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9/28/2004 nikola: Dogs' Rightitude
[quote]I think there's at least three separate meanings of the word "right" that need to be teased out here to discuss it -- right as in legally correct, right as…
In lumpley games
Participants: nikola, Brand_Robins, DannyK.

10/1/2004 nikola: Your religion
Hey, what religions do people here practice? There seem to be a disproportionate number of Jews, several Mormons, what else? I'm not asking about the nature of your specific practices…
In lumpley games
Participants: nikola, Brand_Robins, Trevis Martin, lumpley, clehrich, Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, johnmarron, DannyK, Christopher Kubasik, Bob Goat, MajorKiz, Jonathan Walton, Mark D. Eddy, Albert the Absentminded.

4/8/2005 nikola: Narrativist wargaming
Here's something I've been wrestling with for a long time: In Henry V, Braveheart, Lord of the Rings, and many, many others, the protagonists are involved in substantial battles. Part…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: nikola, TonyLB, Paul Czege, Bankuei, Gaerik, Michael S. Miller, Thierry Michel, James Holloway, Sydney Freedberg, Wolfen, Paka.

4/9/2005 nikola: Card games: how do you get the damn things printed?
I've spoken to a couple of printers about my current project, Under the Bed. It uses unique cards, but they turn out to be very expensive to print. Currently, I'm…
In Publishing
Participants: nikola, timfire, daMoose_Neo, Shawn De Arment, Valamir, guildofblades, Polaris, Walt Freitag.

4/11/2005 nikola: Graphic Designers
Who are the graphic designers of the Forge? Are your services for sale to other Forgies? I'm one such designer and have worked with Lumpley and Timfire on their books.…
In Publishing
Participants: nikola, TonyLB, Matt Snyder, jdagna, Jasper, abzu, greyorm, MisterPoppet, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, Bob Goat, Paul Czege.

5/3/2005 nikola: Yay! Rules question (about reversing the blow in multi-way)
Joshua is the GM (playing Farmer Fub and his hands). Max (playing Mao), Jim (playing Osric), and Becky (playing Aviva) are players. Osric: I shoot Farmer Fub. (raise 4) Joshua:…
In lumpley games
Participants: nikola, bcook1971, lumpley, immlass, jasonm.

8/25/2005 nikola: Welcome to the glyphpress forum!
Welcome to the glyphpress, where failsafes are optional. Dangerous topics and language is encouraged as long as it's in the service of the games and stories they help you make.…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, Ben Lehman, joshua neff, Karsten.

8/31/2005 nikola: [Shock]
I'm working on a science fiction RPG called Shock, about the collision of social issues with new technologies. The system has a few features, and a few, oh, let's say,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: nikola, M Jason Parent, Allan, iain, Graham Walmsley.

9/1/2005 nikola: Actual Play report
Vincent Baker, Paul Czege, Ben Lehman, Danielle (Paul's lady, whose surname I forgot), and Eric (whose last name I've confused with someone else), played in a UtB game at GenCon,…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola.

9/7/2005 nikola: Some thoughts, at Vincent's behest, about GenCon 2005
Over at his blog, Vincent challenged me to write a couple of things up for the Forge. I've been putting it off until my computer gets back from the hospital,…
In Conventions
Participants: nikola, Emily Care, Michael S. Miller.

9/13/2005 nikola: Under the Bed Contest: I want your Actual Play!
I want to hear your Actual Play reports! To encourage you to do one, I'm offering a personally signed copy of Under The Bed to the person who writes the…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, Emily Care.

9/19/2005 nikola: The role of fortune
Why do we care about Fortune mechanics? Why does it matter that randomness has an effect on our games? What if it doesn't? For instance, Polaris has indeterminacy without randomness.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: nikola, TonyLB, MrSandman666, Andrew Morris, lumpley, HenryT, Bob Goat, LordSmerf, xenopulse, Green, Emily Care, Halzebier, Mudlock, contracycle, cruciel, simon_hibbs, Valamir, Joshua BishopRoby, talysman, ewilen, jmac, Marco, Garg, Doug Ruff, M. J. Young.

9/23/2005 nikola: [Shock:] Digging for Mold in the Company town
The first campaign designed and played in Shock: Social Science Fiction is now underway. C. and Vincent played with me. There's a planet. It's called Eck-R-P30: a designation, not a…
In Actual Play
Participants: nikola, Meguey, lumpley, ScottM, joepub.

10/25/2005 nikola: Shock: playtest 0.1.0 thread
Download <a href=http://glyphpress.com/playtest/Shock0.1.0.pdf>Shock: version 0.1.0</a> and play it! Please post A.P. threads in Actual Play, but post questions about the system, typo reports, and other peripheral elements here! As each…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, James_Nostack, Tim Alexander.

10/25/2005 nikola: [Shock:] Request for feedback
Shock: Social Science Fiction has just gotten to its coming out party at the tender age of 0.1.0. You can download it here</a>. I should very much like feedback on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: nikola, TonyLB, CSBone, Graham Walmsley, Paka, Everspinner, Jonathan Hastings, Spooky Fanboy, Negilent, Tim Alexander.

10/27/2005 nikola: The Definition of Science Fiction
This is a damn fine definition of Science Fiction, complete with a discussion of the problems in the term. Hi Joshua, First off I think you…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, joepub, surecool73, goodwill221.

11/15/2005 nikola: Shock: Bibliography
Here's the current Shock: bibliiography. I've only read so much stuff, and this is what's leapt to mind. If you have something you want to be in this bibliography, please…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola, rafial, James_Nostack, Ben Lehman, pedyo, joepub, Kaare Berg (Old), Grover, Remko, Hisho, Old Man Qfwfq, TempvsMortis, lopes-gabriel.

11/18/2005 nikola: Pricing and marketing your games and mine
I have a hard time keeping it in my pants on others' threads, apparently, so I'll open this as a thread of my very own. Parden the splurge of questions…
In Publishing
Participants: nikola, Ben Lehman, demiurgeastaroth, Joshua BishopRoby, talysman, Arturo G., jasonm, Victor Gijsbers, Iskander, daMoose_Neo, Andrew Morris, Clinton R. Nixon, Frank T, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Valamir, Blankshield, timfire, Roger, Graham Walmsley, greyorm, abzu, guildofblades, Malcolm, Jasper Polane.

11/22/2005 nikola: [Shock:] Livening up resolution
In a discussion with Vincent last weekend about resolution in Shock:, and we identified some problems, but not really any solutions. So I'd like some assistance. First off, if you…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: nikola, Jonathan Hastings, Tim Alexander, TonyLB, lumpley.

11/23/2005 nikola: Shock:'s pre-success: thank you, everybody!
You know, I'm just blown away by the enthusiasm I've seen from people about Shock:. According to my logs, I've had 450 downloads in the last four weeks of a…
In glyphpress
Participants: nikola.

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