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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 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 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 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 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.

7/18/2004 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.

7/18/2004 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 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.

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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.

7/20/2004 Nathan: Barbarians Versus - Feedback Welcome
Greets all, My next rpg to be released in PDF is Barbarians Versus, a fun lil' game about barbarians fighting alien reptilian evil from outer space. In essence though, it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan, SrGrvsaLot, Frank T, Mike Holmes.

7/20/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2004] Booth furniture - very important
Hello, So far I have not ordered any booth furniture from the company that's working with GenCon LLC, The George E. Fern Co. For all three GenCons I've done so…
In Conventions
Participants: Ron Edwards.

7/20/2004 Matt Snyder: Killers and Plagues: GenCon 2004
Phil Reed's organizing a catalog for the Forge booth at GenCon. This is a sneak peek at what I'm working up for Dust Devil's contribution. John Wesley Hardin Texas gunman…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder.

7/20/2004 Gidd: Exile - Flash RPG
Hi Guys, Launching my new online flash rpg game - Exile - in a little under 2 weeks time. The game is top-down dungeon based, and revolves around characters gaining…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Gidd, sirogit, bigsimon.

7/20/2004 Stephen: Science in Sorcery: good or bad?
I broke this out to a new thread from the "Stealing from Sorcerer for RoS magic" thread below, because I was interested in the discussion but didn't want to derail…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Stephen, Mike Holmes, Dain, Irmo, Ian.Plumb.

7/21/2004 Dumirik: FACES: Subconcious Role Playing 24 hours RPG?
Hello. You may remember a while back that I brought up the idea of a game in which you play as aspects of a person's subconcious, with the GM interpreting…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dumirik, Lathan.

7/21/2004 Bracken: TFoB Blurb
I just found this on the back of my main RoS rulebook: >> Rules for mass combat, naval battles, castles and sieges, and advanced stances and maneuvers. << Does this…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bracken, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Dain.

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