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9/22/2004 Sean: [MLwM] Starting Scores and Killing the Master: Data?
I'm curious about whether there's any correlation between starting choices for Weariness and Self-Loathing and winding up being the one who kills the Master (or gets the first attempt at…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Sean, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Victor Gijsbers, kwill, Smithy.

9/22/2004 lumpley: [kpfs] I was Rude to my Customers (graphic)
The conversation about safewords reminded me of this story. Here's some safeword-relevant context: I've run like a million demos of kill puppies for satan. What I do when I run…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, inthisstyle, ErrathofKosh, clehrich, Rob MacDougall, beingfrank, Ron Edwards, abzu, Noon.

9/22/2004 Jere: [Age of Paranoia] Moving to 1974
For my Age of Paranoia game (see here and here and here) we’ve recently jumped ahead in time 3 years from May 1971 to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jere.

9/22/2004 pfischer: #52 arrived safely in Scotland
My copy of DitV arrived safely through my letterbox yesterday, and I have been reading it since, family life and sleep permitting. It looks and reads gorgeous, and I can't…
In lumpley games
Participants: pfischer, nikola, DannyK, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

9/22/2004 Ravien: Worldwide Shipping
Hey, This is something that has been on my mind for a while now. As of this moment, I'm planning on printing with lulu, but I have no idea about…
In Publishing
Participants: Ravien, Bob Goat.

9/22/2004 SirBidalot: Sell your RPG on SirBidalot.com!
Have you created your own RPG? Why not sell it on SirBidalot? SirBidalot is a website dedicated to gaming where people auction, sell, and trade their wares. Come check it…
In Connections
Participants: SirBidalot.

9/22/2004 Lisa Padol: MLWM First Session: Are We Doing This Right?
Apologies if this ought to be on the MLWM forum -- I didn't want to cross post, and it seemed closest to Actual Play. My Life With Master Attempt, First…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, timfire, Doyce, Sydney Freedberg, Erik Hanson, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

9/22/2004 Grand_Commander13: POD Illustrations
Okie dokie. People should know my story by now, but I'm going to repeat myself anyway! I'm going to be (obviously) publishing an RPG soon. I will probably be going…
In Publishing
Participants: Grand_Commander13, madelf, Ravien, Ron Edwards, Blankshield.

9/21/2004 Ben Lehman: On Dogs and Doglikes
Hi everyone. So there have been a great plethora of threads recently, regarding playing other types of people in the positions of the Dogs. Some of these are groups which…
In lumpley games
Participants: Ben Lehman, DannyK, clehrich, nikola.

9/21/2004 inthisstyle: [Fading Suns d10] Smell the Dysfunction
The game was a White Wolf rules (d10 dice pools) Fading Suns game. I had been asked to sit in by the running GM, mostly because he knew his group…
In Actual Play
Participants: inthisstyle, Ron Edwards, DannyK, greedo1379, Madeline, Marco, Roger, contracycle.

9/21/2004 Matt Snyder: 9W Setting favorites?
I spent a great deal of energy filling out the backhistory and setting material of Nine Worlds. I'm proud of those sections in the book, and I think there are…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, jporrett, Pilgrim, Ron Edwards.

9/21/2004 timfire: [Mountain Witch] The Witch + Anti-Trust?
[[i]**You can find the playtest version of MW [url=http://www.timfire.com/MountainWitch.html]here.[/url]**[/i]] Lately I've been doing a little thinking about how I might be able to give the Witch in MW a little…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: timfire, LordSmerf, Paul Czege, ErrathofKosh.

9/21/2004 Marco: Safewords in Gaming
In a thread from Actual Play Ron wrote: 1. No one hoses the bejesus out of a character like his own player. I was thinking about this.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Marco, Ben Lehman, xiombarg, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, John Kim, Noon, clehrich, Madeline, Jinx, Walt Freitag, Erling Rognli, M. J. Young, Jonathan Walton, List, Doug Ruff.

9/21/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] "Outrun the pain"
Greatest in-character line (by far, IMHO) of a very satisfying game of IRC Capes last night. Anyone who is convinced that giving players narrative authority will lead to them favoring…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf.

9/21/2004 DigitalMage: [LowDie] Looking for feedback / casual playtesters
I have written an RPG system (no setting) called LowDie and have released it as a Rich Text File (RTF) under the Open Game Licence (OGL). As I am not…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: DigitalMage, Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, statisticaltomfoolery, RobMuadib.

9/21/2004 GregS: On-demand and small quantity printers
My best search says this has been a dead topic for a bit, so I hope no one minds me refreshing it. I'm looking for input and suggestions for an…
In Publishing
Participants: GregS, Ron Edwards.

9/21/2004 KorbanDream: Universe - (SMS A-RPG) - Continuity...
Hi all. Sorry I've been away. (I've been refining my life). This post is mainly aimed at M. J. Young who offered help on the Universe's Continuity dilemma but it's…
In RPG Theory
Participants: KorbanDream, M. J. Young.

9/21/2004 Grand_Commander13: Lulu vs all challengers
Okie dokie fellas, I'll give you the scoop: I am (obviously) intending on putting out an RPG in a couple months. Current estimates put it at a page count of…
In Publishing
Participants: Grand_Commander13, Ron Edwards, Tav_Behemoth, Michael S. Miller, Matt Wilson, abzu, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, jerry, Chris Passeno, GregS, madelf.

9/21/2004 hanschristianandersen: [The Pool] A very satisfying first attempt.
(This is my "First attempt at The Pool post". There are many like it, but this one is mine.) A few months ago, I was back in California visiting with…
In Actual Play
Participants: hanschristianandersen, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Paka, Caynreth.

9/21/2004 Eric J.: Pyron and the Galactic Frenzy
Alright, I admit it. I play computer games. If you've ever played Star control, or Master of Orion you know what I'm talking about. No? Well let's try this: Age…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric J., Nathan P., simon_hibbs, xiombarg, Ben Morgan, Vaxalon, Negilent.

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9/23/2004 Tobias: [GroupDesign] - Core vs. Optional (and Option1)
Everyone, In the past we've decided to go with a Core-and-Customisation method for our Game (which really needs a working title, btw. Suggestions?). In this thread, I would like us…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, Andrew Morris, Doug Ruff, LordSmerf, Sydney Freedberg.

9/23/2004 Tobias: [GroupDesign] - Time Travel Party!
Everyone, In this thread, we'll handle 2 different subjects: 1. What to do with Time Travel? 2. Do we have a 'party' - or at least, how can this game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobias, Andrew Morris, Doug Ruff, Sydney Freedberg, LordSmerf, TonyLB, Jediblack.

9/23/2004 marcus: My Sorcerer Game is Flagging
Although I purchased Sorcerer last year and had my first play session now almost 1 year ago, I have been holding off describing my actual play of the game until…
In Adept Press
Participants: marcus, Paka, Ron Edwards, Doyce, A.Neill, bcook1971, Alan, Mike Holmes, Finarvyn, greyorm, pfischer, clehrich.

9/23/2004 ozental: RPG Forums Online
I hope it's OK to do so but I wanted to introduce this forum to you: http://www.RPGForumsOnline.tk. It's an online community for all things RPG, MUD and fantasy related, both…
In Connections
Participants: ozental, M. J. Young.

9/23/2004 ozental: Dedication...
I just wanted to post a quick note to say how impressed I am with the dedication of some posters here. It's good to see a forum with people that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ozental, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Adorame.

9/23/2004 hyphz: Cut-down versions of games on Bookshelf
Hi, I recently noticed that "Run Robot Red" has been added to the Forge bookshelf, and went to look at the accompanying web site. However, I found that the Bookshelf…
In Site Discussion
Participants: hyphz, Clinton R. Nixon, John Wick.

9/23/2004 TonyLB: [Capes] Story Tokens: Limits needed?
Well, Capes is still in progress, but I can definitely see daylight at the end of the tunnel. I'm getting a face-to-face campaign set up, writing up a quick-entry scenario…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: TonyLB, GregS, Sydney Freedberg, LordSmerf.

9/23/2004 Ron Edwards: [Bones] Publishing feedback
Hello, This is an example of the kind of feedback I tend to give people when they send me a pre-print mockup of their game, for any comments before they…
In Publishing
Participants: Ron Edwards, andy, Paul Czege, GregS, Bob Goat, jdagna, madelf, jerry.

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.

9/23/2004 daMoose_Neo: [Genetisys] "File off Serial Numbers" or originali
While working on the most impish of games (Dungeons for Dummies), I was tossing around some ideas and dice at work when a fellow roleplayer suggested doing 1d6 per level…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: daMoose_Neo.

9/24/2004 Paka: So now I work in an elementary school after-school program
I am working part-time in an elementary after-school program with kindergartners through fifth graders. There are a few fifth grade boys who do what they call playing D&D. Essentially, this…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Walt Freitag, abzu, RobNJ, Noon, eef, Manicrack, StalkingBlue, greyorm, Sean, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, komradebob, WhiteRat, ErrathofKosh, Ron Edwards, ffilz.

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.

9/24/2004 Simon W: BAD REVIEW 2 (Lashings of Ginger Beer)
There was recently a thread here http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12607 about Bones and the worry the author had about a bad review it got at RPGNOW My concern is not my review as…
In Publishing
Participants: Simon W, Jasper, GregS, Andy Kitkowski, jrs, Matt.

9/24/2004 Bob Goat: [Freelancer] Art, Art & More Art
Hey, I figured that I would post my services as an artist since I just finished my first freelance art gig. The gig was for Mr. Clinton R. Nixon for…
In Connections
Participants: Bob Goat, daMoose_Neo, Adorame, Clinton R. Nixon, Jasper.

9/24/2004 jdagna: The flip side of bad reviews
With all the discussion on bad reviews recently, I thought I'd offer an insight into the flip side of it. Even a bad review isn't all bad. Back in June,…
In Publishing
Participants: jdagna, daMoose_Neo, clehrich, Simon W, andy, Valamir, M Jason Parent, Ron Edwards.

9/24/2004 Paka: [Monkeywrench] Solo Space Monkey
Today I ran a 4th grader on my maiden run of Zak Arnston's Monkeywrench. On Friday the kids are allowed to bring in their Gameboys. A gaggle of usually imaginative,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Bob Goat, Noon, Zak Arntson.

9/25/2004 clehrich: Sim-Diceless thread search
Hi gang, I'm working on something at the moment, which you won't be surprised to hear is wildly theoretical and probably completely bizarre, and I won't talk your eyes off…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: clehrich, Trevis Martin, Jonathan Walton, timfire, neelk, Sean, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Vaxalon, John Kim, C. Edwards, M. J. Young, contracycle, Marco, Arref.

9/25/2004 lumpley: Emergency Backup Website
Occasionally, septemberquestion.org goes down. That's life. I've put the Dogs in the Vineyard portion of lumpley games up on my old geocities site: http://www.geocities.com/lumpley/dogsources.html My blog and comment functions aren't…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley.

9/25/2004 Sean: IIEE in EABA
This past week, inspired by the Ythrek setting, I bought Greg Porter's EABA rules to see what the underlying mechanics he had in mind for the setting were. My first…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sean, Noon, ChefKyle, madelf.

9/25/2004 oversoul01: [Dice Chucker]- Revamp and Layout
Wow it has been a long time since I posted. This is just an update on my progress. Since I last posted I have been hard at work on revamping…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: oversoul01.

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