Freedberg, pete_darby.

7/2/2004 Bob McNamee: Spam killed the Universalis Arena II
Regrettably, the Universalis Arena II wiki based Universalis game has ended. The Shard(dimension)-hopping city of Hope game was killed by wikispam bots. On two separate occassions in the past 2…
In Universalis
Participants: Bob McNamee, Trevis Martin, JackBauer, Christopher Weeks, greyorm, Mike Holmes, ScottM, J B Bell, Dev, kwill.

7/1/2004 Kesher: Premise in Situation and how it relates to Character
I realize that there're probably gallons of digital ink that have been spilled about this, but help a poor newbie out: What's an example of Premise being addressed in a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Kesher, Paganini, Ron Edwards.

7/1/2004 Dev: [IGC:Dance & Dawn] First Playtest!
I playtested the Dance and the Dawn, finally! (It's short-form finite RPG about waltzing and fairy-tales and stuff. See also: original IGC post, prettier PDF version.) Quirks We were in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dev, Ben Lehman.

7/1/2004 MrWrong: Indie RPGA II (split)
[quote="Michael S. Miller"] It boils down to "running demos = getting stuff" As independents, we can't afford to just give books away to our most energetic fans. [/quote] Don't be…
In Conventions
Participants: MrWrong, taepoong, Ron Edwards, Dregg, Valamir, jdagna, M. J. Young.

7/1/2004 JamesSterrett: Homebrew LARP - now played!
I'd asked for ideas about this earlier (Player Death and Eliciting player input. It ran on Sunday, 20 June.... The overall scenario: Nearly everybody boards Atagonia Airways 314i, a blimp.…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesSterrett, LordSmerf.

7/1/2004 Paul Czege: Fear and Unrequited Love Comes To Finland
Hey everyone, Arkkikivi Publishing (kustannusyhtiö Arkkikivi), the joint publishing venture of Eero, Jari, and Markku Tuovinen will release their licensed Finnish translation of My Life with Master, Kätyrin…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Emily Care, Ben Lehman, Jason L Blair, Christopher Weeks, Eero Tuovinen, vhirvela, newsalor.

7/1/2004 xiombarg: stupid S&S questions
Okay, I'm sure there are threads that answer these questions, but my search-fu is poor today. 1. Okay, Pacts. If I understand this correctly, a Pact roll is exactly like…
In Adept Press
Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, greyorm, DannyK.

7/1/2004 Christopher Weeks: Who takes to Universalis with ease? (gamers or non-gamers?)
In the number of tenets thread, Given that my group includes two people who are new to gaming, the authority with which they approached plotting the game I found…
In Universalis
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, CPXB, Nyrath, Bankuei, Paganini, Bob McNamee.

6/30/2004 thereformant: Sacred cows II (split)
i can see your point completely but if everyone shot their sacred cows i have a feeling that nothing really new or revolutionary would ever really happen
In RPG Theory
Participants: thereformant, Balbinus, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Paganini, Precious Villain, madelf, Noon, MR. Analytical, M. J. Young.

7/1/2004 lumpley: Caring How it Resolves?
From "Sacrificing Character Integrity" - a Rant. Vince, I don't usually disagree with you, but I got to now. Train of thought commencing: A transcript is an account of the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: lumpley, JamesSterrett, Silmenume, Kesher, Paganini, ADGBoss, Noon, Marco, TonyLB, pete_darby, contracycle, C. Edwards, Doctor Xero, Matt Snyder, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Bob McNamee, TooManyGoddamnOrcs, John Kim, Walt Freitag, ErrathofKosh.

7/1/2004 Ben Lehman: Current Game Text -- First Look Critique
I look at this text with the assumption of a "new to role-playing" reader. Is this a correct assumption? Introduction: It is never, ever a good idea to toot your…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ben Lehman, lumpley, inthisstyle, nikola.

7/1/2004 kwill: sorceron
n. sors-er-on 1) a gender-neutral term for sorcerer/sorceress 2) author of a book called Sorcerer damn late night typos :)
In Adept Press
Participants: kwill, Ron Edwards.

7/1/2004 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Publishing Schedule '04
I figured you all would like to know what we're up to out here at Driftwood Publishing. Here's where we're at: The Flower of Battle This is our most important…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood.

7/1/2004 Kushiel: [HELP] Intro Scenario For New Group
A group of people who I've never played with, and who've never played with each other, have somehow elected me to run a game of Vampire for them. No problem.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kushiel, TonyLB, Tobias, komradebob, JackBauer.

7/1/2004 Kesher: Connections between Setting & Color
Howdy. Just wondering if someone could help me clear this up: If Setting is defined as the "place where things happen" (a paraphrase of the basic GNS article), then is…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Kesher, Mojo, Valamir, komradebob, Ron Edwards, jrs.

7/1/2004 CPXB: [Universalis] Wuxia Post-apocalyptic Frozen Tundra Action 2
This was actually the most difficult Universalis game I've had to date. During the tenets phase of the first session, we didn't actually bother to come up with any antagonists.…
In Actual Play
Participants: CPXB, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

6/30/2004 John Kim: Water-Uphill-World: Virtuality Examined
OK, at Vincent (aka lumpley's) request, I am splitting off from "Sacrificing Character Integrity" - a Rant. In it, Vincent (aka lumpley) and Matt had some questions about…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Kim, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Marco, Caldis, Matt Snyder, clehrich, Mike Holmes, Rob Carriere.

6/30/2004 Emily Care: game design and psychology
I've been thinking about this since I started poking around for examples of psychological examination type role-playing. My search lead me to think about psychological aspects of roleplaying all together,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emily Care, Christopher Weeks, ADGBoss, TonyLB, JackBauer, lumpley, ZenDog.

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7/2/2004 Noon: Mmm, I think I'll roleplay some roleplay
How well this'll get articulated, who can say. Do you think that it can get to the point where, instead of wanting to play a game so as to enter…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, orbsmatt, sirogit, ADGBoss, Doctor Xero, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, LordSmerf, Mike Holmes.

7/2/2004 Durgil: Using Less Than Full CP
There have been several discussions in the past about surprising opponents with a few more dice that have held back, but a discussion on the HârnForum got me to see…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Durgil, toli, Jake Norwood, Emiricol, Malechi.

7/2/2004 bluegargantua: Toast Points
Hey Vincent: Dogs in the Vineyard rocks on toast! I really love it. Feel free to quote me on the back of the book. :) Tom
In lumpley games
Participants: bluegargantua.

7/2/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Changes from TFoB
Jake, how greatly will the new (or changed) rules in TFoB change previous characters? Will it be easy to incorporate these changes or will it render some characters unplayable? And,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood, Tash, Malechi.

7/2/2004 Bailywolf: Sorcerer and... school? Young sorcerers & sorcery scho
I've been rereading the Harry potter books, and looking back through this forum to pick up references to the likes of Sabriel and The Amulet of Samakrand. Add to the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, sirogit, LeSingeSavant, 6inTruder, DannyK, Old_Scratch, Ron Edwards.

7/2/2004 Henri: [Demon Cops] Session II
Last night we had our second session of Demon Cops, and everyone had a good time. I think my telling of the previous session must have been lame, so I'll…
In Actual Play
Participants: Henri.

7/2/2004 Bob Goat: Lulu.com Proof
Hi, I just received my proof copy from Lulu.com and I am very pleased with how it turned out. The book is 120 pages perfect bound and I was a…
In Publishing
Participants: Bob Goat, Andy Kitkowski, Dumirik, Ravien, Clay, philreed.

7/2/2004 Rattlehead: Anyone have the revised Magic chapter PDF?
Hi guys! I have the original printing of the game and if you recall, when the revised edition came out, those with the original version were given a link to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Rattlehead, Jake Norwood, Sir Mathodius Black, Emiricol, Prince of Thieves.

7/2/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Seeking NYC-area playtesters July 9th-11th (D&D tourname
Fellow Forgers: Behemoth3 is holding three days of games to help us get ready for the Best Four Days in Gaming! In preparation for the Official Masters and Minions Tournament…
In Connections
Participants: Tav_Behemoth.

7/2/2004 ErrathofKosh: Defining Sim Design
I have been coming to this site for more than a year now, reading the articles, threads, etc. in effort to gain some knowledge before I begin asking questions that…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: ErrathofKosh, Ravien, M. J. Young.

7/2/2004 Eamon: Sword myth fun
After the fun of the sword myth thread, I figured we should include some of the weapons from the thread. These would be the melee versions of these mythical weapons:…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eamon, Ashren Va'Hale, Tash, Jake Norwood.

7/2/2004 Doctor Xero: Is G/N/S now a census of angels moshing on pins?
I've participated in The Forge for awhile. I enjoy Indie Gaming and RPG Theory especially, but I found myself shifted over to GNS Model Discussion when addressing the G/N/S model…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Doctor Xero, Ron Edwards, Balbinus, Eero Tuovinen, C. Edwards, Bankuei, M. J. Young, Ravien, Paganini, Andrew Norris, Marco, clehrich.

7/2/2004 Matt Snyder: Waiting for Narrativism
I'm seeing a lot of recent discussion of Narrativism in which people are just plain missing the premise in action (or so it seems to me). Several people have recently…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Snyder, Kesher, Valamir, John Kim, lumpley, Doctor Xero.

7/2/2004 Emiricol: Players pull strings from shadows, plot against the others
I'm interested in a game in which the participants lurk off-camera mostly or entirely, pulling the strings of events and others, and thwart the plans of the other participants. Those…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Emiricol, Trevis Martin, Jere, Shreyas Sampat, Drew Stevens.

7/2/2004 JamesDJIII: Laying Out the Story Bones
One of the recommendations I've read in the Sorcerer books was to get the back stories "laid out" in the first or second session of play. I think this is…
In Adept Press
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

7/3/2004 Trevis Martin: New Sword and Sorcerous Literature Available
Well, following last years release of the first 13 Conan Stories, Del Ray and Wandering Star have just released The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane. I just got my copy…
In Adept Press
Participants: Trevis Martin, joshua neff, Spartan, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Sean, Tim Mahan.

7/3/2004 komradebob: I'm totally confused about Narr...
I've been checking out this site for ages now and for the life of me, I still do not understand Narrativism. Could someone explain to me how Nar differs from…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: komradebob, Bankuei, Doctor Xero, pete_darby, M. J. Young.

7/3/2004 Stump: New here...and Hi
Just a quick post to say hey I’m new here and hello. This is the part of the post where I’d say something clever if I had anything clever to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Stump, Emiricol, Jake Norwood, Prince of Thieves.

7/3/2004 pjagdishkumar: News Papers Site
Hello Friends Recently I have visited www.indiapress.org where you can read all Indian Languages Newspapers without downloading their fonts. In this site you can build your on membership pages and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: pjagdishkumar.

7/3/2004 Noon: How well does this rule carry over its use?
I'm not sure the forge is into discussing house rules. But I will say what I'm about to present is damned likely to end up in anything I write, it…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon.

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