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7/5/2004 Radecave le Scribouillard: Palimpseste Looking for a translator
I'm looking for a translator for Palimpseste, a french rpg I wrote. I need someone who likes odd words. I can pay for that job...
In Connections
Participants: Radecave le Scribouillard, Kesher.

7/5/2004 Overdrive: Chargen difficulties
Hei all, Look, I'm ramping up my first Sorcerer game, cool! I've been reading the books enthusiastically and built an "advertisement" pdf to lure some players, which didn't quite work…
In Adept Press
Participants: Overdrive, pfischer, erithromycin, Ron Edwards.

7/5/2004 jdrakeh: Formless Revised (last planned playtest file)
The revised Formless playtest file has been posted, and addresses many concerns brought to my attention by those who had a look at the first draft. This is the last…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jdrakeh.

7/5/2004 Deliverator: mock combat; shields
So, I've been running some mock combats against myself. Not ideal, I know, since so much depends on that initial throw (I've just been assuming various permutations). Does anyone want…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Deliverator, Stump, Vagabond Elf, Turin, Caz, Jake Norwood, Drifter Bob, Tash, Muggins, bergh.

7/5/2004 Sledgeman: [The Business] (Long) Introduction
I've been hammering away at The Business for awhile, and I've got pages and pages of random notes making up a nearly complete rpg. Only trouble is, it only makes…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sledgeman, Sydney Freedberg.

7/5/2004 dewey: Current social issues in RPGs
It's a split from the topic Feminist Game Design gone more generalized. While a movie/tv show/broadway musical/book/comic book/rock song/whatever may be a more powerful tool for conveying an idea to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: dewey, Noon, M. J. Young, Erick Wujcik, Revontuli, Akos Szederjei, Jack Aidley, contracycle, Elkin, clehrich, Walt Freitag, CPXB, John Kim, ADGBoss, pete_darby, greyorm, Doctor Xero, Mike Holmes.

7/4/2004 Bob Goat: [Conspiracy of Shadows]
Hi, I'm working on the supplement for teh game that we just released Conspiracy of Shadows and one of the things I want to do is a social "combat"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bob Goat, Jinx, Lathan, btrc.

7/4/2004 Radecave le Scribouillard: [Palimpseste] Looking for a translator
I'm looking for a translator for Palimpseste, a rpg I wrote. I need someone who likes odd words. I can pay for that job...
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Radecave le Scribouillard, Kesher, GB Steve.

7/4/2004 Jinx: [InSpectres] Space Cadets! Episode 1
So, we played our first session of Space Cadets! yesterday. I think it went well, given that nobody (including myself) was familiar with the InSpectres system or, in fact, anything…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jinx, Dev.

7/4/2004 hive_mind: Universalis PDF?
Sorry if this is a Taboo Topic, but i was wondering if Universalis will ever be available in PDF format? I find myself gravitatinng to this format more and more…
In Universalis
Participants: hive_mind, Nyrath, Valamir, Mike Holmes, dunlaing.

7/3/2004 Hudson Shock: Superman and Batman
Any suggestions on how to handle, say, Superman and Batman in the same story, as far as physical strength goes? Someone buys Olympic-level Strength for Bats (1 Coin). Someone else…
In Universalis
Participants: Hudson Shock, Eero Tuovinen, CPXB, Christopher Weeks, Bob McNamee, Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

7/3/2004 Paganini: Wushu and Fortune at the End
I'd never really encountered Fortune at the End in practice, until I bought Wushu. When I read about it in the GNS essay my response was basically "yeah, ok, that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Andrew Martin, Shreyas Sampat, C. Edwards, Tony Irwin, hanschristianandersen, Dev, John Harper, ReverendBayn, Bob McNamee, Drew Stevens, ejh, MR. Analytical.

7/3/2004 timfire: Consensus vs. Individual Spheres of Influence
I apologize in advance, as my thoughts on this aren't very organized, but I've been thinking about it alot lately. I've been thinking about games that are developed by some…
In RPG Theory
Participants: timfire, Shreyas Sampat.

7/3/2004 Hudson Shock: Dialog and creating traits
Hi. I just got Uni a few days ago. I'm loving it so far and am looking forward to introducing my friends to it. But I'm trying to get everything…
In Universalis
Participants: Hudson Shock, Christopher Weeks, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, CPXB.

7/2/2004 Eero Tuovinen: Narrativist LARP (split)
(edit) Peculiar, I didn't notice that this is a revived thread. Or rather, the inside:outside thread is a revival, and fooled me totally. I clearly should go sleep it off.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, sirogit.

7/3/2004 komradebob: Dispersed character player gamec designs?
Hi. This is sort of a broad question, but I'm wondering about game design possibilities that disperse character player duties. I've seen a lot of discussion about how Uni disperses…
In RPG Theory
Participants: komradebob.

7/3/2004 lumpley: When Is It Real?
In this post in Waiting for Narrativism...What do you think about the split of "whether something is real even if its not entered that space, vs. only if it…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Marco, Gaerik, Jack Spencer Jr, John Kim, M. J. Young, Paganini, Ben Lehman, Caldis, contracycle.

7/3/2004 Jonathan Walton: PUSH comes to shove
Hey Folks, My new RPGnet column, PUSH, just started running this weekend. Just wanted to make an announcement in case people weren't regularly wandering over there. The first article is…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, John Harper, Shreyas Sampat, montag, neelk, Emily Care.

7/3/2004 ZenDog: [Season 17/The Show] The Pilot
I’m not really ready to start work on this game yet; it was just one of those ideas that you get in a flash, then bubble about in your head,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ZenDog.

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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7/5/2004 Andrew Morris: Question on finding covers
For some bizzare reason, I happen to have a thermal book binder. Now, does anyone know a good source for thermal covers? I'm particulary interested in hardcover or self-printable thermal…
In Publishing
Participants: Andrew Morris, sacrosanct.

7/5/2004 clehrich: More on jargon and models [long]
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a little while now, actually since I had a nice chat with Alan McVey at a conference a month back, and when I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: clehrich, MR. Analytical, Matt Snyder, greyorm, Erick Wujcik, Tim C Koppang, pete_darby, Rob Carriere, Ron Edwards, John Kim, timfire, komradebob, M. J. Young, Ben Lehman, Marco, Valamir.

7/5/2004 jdrakeh: Seeking Artwork for Formless
Hi, I've been down this road before, but I figured that I'd give it another shot. I need a piece of cover art (and possibly some small pieces of line…
In Connections
Participants: jdrakeh, hive.

7/5/2004 Emiricol: Critique this fight please
Ok, in this I played the Gol Grunt (pole arm) rather recklessly, and Telouse (long sword) likewise behaved recklessly. In the first exchange, Telouse tried to Beat and Steal Initiative.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Emiricol, bottleneck, Andrew Mure.

7/2/2004 dewey: Feminist game design II (split)
everyone: I've just joined the Forge and saw this topic. I read the first page - don't remind me to do that - and I didn't find something I think…
In RPG Theory
Participants: dewey, Andrew Norris, ADGBoss, greyorm, Matt Wilson, Christopher Weeks, AnyaTheBlue, Akos Szederjei, Ron Edwards.

7/5/2004 Turin: "Aiming" ability of weapons
Bear in mind these are some thoughts, not something I have researched so it might be completely off, but it makes sense to me. It seems as though some thrusting…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Turin, Salamander.

7/5/2004 ZenDog: [Sorcerer]One newb, one non-gamer, and a few hours to spare.
Ok so I got Sorcerer on Saturday, I haven’t read it all yet, but I’m thinking about running a game for a non-gamer friend of mine, who is coming over…
In Adept Press
Participants: ZenDog, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf.

7/6/2004 Asrogoth: [God Lore]More Actions...
Well, I've been working pretty hard and have not had much time to spend on God Lore, but I've slowly but surely been adding more stuff to accomplish my goal…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Asrogoth, Mike Holmes.

7/6/2004 Andrew Mure: Priorities: Race and nationality
Here's something I've been thinking about lately, I'd be interested in any comments either way. It seems to me that some of the nationality packages are considerably better than others.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Andrew Mure, ZenDog, Deliverator, bottleneck.

7/6/2004 philreed: vs. Monsters Anthology Project
With vs. Monsters finished and going to release in a month (print version) I've got an idea for a project that I think will be a lot of fun. The…
In Publishing
Participants: philreed, Jonathan Walton, ethan_greer, timfire, MarktheAnimator, xiombarg, smokewolf.

7/6/2004 Ron Edwards: Moderator talk & recent thread-lock
Hello, This thread refers to my closing of Playing with strict Karma, and subsequent locking. Michael, that was a sarcastic and vicious reply to my Actual Play thread-closure. It…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, RaconteurX, ErrathofKosh, ethan_greer, Ben Lehman, Bankuei.

7/6/2004 lumpley: Online Playtesting?
Hey everybody. Jack Bauer asked me to ask you all if anybody's doing any online playtesting or wants to. He wants to play over AIM, he doesn't want to run.…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Ben Lehman.

7/6/2004 JamesDJIII: Thanks, Forge
Split from http://indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11810 ...was someone somewhere babbling something about the Forge being a bunch of niche navel gazers with no relevance to the hobby at large? I don't get…
In Site Discussion
Participants: JamesDJIII, Andy Kitkowski, MR. Analytical.

7/6/2004 Bankuei: Mythological Swords
Hi folks, On the other end of the scale from sword myths, actual mythical swords, complete with magical powers and history! Here's a couple of my favorites! The Husband/Wife Sword…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bankuei, Drechuin.

7/6/2004 Paganini: [Narrativism] Premise and Stance
So, it occurs to me that a much simpler and clearer way of explaining and supporting what I've been saying all week has to do with the three Stances.Ron had…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Paganini, lumpley, clehrich, Marco, Matt Snyder, M. J. Young, contracycle, C. Edwards.

7/6/2004 The Goat: Donjon: Clarification on determining successes.
Ran my first session last night, it did however prompt this clarification. If a player rolls 9 dice, and I am rolling 3, we compare and they beat all of…
In CRN Games
Participants: The Goat, Luke Sineath, Christopher Weeks, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.

7/6/2004 Doyce: [Sorcerer] Bibliophage Seven: Whiteout
We had our seventh session of the Bibliophage Sorcerer story Friday night. The whole thing is detailed here, along with previous session logs. This was an interesting, but kind of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Doyce, Rob Carriere, JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

7/6/2004 MarktheAnimator: How to Design Your Product Image
Hello, So how would you recommend going about creating a product image for your new cool game? Should you spend loads of $$$ on the cover? Does the game's design…
In Publishing
Participants: MarktheAnimator, Bankuei, LoreTG.

7/6/2004 Deadboy: (Anarchist's Activity Book) chaos in game design
Hi, relatively new to the forge... I posted once a few months ago asking for advice on getting people interested in my past RPG projects, such as Revelation. I've also…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Deadboy, Dev, Doctor Xero, Elkin.

7/6/2004 Wormwood: Facilitative Play
I've been working on bridging the gaps between the standard model and the technical play re-casting of it, and one of the major concerns I've encountered is facilitative play. I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Wormwood, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

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