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9/1/2004 asdfff: Guideline question
Are we allowed to talk about card game design and "selected from-library game component games" rules theory? Like discuss the rules of different CGs, especially the new ones--Call of Cthulhu,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: asdfff, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2004 stingray20166: Trollbabe rules change clarification
This is going to be an interesting month for me -- Elfs this Friday, TrollBabe on Saturday and Sorcerer next Friday. If my brain doesn't explode I'll be fine. Anyway,…
In Adept Press
Participants: stingray20166, rafial, Alan, Ron Edwards, John Harper.

9/1/2004 inthisstyle: [Mortal Coil] Passions
OK, here is one part of the system I am currently working on. Basically, this game is a diceless system where actions are taken by allocating Action tokens toward a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: inthisstyle, TonyLB.

9/1/2004 sandy@rpg.net: it's out?
Hi, I can't find the announcement that it's out, but read of someone who had a copy. Any pointers? Curious, Sandy (who would have contributed, but thought the project had…
In Publishing
Participants: sandy@rpg.net, Rich Forest, Nev the Deranged, abzu.

9/1/2004 SteveMND: Online bell curve generators?
I was wondering if anyone knew of an URL or other web-accessable source that I could use to generate some probabilities for rolling a specific number when using X number…
In RPG Theory
Participants: SteveMND, M. J. Young, jdagna.

9/1/2004 Tobias: [Universalis] - Terrorists in the Caribbean
Ok, so yesterday it was take 2 for Uni for me. E, with one game under her belt, was back for more, and also present were M and NI. Interestingly,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tobias.

9/1/2004 Christopher Weeks: Re: Post Gen Con Website Update
[quote="Valamir"]read over the actual play demos, feel free to start up a discussion here.[/quote] Here, here? Or out there, here? (If the latter, feel free to do your moderator magic.)…
In Universalis
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Nev the Deranged.

9/1/2004 Marco: Internal cause and Premise
Someone got back to me on my techniques article with some questions. Rather than listing them here, I'm going to distill them and discuss them here. It was pointed out,…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Marco, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Erling Rognli, ErrathofKosh, Ben Lehman, M. J. Young, John Kim, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle.

9/1/2004 Christopher Weeks: Edge Dice
Over in this thread, What I had also originally suggested (and I can't remember if it's in there or not) is that the player who gets the edge die…
In Universalis
Participants: Christopher Weeks.

9/1/2004 LordSmerf: [Capes] Rough Justice - New Beginnings
So, we played Capes over IRC Monday night. You can check out Tony's most recent posts over in Game Design to see what changes he is considering after this playtest.…
In Actual Play
Participants: LordSmerf, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, b_bankhead.

9/1/2004 Paka: DitV Town: New Gidea
[b]Town:[/b] New Gidea [b]Pride:[/b] Master Printer was on his way to kill the man who raped his sister when the bandits attacked. Through fate he killed the leader and the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Paka, DannyK, Emily Care, lumpley, S, nikola, Albert the Absentminded.

9/1/2004 Nev the Deranged: Universalis - The World's Biggest Theme Park, session 1
Finally got to run/play Uni at my FLGS. Wee! Playing are myself, Shannon, and Todd, a recent graduate of the 8th grade. Tenet Phase: 1. Worlds Biggest Theme Park 2.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Christopher Weeks, Vaxalon, Valamir.

9/1/2004 sirogit: Sex & Robots
Idiom: Reproduction-based stories, speicially with themes of technological invasion. Settting: Ultra-modern, extremely familiar world save for the inclusion of advanced robots. There's a focus on the urgent and the downtrodden,…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Andrew Martin, neelk.

9/1/2004 Lee Short: The Azeel Campaign
In this thread, Ron said M.J., when your "decentralized Simulationist" play does acquire theme through the decisions of the people involved, then it's Narrativist play. I've got…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lee Short, Ron Edwards, Marco, Sydney Freedberg.

9/1/2004 Dev: Only Mechanics that Matter
Dan Bayn was working on Karmic Cycle, and mentioned the following: I've noticed that my last two game ideas basically take an add-on mechanic found in other games and removing…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dev, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2004 Albert of Feh: Do leads accumulate?
A point of confusion popped up in my BW group during pre-game prep. Basically, do leads only count as paths from one life-path to the next, or do they accumulate…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Albert of Feh, abzu, Negilent, taepoong, Eric Minton.

9/1/2004 Grex: Net Publishing Made Profitable (Slightly OT, perhaps)
"After 13 years of experimenting, veteran Net publisher Adam Engst has finally stumbled on a good business model -- fast-turnaround e-books." Although this has nothing to do with RPG's --…
In Publishing
Participants: Grex, abzu.

8/31/2004 Ron Edwards: RULES FOR THIS FORUM: IN FORCE SEPT 1 2004
New rules for the GNS forum Hello, As of October 1, a new forum will begin at the Forge called "Introduction to the Big Model," or something like that. This…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Alan, clehrich, GreatWolf, Mark D. Eddy, Emily Care, Clinton R. Nixon, Marco, timfire, Asrogoth, bcook1971, Christopher Kubasik, Artanis, Paganini.

8/31/2004 Marco: Techniques, Expectations, and Interactions
Ron wrote, P.S. Whoops, editing this in, Marco - your example sounds Narrativist to me. But it's kinda sketchy in your summary, so maybe I'm projecting into it to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Marco, Ron Edwards.

8/31/2004 Matt-M-McElroy: Convention-X ??
Anyone know anything about Convention-X in November in Minnesota? Here is the website: http://www.convention-x.com The prices seem way, way high for a "small" Con. They are charging more than GenCon…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, ffilz.

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9/1/2004 tj333: d10 Die Pool system
Here is what I have for a dice system for the game I am working on. The only really original part I think is the complications and advantages based around…
In RPG Theory
Participants: tj333, eef, eyebeams.

9/1/2004 Kurosawa: Forge Bookshelf Problems
Sorry to make my first real post one about a problem, but it appears that I no longer have an account at the bookshelf. Since I purchased Paladin and Octane,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kurosawa, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2004 smokewolf: Shameless self promotion
Thought I would brag a little (modesty who needs it). Nash Devita (from Silven Crossroads) has posted an interview he did with me from GenCon. http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=409 Also he has a…
In Connections
Participants: smokewolf, ChefKyle, Ed Cha, Mike Holmes.

9/1/2004 Ron Edwards: Reality TV
Hello, My wife just suggested that PTA could handle "reality TV" quite well. I agree with her, because my take on so-called reality TV is that it's a fictional story…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

9/2/2004 M. J. Young: Illusionist Techniques
Over in Jay's Point of Clarification Concerning Illusionism threadNot all illusionist techniques are necessarily "force" in that the invalidate player choices. Some are used precisely to enhance player choice.I…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: M. J. Young, Marco, clehrich, Blankshield, contracycle, bcook1971, Sean, Eric J., Silmenume, ErrathofKosh.

9/2/2004 asdfff: Can someone classify this line of thought-- "proto-rpg&
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I need to find out what term to search for. The idea I've been having in the shower is start with a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: asdfff, Jinx, clehrich.

9/2/2004 Ron Edwards: [Burning Wheel] Bad-ass elves in action
Hello, At last! We made up characters for this over a month ago, but conventions, illnesses, and many late-summer obligations have hammered our play-schedule. As I discussed in Prepping my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, rafial, Negilent, abzu, taepoong.

9/2/2004 Paganini: [Trollbabe - Vampires] End of adventure number 1 - L1000NG
Alternatively known as "Darkbabe" and "Nightbabe." Here's the transcript from the game, formatted up in a nice readable (I hope) stream. This is the first adventure, which took us 8…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, John Harper, Bob McNamee, suffusionofyellow, b_bankhead.

9/2/2004 bcook1971: [Tell Your Tale] Playtest Update
Just had an interesting playtest with a couple of friends. It felt good to stretch the system's legs. A couple of points are worth sharing: Writing the player characters…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bcook1971.

9/2/2004 Trevis Martin: A question on handicap.
Hey Alex, I've been reading Fastlane and its really good. (Plus I think its just a little bit cool that I get to be thanked, thanks for the thanks.) I…
In Twisted Confessions
Participants: Trevis Martin, Lxndr.

9/2/2004 Caynreth: Creating Creatures - advice needed
Hi, for my first HQ-session (non-Glorantha-setting) on Saturday (*so excited!*) I want to create some creatures for a simple contest combat. However it is still quite difficult for me to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Caynreth, Mac Logo, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, ddunham.

9/1/2004 rafial: NPA (split)
Well, it was being sold at GenCon. Key20 has quietly added it to their product page: http://www.key20direct.com/index.php?module=pncommerce&func=categoryview&CategoryID=11 I ordered from there, but have not yet received it (it's only been…
In Publishing
Participants: rafial, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2004 Trevis Martin: (9W) Duration of tricks.
Hi Matt. I bought Nine Worlds at GenCon and have just gotten through it. Its great! That layout is FANTASTIC (relax, just teasing you a little, man.. I want to…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Trevis Martin, Matt Snyder.

9/2/2004 lumpley: A GenCon Story. Contains Swears.
GenCon '04. Here's a story: this guy comes to the Forge booth. It's Saturday before noon and he's already been drinking a bit and plus he's a real asshole. He…
In Conventions
Participants: lumpley, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, jrs, Ben Lehman, abzu, Satyrblade, Ed Cha.

9/2/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge Booth at GenCon SoCal 2004
Twisted Confessions (Alexander Cherry) and Anvilwerks (Clinton R. Nixon) are spearheading a Forge booth at GenCon SoCal 2004, Dec 2-5. This booth will be smaller than the Indianapolis booth: we…
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, Lxndr, daMoose_Neo, Adorame, Jasper the Mimbo, Tav_Behemoth, Jared A. Sorensen.

9/2/2004 Tobias: [YGAD] - finally, the 'finalized' core
And I say that with some sarcasm - but at least, I now no longer have the feeling there's a gaping big hole in the system. After the first testing,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, Ron Edwards, statisticaltomfoolery.

9/2/2004 lumpley: Jonathan Tweet Picks Dogs
[url=http://www.jonathantweet.com/jotgamesgcpicks.html]Jonathan Tweet's Pick of GenCon[/url] A few of you know just how psyched I am. [quote="Jonathan Tweet"]I almost didn't pick Dogs because I didn't want a game with characters that…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Paka, ScottM, Matt Wilson, bluegargantua, hardcoremoose, DannyK.

9/2/2004 stingray20166: Elfs Backfire Mnemonic
"Ummm. . .hi, everyone. . .umm. . .My name's Spanky and I'm stuck at the Anal stage of development." "Hi, Spanky!" "Hi. Ummm, anyway, my player is going to be…
In Adept Press
Participants: stingray20166, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

9/2/2004 lumpley: A Big Important Addition to Dogs' Fallout
Add to the Long-term Fallout list: Rewrite your coat's description to include permanent damage. Reduce your coat's dice if it's called for. Add to the Reflection Fallout list: Rewrite your…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, jrs, inthisstyle.

9/2/2004 Ravien: [Scarlet Wake] Play-Testers Needed
Hey, Some of you might know that a few months ago I released a version of my game, Scarlet Wake, for play-test. I received a bunch of responses and suggestions,…
In Connections
Participants: Ravien, timfire, Ron Edwards.

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