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6/14/2004 Michael S. Miller: Treading lightly around a Trademarked term
In the When is it plagarism thread, I quote the following: 2. Trademark protects particular words or phrases, usually those that are descriptive of products or services. As a…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, Jack Aidley, jrs, Bob Goat, daMoose_Neo, Alex Johnson.

6/2/2004 Michael S. Miller: [Sorcerer] Urban Squalor Session Two
Here’s what happened in the second session of the Urban Squalor game. We played on 04/25/04. The write-up of session one is here. The stuff I fretted about in that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Lisa Padol.

4/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: Audience Thrills & Creator Thrills
In thinking about ways to explain Narrativism to folks unfamiliar with the Forge & Ron's essays, I've hit upon something which might be useful to others ... or it might…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Noon, Mike Holmes.

4/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: Banish, Snapshots & Boost Questions
Can someone answer me these question three? Okay, we've got: Samson, a parasite demon with Power 9 and Boost Stamina Rafeal, the sorcerer whom Samson is bound to Che, the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

4/22/2004 Michael S. Miller: [Sorcerer]Urban Squalor--1st Session
This is the first of the Urban Squalor game, character creation of which was here. We played on 3/14/04. We had a RL problem just before the first session. Michele,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paka, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

4/6/2004 Michael S. Miller: Summer Cons--Who's going?
Who's going to Origins this year? Who's going to GenCon? What do you want to play? I'll be at both. At Origins, I'm runnin 4 ticketed events: 2 Orkworld, 2…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Marhault, Christopher Weeks, Lisa Padol, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, talysman, Ben Lehman, Brian Leybourne.

4/5/2004 Michael S. Miller: Dumb GNS jokes
How many Gamists does it take to change a lightbulb? Depends on how many tie for the low roll. How many Narrativists does it take to change a lightbulb? "How…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Dav, Jonathan Walton, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Valamir, joshua neff, quozl, rafial, Guest, coxcomb, Scourge108, Anonymous, Wolfen, Nicolas Crost, Doug Ruff, Lord_Steelhand.

3/16/2004 Michael S. Miller: Rollover & Intimidation Questions
I ran our first session of Sorcerer on Sunday. Actual play post later in the week. Someone had the great idea of running a mock combat bewfore we started, to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

2/29/2004 Michael S. Miller: [Sorcerer] Urban Squalor Character Gen (long)
Well, we made our Sorcerer characters. I started off with the following: Sorcerer One-Sheet Note: I’ve double-spaced this because nothing here is set in stone. Any ideas, questions, or concerns…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol, Mike Holmes.

2/9/2004 Michael S. Miller: The back of the Sorcerer character sheet
Ron, you clever bastard! You're always harping on folks to fill out the back of the character sheet and I always figured it was nice and all, but I really…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2004 Michael S. Miller: Indie gaming at A Gazebo of Games
A Gazebo of Games is the spring convention from the folks at Wild Gazebo Productions. It will be held April 30 to May 2, 2004 in Edison, NJ. Discussion of…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Dregg, eruditus, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Liz the RPG Chick, abzu, WGPTrey.

1/13/2004 Michael S. Miller: Going Outside the Village II
On the drive this morning, I came up with something appropriate to Going Outside the Village, but since the thread is old, I started a new one. My Life with…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/12/2004 Michael S. Miller: Epilogue Question
We played MLwM yesterday and had a blast. I had to make one ruling that I wanted to ask Paul about (but anyone is, of course, free to jump in).…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

12/6/2003 Michael S. Miller: Where's the water?
So I’m pushing the snowblower and thinking about RPGs. It occurs to me that there are two distinct parts of the gaming experience: the shared imaginative space and the support…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jack Spencer Jr, John Kim.

11/24/2003 Michael S. Miller: [Discernment] v2.0--A revised experiment
I've posted version 2.0 of my game Discernment. The original thread is An experimental game of experimentation. The current version is a 700K PDF available here I plan to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael S. Miller, xiombarg, Mark D. Eddy, Valamir, Christopher Weeks.

11/19/2003 Michael S. Miller: Survey of Damage Systems
Well, I've been ruminating on a narrativist superhero game and have hit a creative doldrum. You see, I'm working with the central metaphor of superheroes being "Power comes from Suffering"…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael S. Miller, xiombarg, Valamir, Heather Manley, M. J. Young, John Kim, Brassel, Thierry Michel, Shreyas Sampat, efindel, Calithena, Harlequin, Plane Sailing.

10/24/2003 Michael S. Miller: Talking Points for Sorcerer
As Luke Crane mentioned, I'll be helping him pitch games at Lollagazebo in two weeks. There's been a thread on talking points for My Life with Master, and I'm pretty…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

9/29/2003 Michael S. Miller: [Discernment] An experimental game of experimentation
I've just finished Discernment: An experimental role-playing game of experimentation. It is available for free as an approx. 1 MB PDF at incarnadine.indie-rpgs.com/Discernment.pdf The game text is about 5 pages,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jonathan Walton, Little_Rat, Paul Czege, xiombarg.

8/25/2003 Michael S. Miller: Selling thru Indie Gaming Parties
My wife goes to these parties to buy Pampered Chef kitchen utensils. What happens is the hostess invites a bunch of her friends over, a Pampered Chef demo person makes…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Lxndr, Dev, Clay, Mike Holmes, WDFlores, abzu, Perrina.

7/30/2003 Michael S. Miller: Why I can't say "I had fun playing Trollbabe"
On Saturday at GenCon, Ron ran Trollbabe for Gordon & me. Thinking about it robbed me of precious sleep later that night, and occupied brainspace during the long drive back…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Gordon C. Landis, rafial, Alan, Ron Edwards, ejh.

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9/6/2004 Michael S. Miller: Welcome to Incarnadine Press! Please wash your hands.
Welcome to the Incarnadine Press forum. I welcome any and all comments, questions, and criticisms about my games. Since I have a few out there, please help keep things tidy…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

9/7/2004 Michael S. Miller: [DitV] Sins of BoxElder Canyon
It was Labor Day, and a gamer friend of ours had come over for the afternoon. We were discussing the merits of Puerto RIco versus Cities & Knights of Catan…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, inthisstyle, lumpley, Paka, Emily Care.

9/14/2004 Michael S. Miller: Customizing Setting in BW
I've played in a number of Luke's melee demos over the last year and a half, but never run the game. Toying with the idea of doing so, I started…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paka, taepoong, Bob Goat, abzu, Thor Olavsrud.

9/24/2004 Michael S. Miller: Self-Loathing and More Than Human
In another thread Erik Hanson wrote: I still dislike the notion that Minions only gain Self-Loathing through "successful" die rolls to perform Violence or Villainy. That means that a…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Erik Hanson, Mike Holmes, Lisa Padol, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

10/4/2004 Michael S. Miller: WGP Review on rpg.net
The first review of the Preview Edition went up on RPG.net today. Read it here Carl makes some good points that I will have to address. Plus, I think I…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andy Kitkowski, dunlaing.

10/11/2004 Michael S. Miller: NPA Sampler--suggestions and demos wanted
This is likely in the wrong place because the supposed NPA forum isn't up yet. This seemed the second best place. Here's the deal: I've signed up to run an…
In Connections
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Ben Lehman, xiombarg.

10/25/2004 Michael S. Miller: [Continuum] Crashed & Burned
This is in response to Michael Goins' request for Continuum Actual Play accounts. I ran Continuum at GenCon 1999 (where it debuted--I had gotten the preview edition the autumn before).…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, xiombarg.

10/26/2004 Michael S. Miller: Profiling, Fall 2004
It's been over a year since the last profiling thread. Let's go again. To recap, the questions are: What are the last three role-playing games that you actually, really played?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, anonymouse, Kat Miller, C. Edwards, TonyLB, drozdal, joshua neff, Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, hanschristianandersen, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, ffilz, Ben Lehman, hix, Rich Forest, Dev, bcook1971, Chris Goodwin, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper, A.Neill, Jack Aidley, ricmadeira, nellist, humis, pfischer, johnmarron, Jeph, James Holloway, timfire, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, GreatWolf, Simon W, jrients, Emily Care, Mark Woodhouse, jeffd, Lee Short, Jaik, Blake Hutchins, clehrich, Chris Passeno, jdagna, ScottM, John Kim, Thor Olavsrud, CCW, LordSmerf, jrs, lumpley, Sydney Freedberg, Sean, xiombarg, DannyK, Nathan P., Fabrice G., abzu, sirogit, rafial, beingfrank, Negilent, Trevis Martin, Marhault, Halzebier, Tobias, MichaelCurry, Tony Irwin, Doug Ruff, Silent Tamatama, neelk, Bryant, Peter Nordstrand, matthijs, Yokiboy, Alan, GaryTP, Shreyas Sampat, Lisa Padol, SlurpeeMoney, b_bankhead, Caynreth, cappadocius, Zathreyel, ptevis, Andrew Morris, Dumirik, Jason L Blair, Bob Goat, newsalor, Doyce, friartuck, Ville Takanen.

11/3/2004 Michael S. Miller: Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation 2005
In this thread, we'll be putting together the Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation '05 in January in New Brunswick, NJ. What are our goals? As Double Exposure has generously offered…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, timfire, Helvetian, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, TonyLB, abzu, inthisstyle, Dregg, Tav_Behemoth, lumpley, Jared A. Sorensen, Bill_White, LordSmerf, Eero Tuovinen, devilbunny, Ron Edwards.

12/27/2004 Michael S. Miller: Incarnadine Press News
The With Great Power... Interim Edition is now available for download. Get it here: With Great Power... Interim Edition. I'd like to thank everyone whose honest feedback has helped make…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

12/27/2004 Michael S. Miller: Designer's Notes for the Interim Edition
As you can see, I've shot one of the Preview Edition's sneakiest Sacred Cows: IMPORTANCE. The concept no longer exists in the game. It was a left-over from the very…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, hardcoremoose, pfischer, Andy Kitkowski.

12/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: Incarnadine Press seeks Logo artist
Incarnadine Press's melodramatic superhero game, With Great Power... needs a new logo. I'm looking for someone to work with me on designing one. If interested, contact me by PM or…
In Connections
Participants: Michael S. Miller.

12/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2005] Promoting the Explosion
Now that we've got the schedule finalized, we need to let people know about this little shindig. I've created a quick flyer about the Explosion. I know it's not pretty,…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Helvetian, inthisstyle, Dregg.

12/31/2004 Michael S. Miller: Donjon reviewed at RPG.net
[url=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10943.phtml]The review is available here[/url] All in all, the reviewer understands the game and mostly what it's about (although he glosses over the "screw your friends" factor). He's rather harsh…
In CRN Games
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Roger.

1/1/2005 Michael S. Miller: The Components of Setting
What components make up Setting? In the Gamism essay, Ron notes that many people think "Oh, Gamism, I know what that is!" and never give it a second glance. I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael S. Miller, GaryTP, daMoose_Neo, Troy_Costisick, xenopulse, neelk, M. J. Young, Bankuei, contracycle, Valamir, John Kim, Nick Pagnucco, Marco, Lee Short, ffilz.

1/1/2005 Michael S. Miller: New Year's Resolution: Promoting the NPA
Last year at this time, many of us anxiously awaited being published in the NoPress Anthology. It was going to be this great, new, groundbreaking thing to shake things up.…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jeph, abzu, Matt, xiombarg.

1/18/2005 Michael S. Miller: New Logo's Up
Hi, all. Take a gander at the grandeur that is the new With Great Power... logo. Designed by none other than the ever-mysterious Jared Sorensen.
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andy Kitkowski, Yokiboy, Jared A. Sorensen, hix, Christopher Weeks, Shreyas Sampat, dunlaing, Bob Goat.

1/23/2005 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2005] Last minute details
Okay, as we enter the final week before Dreamation, there are a few last minute details we need to cover. 1) I've worked up a schedule for minding the booth.…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, TonyLB, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Helvetian, timfire, Tav_Behemoth.

1/31/2005 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2005] After the Explosion
As Samwise said, "Well, I'm back." And the Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation 2005 went really, really well. I want to thank everyone who came out and made the event…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, lumpley, TonyLB, RobNJ, inthisstyle, Paka, nikola, Andrew Morris, Dregg, Bill_White, Bob Goat, Mike Holmes, Helvetian, devilbunny, Tav_Behemoth.

2/1/2005 Michael S. Miller: [MLwM] The Destroyer of Dreams
I ran MLwM in a midnight game at Dreamation. I didn't keep close track of the scenes, but there are bits that stand out in memory. The Bad: I screwed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Bob Goat, TonyLB, Andrew Morris, Paka, RobNJ, Paul Czege, nikola.

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