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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.

1/9/2002 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.

1/7/2002 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.

1/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New forum version
Well, the upgrade's done. I'll be changing the colors and what not over the weekend. Post questions and comments here.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Joe Murphy (Broin), Mytholder, Paganini, Zak Arntson, Ranko, Marco, Paul Czege, greyorm, joshua neff, Logan, Tim C Koppang, Ben Morgan, Chris Passeno, Armin D. Sykes.

1/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Request for comments (and return of the Forge R2)
I noticed yesterday that a new version of the forum software we use here was out. So, I downloaded the forum database, loaded it up at home, and tried out…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Ian O'Rourke, Paul Czege, Joe Murphy (Broin).

12/27/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: There and Back (a Meta-system) - idea from "Cheating Death"
Inspired by the ideas on the "Cheating Death" thread, I whipped this out. I'd actually incorporate this into a larger system that determined character resolution as well, but as is,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Dave Versace.

12/27/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: 100 new messages by Jan. 1
Ok, people - I know we can do this. If we post 100 (well, 99 now) messages by the new year, we'll have 10,000. I guess there's nothing particularly special…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

12/12/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Gamism in action
On another thread, Mark Blaxland wrote: This seems to me to infer that 'Gamist' games are all about winning. ... It's only natural, after all to want to 'win'.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

12/7/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Advanced Binding
I'm fully aware that the Sorcerer rules don't allow the re-Binding of a demon once the initial Binding is done, but there's a concept I'd like to explore in Sorcerer,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

10/22/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Gamism and Premise
contracycle (Gareth, I believe?) and I have been having a pretty spirited discussion in the "New essay by Ron" thread about where Premise comes from in Gamist RPGs. Here's a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Don Lag, Matt, contracycle, Marco, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Valamir, kwill.

10/15/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: The Forge R2
Well - I've been playing around with some new code, and am thinking about revising The Forge again. The author-driven game library hasn't really worked out because of bad code…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt, hardcoremoose, greyorm, Laurel, Paul Czege, Valamir, Zak Arntson, kwill, Galfraxas, Don Lag.

10/14/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New essay by Ron
There's a new essay up by Ron on his newest thoughts on GNS, stances, actual play, and coherent game design. (This kind of replaces the FAQ - but it's not…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Epoch, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Logan, Laurel, James Holloway, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson.

10/12/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New Forum - Random Order Creations
In case you're wondering what happened to all those Pool discussions, I've moved them all to a new forum for James West's Random Order Creations. I did leave actual play…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

10/10/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: RPGPublishing.com
I just found this site - it's apparently new - and thought it actually had some good resources. They manage to screw up a lot of stuff that can be…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

8/24/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: New article - 'Publishing Your Indie Game for Under $100'
Excuse the pimping, but I've just written an article chock-filled with resources for anyone thinking about making their own indie game online. These aren't game design resources - they're ways…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Zak Arntson, Jeffrey Straszheim, Matt, Clay.

8/17/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: State of the Union
I thought I'd update everyone on the general health and future of the Forge. Immense growth: The Forge has become very, very visible here lately, partially, I think, because of…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, joshua neff, Jason L Blair, Laura Bishop, GraveyardGreg, John Wick, Ian O'Rourke, Theory of X.

8/17/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: A non-Edwards review! of Inspectres! Check it.
Yup, I reviewed something. I recently played Inspectres at GenCon, and it rocked my world. So I got the first non-Ron review here. Go read and weep that Jared Sorensen's…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Urge is up and for sale
Just a note to let everyone know that both Urge, my new mini-supplement, and Electric Ghosts, Raven's supplement, are both on the Sorcerer website now. _________________ Clinton R. Nixon…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, joshua neff, furashgf, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: What up with the web site?
Dude - your web site's down. And I want to write my review of Inspectres. Go!
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/6/2001 Clinton R. Nixon: Indie pick of GenCon
This doesn't have a good forum to go in, so: What was everyone's indie game pick of GenCon? Excluding Sorcerer, which is obvious, mine's FVLMINATA, a historical fantasy game set…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, unodiablo, John Wick, Supplanter, hardcoremoose, Dav, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen, James Holloway.

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1/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Small change in the Resource Library
If any of you have submitted links to the resource library, you've noticed that descriptions have a limit of 255 characters. I have removed that limit, as I have found…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege.

2/6/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Krawl
I know I haven't designed anything new since Urge - I've been lazy. So, I decided to start finishing my projects. The first finished: Donjon Krawl, a (hopefully) incredibly Gamist…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, Marco, James V. West, DaR, Mike Holmes, lumpley, J B Bell.

2/8/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Krawl, first session ever
[i]I don't want to kill anybody. I just want to take their stuff.[/i] --Jules the Hedge Troll, as played by James Cunningham I'm more than proud to say that the…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Bankuei.

2/8/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: GenCon 2002: Indie explosion
Each year, I think, "I should run some indie games at GenCon. Someone will show up." Each year, I end up with a few people who already like indie games…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Galfraxas, Matt Gwinn, greyorm, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, xiombarg.

2/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon, session 2
I was able to playtest Donjon yet again this weekend with Zak Arntson and his friend, Matthew. The game worked as before - I even ran the same adventure -…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

2/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon: Call for artists
I'm the forum administrator and I don't know where to put this. (Maybe a new forum for announcements is in order.) Anyway, I'm calling for art for Donjon, the game…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West.

2/18/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Update to the Forge store
Raven (greyorm) was good enough to donate a completely kick-ass design to the Forge for us to use in the store. I've updated it with all sorts of t-shirts, bags,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

2/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: GameStorm 2002
I've been signing up to run Donjon at all the Northwest conventions this spring, and just got the schedule for GameStorm 2002 (which isn't even up on their site yet.)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Armin D. Sykes.

2/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: There and Back: a meta-system
A couple of months ago, I created a quick meta-system in these forums as a response to the Cheating Death thread in Indie Game Design. The goal was to provide…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Emily Care, Kenway, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/25/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: [really off topic] Selling a bunch of RPG books
I'm selling off all my games I don't play or plan on playing. Here's a list - e-mail me or send me a private message if you're interested in anything:…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

2/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New policy on off-topic posts
Mike Holmes made an excellent point early today in my off-topic thread about selling off some of my games. 'Site Discussion' is not for off-topic posts, and I made an…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, James V. West.

3/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Went to the con
I attended Game Storm, a convention in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. It was better than most small conventions I've been to by far, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to any…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, quozl, Bankuei.

3/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum upgrade (with new warning)
I just upgraded the forums again - many problems should be fixed now. Unfortunately, I have to go through and update the Forge look to the forum, so if you…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Etiquette at The Forge (policy)
[b][u]Etiquette at The Forge[/u][/b] Created by Clinton R. Nixon and Ron Edwards. [b]I. About the forums[/b] [i]A. Purpose of the forums[/i] The purpose of The Forge forums is to promote…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

3/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New policy
I have (finally) posted a list of Forge policies. Please read and observe these from now on. I locked the thread as I want it to stand alone, permanently at…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

3/15/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Sorcerer One-Sheet: In His Service
I'm starting a Sorcerer campaign next week, and whipped up this one-sheet after talking the game over with my group last night. I'm posting it here, as I plan to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Christopher Kubasik.

3/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Funny games (and the Temple of Ass)
I'm starting to dread the fact that "funny games" are coming back into vogue. I recently had a discussion at my local game store about this: a patron and the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Mike Holmes, unodiablo, Walt Freitag, Matt Steflik, Le Joueur, Zak Arntson, xiombarg, Matt, Jared A. Sorensen, Mytholder, Jack Spencer Jr, Bailey.

3/27/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The Axioms of RPG Design (or, blasting away at the argument)
I find it bizarre, and somewhat ludicrous, that "GNS Model Discussion" is the second-most busy forum at the Forge. We've argued this thing to death, and I think it's high…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, gentrification, Mike Holmes, Tim C Koppang, Zak Arntson, Julian Kelsey, Knight, Bankuei.

3/27/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Simple Questions: Why the GM?
Ok - this question dives into the simple. Why do you GM? This question's been rolling around in my head for the longest time. Of all the supposed biases on…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, unodiablo, rafael, xiombarg, Gordon C. Landis, joshua neff, Mytholder, Le Joueur, Sidhain, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen, Rich Forest, C. Edwards, Balbinus, J B Bell, wyrdlyng, Seth L. Blumberg, Laurel, Zak Arntson, Steve Dustin, Matt Gwinn, Ace, Kenway, contracycle, JSDiamond, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Wolfen, Valamir.

4/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: "Fantasy Heartbreakers" by Ron Edwards
Everyone - Ron has a new essay in the Articles section - well worth reading, in my opinion. Post comments here.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

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