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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 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 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 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 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 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.

7/17/2004 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.

7/17/2004 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 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 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 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 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 Miskatonic: Space combat
Or My Transhuman Space to HeroQuest conversion, Part 1 Background: So my Transhuman Space game has come crashing to a halt, and I'm blaming GURPS. (I'll address why at some…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Miskatonic, soru, droog, grbosch, Mac Logo, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes.

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.

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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.

7/19/2004 Andrew Navaro: More Life & Death
Hello, everyone. Now that "Life & Death" has had its run on the Adept Press site, I've posted the entire strip as well as the original rough drafts on my…
In Adept Press
Participants: Andrew Navaro, jrs, Ron Edwards, Alan.

7/19/2004 philreed: Reviewers Needed for MotoCaust
I need people to write reviews for the new game. Reviews can be posted anywhere online. For more info: www.motocaust.com If you can review the game, please get with me.
In Connections
Participants: philreed, Stump.

7/19/2004 contracycle: proposition: background and foreground
This is an attempt to square the apparent circle in which setting, situation, and system have become confused. I want to propose some setting-specific terminology to clear up this mess.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, Marco, efindel, lumpley, Noon, M. J. Young, ErrathofKosh, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Silmenume, Christopher Weeks, John Kim.

7/19/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Trinoc-Con in Durham, NC July 23-25: Indie Friendly Con!
www.trinoc-con.org Indie Friendly... because I'm in charge of the RPG section this year! Mwah-ha-ha-ha-haaaa! Actually, that's a bit of a misnomer- They encourage you to run anything you want to…
In Conventions
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

7/19/2004 Lxndr: [Fastlane] In Preparation for GenCon, Questions
My first game, Fastlane, hasn't sold well so far (10 sales over 2 months). It's a niche product, using a roulette wheel and all, and I understand that, and I…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee.

7/19/2004 Eero Tuovinen: The Ropecon books are here!
The books I ordered for our Ropecon booth arrived in time! Now my kitchen table is full of gaming goodness, oh my. Many thanks to all who bothered to sell…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young.

7/19/2004 Paul's Girl: Forge Night Out in Indy
Hey everyone, I just spent a few days in Indy for a conference for work and discovered a fantastic place for a Forge night out, Fountain Square. Its only a…
In Conventions
Participants: Paul's Girl, Matt Snyder, smokewolf, Mike Holmes, btrc.

7/19/2004 kevin_presley: New Updates to the REALMS OF ADVENTURING site
Hello all! The forge has given me some wonderful(if not sometimes sturn) advice about the role playing genre. I would love to continue getting this advice, as this is one…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: kevin_presley, LordSmerf, Valamir, Chris Goodwin, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, John Harper, Akamaru, theltemes, dewey.

7/19/2004 SrGrvsaLot: 24-Hour RPG: The Last Days of Atlantis
Well, I finished the game, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I think it wound up being closer to a "campaign sourcebook" than an actual game, though.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SrGrvsaLot, greedo1379, Andy Kitkowski, Andrew Martin.

7/20/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Large purchases
Hey all, Sorry if this was covered already but I couldnt find it anywhere. I was wondering about costs of large scale purchases, such as land, manors/castles, construction projects, paying…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, hkdharmon, toli.

7/20/2004 Eric J.: Character Points and Conservativism
I think I'm having some system troubles for a change. As you may or may not know, I'm still GMing a Star Wars D6 game for me and my friends…
In Actual Play
Participants: Eric J., Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, Clinton R. Nixon, John Kim, Valamir.

7/20/2004 Marco: Weekend Game Analysis [LONG]
This is a description of a game I ran this past weekend (using a point-based Simulationst system similar to GURPS)--since I'm heading back to the UK for 3wks, I'd told…
In Actual Play
Participants: Marco, John Kim.

7/20/2004 princeofcups: IGS Games Human Interface for Fantasy Roleplaying RFC
[b]IGS Games[/b] is dedicated to creating rules and resources to make a gamemaster's life easier. Our philosophy is that rules should enhance the role playing experience. They should be an…
In Connections
Participants: princeofcups.

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