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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.

7/20/2004 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.

7/20/2004 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

7/19/2004 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.

7/19/2004 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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7/21/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] Playtest
[ WARNING: Long Post! ] I ran Capes for the first time tonight. What a strange, strange experience to see the game in action, after having tinkered so much. It's…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB.

7/21/2004 Paka: Gamer's Log: Mario's Vendetta
A friend of mine is in town for the summer and he's running a TRoS mini-campaign set in Renaissance Italy. He's calling it Vendetta and we learned the combat system…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, Emiricol, Sir Mathodius Black.

7/21/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] Blocking Action and Monologues
I'm writing up a superhero game called Capes. Its premise is "Power is fun, but do you deserve it?" Two issues were highlighted by last nights playtest. First issue: It…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, LordSmerf, inky, John Harper.

7/21/2004 Valamir: Web Site Down
The Universalis Website is down. From appearances it looks like Nathan didn't pay the dues on the ActionRoll domain. I am attempting to get in touch with him to get…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

7/21/2004 Juicetyger: 1KM1KT is looking for a few good authors!
The 1KM1KT Free RPG website is viewed by an audience in the tens of thousands of RPG enthusiasts each year, and they demand quality content. If you have an opinion,…
In Connections
Participants: Juicetyger.

7/21/2004 Jake Norwood: A Drastic Change in Plans
As many of you are aware, I have spent the last year and a half trying to gain entrance to the United States Army Officer Corps as an Intelligence Officer.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Bracken, Jürgen Mayer, deltadave, toli, Salamander, Jason Kottler, ZenDog, Nick Pagnucco, MrGeneHa, Paka, Turin, Ben, Claymore, shoplifter, Stephen, Stump, bcook1971, hkdharmon, Irmo, Rattlehead, Dain, Drifter Bob, montag, kenjib, Vagabond Elf, Spartan, silentounce.

7/21/2004 Lisa Padol: Jamais Vu, Take Two
Oy. Haven't been keeping up with reading, much less writing, between work and prepping for JV, the re-run, at Dexcon. It went astonishingly well, considering we had 8 players for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Helvetian.

7/21/2004 olivera: Shock and pain questions
I have several questions about how shock and pain works, as the books is very ambiguous in these areas: 1) According to the book if an "area" is hit multiple…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: olivera, Dain, ultraviolet, Bob McNamee, Brian Leybourne.

7/21/2004 ks13: Impressions from a demo of Dogs
This goes way back to a demo that Vincent ran at Vericon, many, many months ago. I have to say that I was rather lost, or perhaps that the concept…
In lumpley games
Participants: ks13, nikola, lumpley.

7/21/2004 Crackerjacker: My 24 Hour RPG
Just wanted to say that I'm starting my 24 hour rpg now (7:13 Eastern US)
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Crackerjacker.

7/22/2004 S-Max: Help with Modern-Spy-Supers game
Hi, folks It's my starting post and, not intending to be repetitive, I'd like to have some ideas from the veterans here for a game I'm trying to design. This…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: S-Max, Zathreyel, TonyLB.

7/22/2004 CPXB: [Universalis] Wuxia Post-apocalyptic Frozen Tundra Action 4
Unfortunately, Lyz dropped out of the game. She didn't actually tell me this, but passed along the information through another player, hehe. Because I haven't spoken to her – and…
In Actual Play
Participants: CPXB, Mike Holmes.

7/22/2004 Ben Lehman: [GenCon 2004] Sleeping Space
So the last housing thread has gone the way of the Dodo (off the first page) and I have some more housing... uh... requests. I will be booth-monkeying at GenCon…
In Conventions
Participants: Ben Lehman, btrc.

7/22/2004 Ron Edwards: Interview with me at Flames Rising
Hello, There's a new interview with me at Flames Rising. Check it out; I'm given to understand it's spawned some discussion at the forums there. Oh yeah, and if you…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Vaxalon, Fabrice G., Nev the Deranged.

7/22/2004 Doctor Xero: Game Master IS System: One (of many) Types of Gaming
[quote="in the proposition: background and foreground thread, lumpley"]If I say "my guy punches through the drywall," what has to happen [i]among the real people playing[/i] before we all agree that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Doctor Xero, Matt Snyder, ErrathofKosh, Valamir, TonyLB, M. J. Young, Christopher Weeks, tani autumnwood, Noon.

7/22/2004 statisticaltomfoolery: What is the Zero RPG?
I've seen it referenced a few times around, and in a strongly positive fashion, but I can't find hide nor hair of it on here or on the web. Can…
In RPG Theory
Participants: statisticaltomfoolery, MajorKiz, Paganini.

7/22/2004 Andy Kitkowski: 'Scandanavian Gaming Culture' ???
Hey all- I noticed that in the Diana Jones award shortlist was listed "Scandanavian Gamer Culture" or something to that extent. I came upon two more references to the Scandanavians…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, Tim C Koppang, Merten, DongMaster, newsalor, Eamon, CPXB, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

7/22/2004 Simon W: have-a-go heroes
[b]The 24 hour role-playing game of Marvel City's not so super superheroes.[/b] You may spot the resemblence to a certain 'Mystery Men' movie, but that is pure intention. Anyhow, I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, TonyLB.

7/22/2004 WRPIgeek: Artists I have hired recently
Hi everyone. I just finished off an issue of my gaming magazine (see link at bottom of page if you're interested), and I wanted to tell everyone about the artists…
In Connections
Participants: WRPIgeek.

7/23/2004 mindwanders: Market Research
Hi all, After the results of the survey of larpers published by Nina on various places accross the net (I've posted it again in this thread http://www.pagga.net/cgi-bin/vBulletin_v3/showthread.php?p=153910#post153910). I've been thinking…
In Publishing
Participants: mindwanders, jdagna.

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