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1/12/2002 James V. West: Pondering the Beast
Apologies in advance for the somewhat rambling nature of this post. This is called thining out loud. You can find The Questing Beast here: www.geocities.com/randomordercreations/tqb1intro.html Now that I've put some…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Manu, Mike Holmes.

1/12/2002 James V. West: Now I get it.
My copy of Sorcerer was in the mailbox today. I sat in the parking lot of the USPO and eagerly flipped through the book, drinking in paragraphs and statements like…
In Adept Press
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Manu, Paul Czege, Bailey.

1/11/2002 James V. West: What to do, how to do it.
Hey folks. I'll start this forum off by asking a few questions: 1) Can I/Should I ever delete anything from my forum? 2) If I want to post about something…
In Moderators
Participants: James V. West, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur.

1/9/2002 James V. West: Alrighty then, let's smurf!
I don't know why I did it, but here it is: www.geocities.com/randomordercreations/smurf.html May Peyo forgive me.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Uncle Dark, joe_llama, Laurel, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Zak Arntson, Matt Snyder, Mithras.

1/7/2002 James V. West: HOF: an idea for a game (long)
This is an idea I’m working on (and I apologize for the length and the typos in advance): Hof- a game of swords, devils, and family. In a nutshell: Players…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Zak Arntson, Paganini, joe_llama, Skippy, Garbanzo.

1/1/2002 James V. West: The Iron Devils Quandary
I’m writing a game based on the Sword and Sorcery sub-genre of fantasy. Its called Iron Devils and its primarily based on the style and atmosphere of stories written by…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Uncle Dark, hardcoremoose, Paganini, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Matt Snyder, Laurel, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, Paul Czege, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen.

12/29/2001 James V. West: Animal Forms
Thededine wrote: "I've got two questions/suggestions for you: a) Is this a 'sample' and not necessarily definitive, list? State either way in the text. b) -Why- did you chose these…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

12/28/2001 James V. West: The Fantasy Role-Playing Gamer's Bible
Ok, anyone familiar with this book? Its written by Sean Patrick Fannon, pubished in 1996 by Prima Publishing. THE FANTASY ROLE-PLAYING GAMER'S BIBLE. I bring this up because I bought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Jack Spencer Jr, greyorm.

12/27/2001 James V. West: Picked it up cheap!
I'm on vacation. I had some bucks. I went to the local comics/game shop and browsed the used/discounted stuff as I'm a terribly poor cheapskate. Lo and behold, I stumbled…
In HeroQuest
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Ranko.

12/27/2001 James V. West: PDF available
Hey I just put TQB in a pdf file without any images. Its a small download and you can print it out easily. This is for those of you who…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Ben Morgan, lumpley.

12/23/2001 James V. West: The Questing Beast
Hey all! First off, I hope everyone is having a fantastic holiday season. I posted the first draft of The Questing Beast. I'm posting about here just in case you…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Mithras, Thededine.

12/15/2001 James V. West: TQB draft one in the hands of dangerous minds
Hey all I uploaded The Questing Beast, draft one, to the geocities site and placed that link in the hands of some dangerous and powerful thinkers. I need to make…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Paul Czege.

11/22/2001 James V. West: The Beast
Hey all. I want to share a little of what I'm doing with my game. THE QUESTING BEAST is a game of Arthurian romance done with anthropomorphics. Instead of being…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

10/31/2001 James V. West: relationship maps and all that jazz
Friends I'm rather in the dark about a lot of the stuff that's been discussed here at the Forge before I came along. Not to mention the fact that there…
In RPG Theory
Participants: James V. West, Don Lag, Ron Edwards, Laurel, Paul Czege, Jack Spencer Jr.

10/7/2001 James V. West: Updated version of The Pool: testing my novice html skills.
Hey all I put up an updated version of The Pool (version 127.29???). It's my first attempt at html so be gentle. There's nothing fancy about it whatsoever. I think…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, GB Steve, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Jeffrey Straszheim.

9/15/2001 James V. West: Updated Pool
I revised The Pool and updated the site. Basically, I made a few changes such as removing the "Major Trait" jargon and removing a few other unnecessary items. I also…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

9/9/2001 James V. West: The Pool: the creator's first session
Hey all: Finally, at long last, I have played my own game. I knew when I wrote it I would enjoy playing it, but that's usually the case with designers,…
In Actual Play
Participants: James V. West, kwill, Blake Hutchins, Epoch.

9/3/2001 James V. West: Web-Page Challenged...
I posted my stuff on a geocities page using the generic "page builder" software they provide. Very limiting, as far as I can tell. The next time I post a…
In Publishing
Participants: James V. West, Matt, Tyrant, Valamir, peteramthor, Jack Spencer Jr, FilthySuperman, Philippe Tromeur, Epoch, Ron Edwards, Clay.

8/10/2001 James V. West: This might be fun.
Seems like we're having all kinds of new games ideas today...here's one more. PLOT ELEMENTS- a game of competitive storytelling. In this game, the group tells a story. This is…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, unodiablo, Ferry Bazelmans, Jamie Thomas Durbin.

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1/20/2002 James V. West: Imp
I’ve loved the work of Vaughn Bode for a long time, as well as Simon Bisley, the Pinis, Bill Willingham, and a slew of others. Years ago I saw an…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2002 James V. West: What's up.
Hey everyone! Just checking in with an update on what's going on with The Questing Beast, The Pool, and all my other scads of projects. - The Questing Beast will…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose.

2/24/2002 James V. West: Trollbabe- the feminine touch
I was just thinking...Trollbabe is the first rpg I've ever seen that actually limits you to one gender. So this seems to be a game that's all about girl power,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Valamir, Ben Morgan, Tim Denee, Dav, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2002 James V. West: The Premise of the Beast
I've been tackling one of the sticking points of The Questing Beast: what should a character actually do? No one has said much about it, but I felt like I…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Zak Arntson, Paul Czege, Zoetrope10, Gordon C. Landis, Henry Fitch, Mike Holmes.

3/5/2002 James V. West: TQB Playtest Journal ONE
Hey everyone! Last night was my first official playtesting session of The Questing Beast. I hoped to post a detailed overview of the session tonight, but time and duties forbid…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards.

3/9/2002 James V. West: TQB Levels of Play
Hey In The Questing Beast you are actually playing 3 different types of roles. I'm addressing this in the opening pages of the game and I'd like to present what…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Rich Forest, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir.

3/9/2002 James V. West: TQB Styles of Play
Hello again The Questing Beast features the idea of Accords, which can be best described as settings discussed and agreed upon by a group before starting play. This establishes what,…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

5/4/2002 James V. West: Sneak Peep at Trollbabe Art
I just added a couple of drawings from Ron's Trollbabe to my website. Feel free to take a look when you get the itch... www.randomordercreations.com/tbart1.html Thanks and have a better…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Morgan, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards.

5/4/2002 James V. West: The countdown begins now.
Well, this has been a productive year thus far, but not necessarily in the rpg category. My goal was to complete The Questing Beast by the end of May for…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards.

5/6/2002 James V. West: Random Order Creations Central
For quick reference, here are a couple of links to my stuff: Random Order Creations My games Or, more specifically: The Pool The Questing Beast Thanks…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

5/12/2002 James V. West: Sorcerer's Soul
Yesterday I picked up Sorcerer's Soul at The Rusty Scabbard in Lexington Kentucky. I was surprised to see it on the shelf, for some reason. But there it was along…
In Adept Press
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

7/6/2002 James V. West: playtester roll call
If you've ever played The Pool or TQB and posted about the experience, or contacted me personally about it, please send an email to this address: players@randomordercreations.com Include your name…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

8/7/2002 James V. West: TQB GenCon Draft
I've posted the latest draft of The Questing Beast. This is the draft that will be hanging out at GenCon even though my sorry ass will not be.
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

8/31/2002 James V. West: Quotes for The Questing Beast
Hey everyone I'll be printing copies of TQB soon. I have a bit of finishing up to do, including some simple examples of play, a few more sample Romances, and…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Mike Holmes.

8/31/2002 James V. West: TQB errata
I found another mistake in the draft of The Questing Beast: Under the playtesters/brainstormers listing I listed Mike Holmes as Mike Hall. This was a mental burp by me. Mike…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

9/7/2002 James V. West: pulp and the darkness of...
I just got my copy of Sorcerer and Sword and was reading through some of it tonight. Ron has once again reached into my deep, personal, mythical world and pointed…
In Adept Press
Participants: James V. West, Voidwalker, Ron Edwards.

9/30/2002 James V. West: The Pool in print in new comic zine
Hey! My new comic zine Random Order Comics and Games is now available and it features the first ever printed version of The Pool. This newest…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

10/2/2002 James V. West: New column at RPG.net features The Pool
Hey everyone. Bent Pages by Tim Denee is now up at RPG.net and for his first offering he kindly chose The Pool! What do you folks think?
In Site Discussion
Participants: James V. West, mahoux.

10/6/2002 James V. West: Conspiracy Theory Games
Hey A friend of mine is working on an idea for a conspiracy theory rpg and I wanted to do some digging for him. This post is a simple request…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, C. Edwards, Andrew Martin, morien, Jonathan Walton, DaR, Mike Holmes, Mike Hall, contracycle, simon_hibbs, rumble.

10/6/2002 James V. West: Pool Party--everyone's invited!
Hey What I want to do here is just sort of survery everyone interested in The Pool and find out what your idea of the game is. What rules tweaks…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Bob McNamee, Paul Czege, Paganini, Michael Bowman, Zoetrope10, Valamir, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

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