Previous Topics 8/24/2004 Valamir: Narrativism: Not a Creative Agenda... I have been recently thinking more on the nature and interrelation of CAs and Techniques in the context of my recent essay.
I've been thinking a great deal on the… In GNS Model Discussion Participants: Valamir, timfire, ADGBoss, Artanis, Alan, Marco, Lee Short, Asrogoth, contracycle, Sean, Caldis, John Kim, ErrathofKosh, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young, Silmenume, clehrich, Ron Edwards.
8/23/2004 Valamir: Forge Booth Triumphant [b][size=18px]GenCon Sales Results and Comparison[/size][/b]
In 2003 we had 287 separate customer transactions
In 2004 we had 360 separate customer transactions
This is an increase of 73 customers or 25.4%… In Conventions Participants: Valamir, abzu, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, smokewolf, Lisa Padol, Bob Goat.
8/17/2004 Valamir: Paging Gordon Landis Does anyone have Gordon's phone number?
He has not responded to PMs or Email.
He is supposed to be at GenCon in the Forge Booth but I can't get in… In Site Discussion Participants: Valamir, Gordon C. Landis.
7/30/2004 Valamir: Dramatism and Illusionism In this thread Marco commented
I especially liked the expansion on Simulationism--I think it's good and well wrought--but it seems to me to leave out GDS Dramatism which, I do… In GNS Model Discussion Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Silmenume, Marco, M. J. Young, contracycle, John Kim, Caldis, ErrathofKosh, Sean, Lee Short.
7/30/2004 Valamir: The Model as seen by Valamir [Long. Very, very long] A slew of threads in recent months has tackled various aspects of the model and led to some really good discussions that have influenced my perception of how its many… In GNS Model Discussion Participants: Valamir, PlotDevice, Marco, Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, Vaxalon, Lathan, Tim C Koppang, Paganini, Caldis, C. Edwards, Emily Care, John Kirk, M. J. Young.
7/29/2004 Valamir: RPGMall I recently had a series of email exchanges with James regarding the future of RPGMall and my perception that it needed to reinvent itself as something more than just an… In Publishing Participants: Valamir.
7/27/2004 Valamir: Motocaust: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Had an opportunity to play some Motocaust this weekend with some other assorted Forgites. They may well chime in with some of their own view points.
THE GOOD
With somewhat… In Actual Play Participants: Valamir, montag, Jake Norwood, philreed, Ron Edwards, jrs, Jasper.
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.
7/16/2004 Valamir: GenCon Catalog material In this thread the plan was outlined to create a catalog of games for the GenCon booth that included 2-3 pages of (digest sized) additional content for each game (rather… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, Christopher Weeks, Tony Irwin.
7/13/2004 Valamir: Gen Con extras I was thinking of purchasing a digital cash register. There's a pretty sweet Casio for $200 at office depot that we could actually program in all of the product prices… In Conventions Participants: Valamir, alchemist, btrc, jrs, Ron Edwards, abzu, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, Matt Snyder, smokewolf, Lxndr, Tav_Behemoth, Matt Wilson, Jürgen Mayer, lumpley.
6/29/2004 Valamir: MLWM the Reality TV show If you haven't seen it, tune it to Blow Out, Bravo's latest entry into the realty TV show genre.
I think this is the best RTV series ever, because it… In Half Meme Press Participants: Valamir.
6/12/2004 Valamir: Universalis Picked up by Alliance As some of you are aware, earlier this year I hooked up with Key 20 Direct, a new consolidator run by Jason Blair and his partner Jason Valore. They rep… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, ethan_greer, Jürgen Mayer, Bob McNamee, C. Edwards, Mark Johnson, Tony Irwin.
6/4/2004 Valamir: Games Quarterly Magazine Ads Hey folks.
Issue #2 of GQM is due out in time for GenCon. It is scheduled to include a column by Peter Adkison featuring (at least in part) the Forge… In Publishing Participants: Valamir, Paul Czege, abzu, Matt Snyder, Christopher Weeks, Tobias.
5/24/2004 Valamir: Games Quarterly Magazine The premier issue of GQM is out, a companion magazine for the retailer's bible Games Quarterly Catalog. Its primarily full of advertisements aimed at retailers but there are a number… In Publishing Participants: Valamir, Matt Snyder, daMoose_Neo, Andy Kitkowski.
5/19/2004 Valamir: Full time game designers In this thread
When you underprice your product vs. what the market would pay and is paying for similar works, you're hurting everyone who is making those other works… In Publishing Participants: Valamir, John Burdick, Dev, daMoose_Neo, wakingjohn, mearls, contracycle, Jack Aidley, abzu, Bankuei, Dav, John Kim, ryand, Ron Edwards, Sean, Olibarro, Andrew Morris.
5/10/2004 Valamir: Mechanics that reflect Setting I split this off from this thread because I thought it was particularly interesting topic in its own right, and only tangental to the purpose of that thread.
… In RPG Theory Participants: Valamir, neelk, Christopher Kubasik, John Kim, Lxndr, Emily Care, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, Noon, pete_darby, Ben Lehman, M. J. Young, Jonathan Walton.
4/29/2004 Valamir: Access Announcement Well, it finally happened. They said it was coming and it finally caught up with me. The corporate net nanny just blocked indie-rpgs. They'd already blocked rpg.net a few months… In Site Discussion Participants: Valamir, cruciel, joshua neff, talysman, Jürgen Mayer.
4/28/2004 Valamir: Welcome Christopher Hammock Congratulations. You are member #3000!
<insert balloons and confetti falling from the ceiling here>
There is no prize, I'm afraid, but it seemed like too big a milestone to let… In Site Discussion Participants: Valamir, Paganini, Christopher Kubasik, C. Edwards, Jeph, ethan_greer, clehrich, Bankuei.
4/27/2004 Valamir: Another Departure from GAMA Jonathan Albin resigns as Marketing Director for GAMA.
Problems in the GAMA hierarchy...what else is new. I received this as part of an email broadcast. As it is definitely industry… In Publishing Participants: Valamir, xiombarg, Dav, Andy Kitkowski.
4/19/2004 Valamir: Lessons from Iron Chef Eero asked such a great question at the end of the Son of Iron Chef thread that I took the liberty of transposing it over here where it won't get… In RPG Theory Participants: Valamir, Jonathan Walton, quozl, hanschristianandersen, Shreyas Sampat, talysman, Bill_White, John Kim, Eero Tuovinen, Emily Care, Bob McNamee, Dav, Jack Spencer Jr, Asrogoth, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, JamesSterrett, Zak Arntson, John Harper, Noon, Lxndr, Jack Aidley, dalek_of_god, Alan.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics 8/31/2004 Valamir: Universalis Third Printing Thanks to a fairly significant volume of stock moved by Key 20 into distribution (including 2 subsequent sizeable reorders by Alliance) I find myself running lower on Universalis than I'd… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, rafial, Christopher Weeks, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, komradebob, Bob McNamee, OnyxFlame, Andrew Morris, Bankuei.
9/23/2004 Valamir: History and Morality (split) [quote]I object to the worst elements of history being portrayed as moral,[/quote]
There is no such thing as a moral or immoral historical event. Morality of a historical event can… In lumpley games Participants: Valamir, lumpley, nikola, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, clehrich, Sean, Mark D. Eddy, DannyK.
10/5/2004 Valamir: Marcus' game (latecomers to Flagging thread) [quote]Perhaps that is been my main problem running the game- I am divided between two principles, being "don't exercise any control, the players will drive the game and interesting situations… In Adept Press Participants: Valamir, marcus, Scripty, Ron Edwards.
11/12/2004 Valamir: Role Playing Flair in Board Games Recently I've been thinking about games I've played that provide some of the same feeling of characterization that I get from role playing. I'm not talking so much about "adventure… In RPG Theory Participants: Valamir, ffilz, Blankshield, Sydney Freedberg, CplFerro, GreatWolf, Noon, Itai Greif, Bob Goat, contracycle.
1/3/2005 Valamir: Universalis play in Dallas Bill Cook, sent me
This Cool Link
Looks like a pretty slick way of organizing local mini cons.
I'm glad to see Uni getting some play.
Bill, let us know… In Universalis Participants: Valamir.
1/10/2005 Valamir: UNIVERSALIS ART CONTEST VOTING for Entries #1-#6 [size=12px]In September of 2002, an early conversation about how to pronounce "Universalis" resulted in the "Universe Alice" art contest. We were looking for the image that best captured the spirit… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, Adrienne, headcase, pigames.
1/10/2005 Valamir: UNIVERSALIS ART CONTEST VOTING For Entries #7-#11 [size=12px]In September of 2002, an early conversation about how to pronounce "Universalis" resulted in the "Universe Alice" art contest. We were looking for the image that best captured the spirit… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, Sraporn, slowdin, Christopher Weeks.
2/14/2005 Valamir: The Problem With This Forum: Too much damn theory This is a semi rant about a trend in this forum that I find rather disturbing. The theory in here has gotten REALLY thick.
There was a time...or maybe its… In Site Discussion Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Harlequin, LordSmerf, clehrich, quozl, John Burdick, Jonathan Walton, CPXB, Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young, John Kim, Paul Czege.
2/15/2005 Valamir: Explaining how to create stories with Uni In the discussions for this review Matthijs made the following really good observation that I wanted to open further discussion on
Seems to me there's a lot of talking past… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, CPXB, Christopher Weeks, ethan_greer, bcook1971, komradebob, ffilz, Eero Tuovinen, matthijs, pete_darby.
3/2/2005 Valamir: Plausibility, Realism and game design goals [an essay] In this thread
Most traditional as well as most narration-based mechanics would be plausible but not realistic. There is no particular effort at simulation. The game designer/GM/player may… In RPG Theory Participants: Valamir, Nicolas Crost, xenopulse, neelk, Marco, Gaerik, John Kim, Bankuei, John Burdick, LordSmerf, lev_lafayette, M. J. Young, Noon, Vaxalon, Dauntless, Nathan P., b_bankhead, Walt Freitag, Ian Charvill, Domhnall, Ben Terry, contracycle, James Holloway, JMendes, Sean.
3/4/2005 Valamir: Proper convention Posting There seems to be a little confusion about the proper sort of posts to have in this forum and why "Hey, I'm going to RandomCon, who else will be there"… In Conventions Participants: Valamir, Andy Kitkowski.
3/10/2005 Valamir: [Robots & Rapiers] 3 Problems...1 Solution [b]A Lesson in Humility [/b]
This is an exciting time for R&R development. Some pretty key system obstacles have been overcome and while there is a lot of work left… In Indie Game Design Participants: Valamir, gorckat, bcook1971, Noon, Harlequin, Mike Holmes.
3/12/2005 Valamir: RAMSHEAD ANNOUNCEMENTS 1) ART CONTEST WINNER: With 40% of the 77 votes cast, John Harper's image wins the contest and the $50 prize. Thanks to all who voted. Special thanks to… In Universalis Participants: Valamir.
4/1/2005 Valamir: Birthday Forum Its about that time, any plans to open it back up this year?
I think there might be some folks jonesing to take the pink piggie stacking title... In Site Discussion Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.
4/8/2005 Valamir: Sneak Peak at new Robots & Rapiers art Its a map...its an illustration...its REALLY cool Check it out (scroll down) In Forge Birthday Forum Participants: Valamir, Paka, abzu, James Holloway, Emily Care, Gaerik, Rob MacDougall, GreatWolf, quozl, TonyLB.
4/9/2005 Valamir: Universalis Sales Data In the Spirit of My Life with Master and Prime Time Adventures I offer:
Universalis Sales Chart
Most of the categories are self explanatory. The Distribution Sales are all through… In Universalis Participants: Valamir, MatrixGamer, Michael S. Miller, Bob Goat.
4/10/2005 Valamir: Paging John Harper If anyone has an email address that they know is current for him and that he checks with some frequency please PM it to me. I've tried his Feng@shootingIron address… In Connections Participants: Valamir.
4/15/2005 Valamir: Communication [quote="TonyLB"]Ralph, not to go all Alex Trebek on you, but would any of that have been difficult to phrase as a question?
I believe that you're in this to try… In Muse of Fire Games Participants: Valamir, TonyLB.
4/22/2005 Valamir: Motivations to Create Conflicts As these various threads have progressed its occured to me that that the game may actually demotivate you from creating conflicts that you want to win.
Consider our favorite villain… In Muse of Fire Games Participants: Valamir, TonyLB, jburneko, Grover, Chris Goodwin, Sydney Freedberg, Tymen, John Harper, hyphz, Doug Ruff.
5/2/2005 Valamir: Fun with math So I was noodling around with some mechanics (I'll spare you the boring details) and hit upon an interesting relationship I thought some might find useful.
We're all familiar with… In RPG Theory Participants: Valamir, Technocrat13, Victor Gijsbers, TonyLB, Mike Holmes, bcook1971, Ben Lehman, Eva Deinum.
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