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7/16/2004 Bob Bell: Forge Open-Source Rules Repository Idea
The Forge would be a great place to compile an encyclopedia of rules/ideas for RPG's. This is a huge undertaking suited to an open-source community effort and seems to fall…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Bob Bell, greyorm, Dev, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, John Kim.

7/16/2004 greyorm: Thank God for NPCs: More Frickin' 3E
Alright, after numerous starts and stops due to players missing, leading to cancellations, we've finally gotten through what should (I swear) have been a one or (at most) two session…
In Actual Play
Participants: greyorm, John Kim, Noon.

7/16/2004 Vagabond Elf: Modern Firearms
So, being the unrepentant geek that I am, I hacked out some rules for modern firearms using the basic RoS mechanics. Take a look & tell me what you think.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Vagabond Elf, Rattlehead, toli, Salamander, Overdrive, Turin.

7/16/2004 Loki: help with group apathy
Hey all, I hope this is the correct forum for this post. I'm having a problem with apathy in my game group, and I'm really not sure how to deal…
In Actual Play
Participants: Loki, Ron Edwards, Noon, jdagna.

7/16/2004 Valamir: GenCon Catalog material
In this thread the plan was outlined to create a catalog of games for the GenCon booth that included 2-3 pages of (digest sized) additional content for each game (rather…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Christopher Weeks, Tony Irwin.

7/16/2004 Xaranthas: [Sorcerer] What die do you use and why?
Given the flexibility of which die to use, and the effect on conflict resolution, and balance between strong (high number of dice) and weak (low number of dice) pools, I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Xaranthas, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, Christopher Weeks, KingOfFarPoint, Lxndr, Trevis Martin, Andy Kitkowski, Yokiboy, Bailywolf.

7/16/2004 VisionaryEntertainment: Soothsaying II (split)
[quote="John"] I find Bonewits to be tiresome and not terribly worth reading. I wish there was more useful reading on this topic. The oddest thing I've ever seen relating anything…
In Actual Play
Participants: VisionaryEntertainment, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2004] Pamphlets/handouts
Hey there, Phil Reed and I have come up with a plan for the booth handouts & paper stuff. ITEM ONE A trifold pamphlet that lists all the companies and…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, philreed, Valamir, alchemist, lumpley, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, Tav_Behemoth, btrc.

7/16/2004 Adrienne: Good experience with newbies.
This week, I ran a Universalis game for a couple of high school students as part of my job. I'm working for a summer program that serves upperclassmen or just-graduated…
In Universalis
Participants: Adrienne, Mike Holmes.

7/16/2004 Simon W: Dreamscape 24 hour RPG
I wrote this up the other day, working on the basis that I wasn't going to have a free weekend over the next three weeks. I had to do it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, Jediblack, Andy Kitkowski, slackerman.

7/16/2004 16CBH: [ARCHENA] More Play Testers Needed + Update Posted
Archena Role-Playing is looking for play testers. We need your help to bring us through the final stages of development. Download a copy of the play test version of the…
In Connections
Participants: 16CBH.

7/16/2004 Dev: One Hour Challenges
I was talking with Henri today post-game, about preferred lengths of gametime, and I mentioned that I hoped to get my GMing skills down to where you could play a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dev, Paul Czege, Victor Gijsbers, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Rob Carriere, Noon, komradebob.

7/16/2004 Grex: Multi-GM Trollbabe possible!
(this post is written more or less stream-of-consciousness just after a great game, so there's bound to be plenty of splelng erors and grammar mistakes -- please bear with me)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Grex.

7/16/2004 MikeJW: Help with Roman weapon.
I'm thinking of running an Imperial Roman campaign and I need help rules-wise for the pilum. A pilum is an iron headed javeline that was used as an anti-shield weapon.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MikeJW, Sneaky Git, Deliverator, MonkeyWrench, hkdharmon, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Drifter Bob, Turin, Degamer, Matthew Amt.

7/16/2004 abzu: Origins After Action Report
Hi Folks, Sorry it took so long to get this up, but I've been a busy bee (and then a very tired and burnt-out bee). I wanted to give a…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu.

7/15/2004 chade0: Question about skill selection
After choosing skill packets, you can use your MA to pick new skills or lower the ones in the packets. My question is: Can you lower the same skill with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood.

7/15/2004 ADGBoss: Setting as Part of System (Long)
In this thread. John Kim wrote: So here's the big question. So creating new characters in Timelord is a change to the system, just as much so as changing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ADGBoss, ErrathofKosh, Lxndr, John Harper, M. J. Young, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, John Kim, lumpley, simon_hibbs.

7/15/2004 timfire: Mechanical issues w/ Donjon?
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=128247#128247]Somewhere else,[/url] Mike Holmes said: [quote="Mike Holmes"]there are some mechanical problems in Dunjon. Many of which Clinton has addressed on his forum.[/quote] As I'm new to Donjon (I own the…
In CRN Games
Participants: timfire, Mike Holmes, JamesSterrett, aplath, tk421, Dev.

7/15/2004 Mike Holmes: Getting Beyond GNS
How do I miss these damn threads? Somehow I missed this: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11837 All nine pages of it. Late in the thread, there was a lot of debate about some classic…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, Doctor Xero, ErrathofKosh, Marco, Rob Carriere.

7/15/2004 madelf: consequences of magic
I need a sounding board, and you folks always work well for that sort of thing. I'm trying to chase down an idea that's floating around in my head about…
In RPG Theory
Participants: madelf, Jaik, Victor Gijsbers, beingfrank, M. J. Young, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Gamskee, Radecave le Scribouillard, simon_hibbs, Eric J..

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7/17/2004 Miskatonic: My suggested replacement for Bang
So I was re-reading Ron's Narrativism essay on the bus today, and came up with a much more compelling phrase for "Bang." Hot Potato You like? I like. To me…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Miskatonic, John Kim, Alan, Bankuei.

7/17/2004 Hobbitboy: Ratings vs In-game reality -- Help!
[quote="Mike Holmes"](which almost gets me off on my in-game/metagame rant - a really high strength ability doesn't neccessarily mean that the character is strong at all)[/quote] Actually I wish you…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Hobbitboy, Bankuei, Thor Olavsrud, lightcastle, Eero Tuovinen, soru, Mike Holmes, Alai, Bob McNamee, KingOfFarPoint.

7/17/2004 Jasper: Help with a pitch
I need a written pitch for my game, Graal, which has just gone up on RPG Now -- and I'd love to add to Clays' thread too. Unfortunately, while I…
In Publishing
Participants: Jasper, ethan_greer, abzu, Paul Czege, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, PlotDevice.

7/17/2004 LordSmerf: [Caper] A Game in Search of a Premise
So i started this project intending to enter it as a 24 Hour RPG. Basically i'm trying to capture the feel of Caper fiction. Examples include: The Italian Job, Ocean's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: LordSmerf, MikeSands, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Blankshield, Stephen, Ron Edwards, Jere, Juicetyger, Thor, SteveCooper, Frank T.

7/17/2004 Yokiboy: [Sorcerer] Playing NAR for the First Time
Hello, My gaming group has decided to give NAR a try, as it sounds very appealing to most of us. In Sorcerer, and other sorces, they list the optimal size…
In Adept Press
Participants: Yokiboy, Old_Scratch, Christopher Weeks, DannyK, Mike Holmes, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

7/17/2004 Yokiboy: Playing NAR for the First Time
Hello, I am about to try a NAR campaign for the very first time, Sorcerer specifically. What suggestions do you have for me, of things I must keep in mind?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Yokiboy, Trevis Martin, JamesDJIII.

7/18/2004 abzu: BW Ltd Ed T SHIRTS
Ok folks, I'm doing a limited run of Burning Wheel T-Shirts: http://www.burningwheel.org/tshirt.html I did a run of 14 shirts last christmas at this same printer and they came out very…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

7/18/2004 LordSmerf: [Capes] Danger from the Shadows
So we played Capes tonight. I had a lot of fun, especially considering its half-finished state. A little background: We had three players with me as the GM. We've all…
In Actual Play
Participants: LordSmerf, TonyLB.

7/18/2004 Silmenume: Implications on use role of mechaics in Sim
I don’t know how to ease into this so – While in Gamism and Narrativism mechanics are ideally employed to allow for effective addressing, mechanics in Sim is a subset…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Silmenume.

7/18/2004 Jediblack: KaffeInsomnia 24 Hour RPG
Hi all, I've just finished my 24 hours rpg... but there's a problem it's in italian and I don't think I'll be able to translate it before the 24th hour.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jediblack, Simon W, Sydney Freedberg, philreed, Andy Kitkowski.

7/18/2004 Jonathan Walton: Representation & Your Message
So I was talking with Emily Care over PM, and I was regretting that I hadn't waited a bit later to write Girls Don't Roleplay for my RPGnet column, because…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Ravien, Bankuei, Paul Czege, LordSmerf, Noon, Rich Forest, MR. Analytical, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, SrGrvsaLot, contracycle, Doctor Xero, John Kim.

7/18/2004 Darcy Burgess: A little help for the search-impaired!
I'm digging back through the forums, looking for a few threads. And I'm coming up with nothing. Specifically, I'm looking for the Riddle of the Force thread, and that cool…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Darcy Burgess, Sneaky Git.

7/18/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Gaining Insight
There are two situations where I'm not sure whether a character would gain insight from SA spending. The first is when they spend 2 pts. outside of play to get…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, hkdharmon, Dain, Deliverator.

7/18/2004 statisticaltomfoolery: Indie Gaming in NYC
I'm looking to play through a bunch of these neat games, and need your help! We've got a few players already, but could use a few more both to play…
In Connections
Participants: statisticaltomfoolery.

7/19/2004 Noon: Being in the band and second audience
The analogy that a RP group is like being in a band is often used and pretty apt. But does it extend even further? For example, in places like RPG.net…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Noon, Vaxalon, Pagrin, Doctor Xero, timfire, M. J. Young.

7/19/2004 Tobias: [YGAD]2nd session - Fear, Loathing, Leaving the Healing Pool
Ran the second session of YGAD yesterday. Had to cut it after four hours due to headache/sleepiness of one of the players. That's a second time this has happened. There…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tobias.

7/19/2004 Lathan: Blood Royal 24-hour RPG
It's 5:30 AM, and I've just finished this game. I'm a few hours under the 24, but it's finished (and so am I, almost... very tired...). Blood Royal is a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Lathan, Loki, Jediblack, Paul Czege, ErrathofKosh, Andy Kitkowski.

7/19/2004 giovannipezz: [Tarots RPG] just another game that uses tarot cards...
Hello! Here I present my little creature: Tarots is an Universal Role Playing System based on Divination of Tarots and inspired by Everway, Chimeres, Castle Falkenstein and GURPS. http://giovannipezz.angelcities.com/tarots/ some…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: giovannipezz, LordSmerf, MarcoBrucale.

7/19/2004 Tobias: Is there a 'GNS-questionnaire'?
Or something similar to it? So that, after a few sessions, you can get all players (and GMs) evaluation of 'what game are we playing anyway'? (This would mean a…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Tobias, ErrathofKosh, M. J. Young, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, beingfrank.

7/19/2004 bluegargantua: Loose Canon
Hey, The following comes from Ron's original review of Hero Wars which can be found at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/reviews/16/ My most major concern is whether the story will be told for us…
In HeroQuest
Participants: bluegargantua, Thor Olavsrud, Invain, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, Jere, Bankuei, Donald, jrichard, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, Nick Brooke, ErrathofKosh, Wulf, simon_hibbs, soru, Tim Ellis, Valamir, Ian Cooper, Hobbitboy.

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