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10/27/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday pre-orders
The Shadow of Yesterday nears completion, as most of my art is in and the text is nearly finished. This is a Good Thing, as it's supposed to be out…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper, rafial, Andy Kitkowski, timfire, Bob Goat, GaryTP, friartuck, ScottM.

10/1/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum re-ordering
You've probably already noticed that we've re-ordered the main forums on the front page. Actual Play, as befits it, is now first, followed by Indie Game Design and Publishing. Ron…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, ffilz, Andy Kitkowski, Andrew Martin, Jasper, LordSmerf, Ron Edwards, Eric J..

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.

8/25/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Currently inactive forums
Looking at the Indie Game Forums, I've found several that are currently not being used (as defined in Responsibilities of being a moderator: Alyria Destroy All Games Errant Knight Games…
In Moderators
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/27/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: The Forge Bookshelf and problems
I'm posting this here because I've gotten several e-mails recently about the Forge Bookshelf. Recently, the database that powers the Bookshelf crashed and all data was lost. My last backup,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, montag, clehrich, Thunder_God, Nathan P..

6/6/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Playtesters in New Orleans, LA needed
I'm looking to form a group to playtest my new game, The Shadow of Yesterday, in New Orleans. Specifically, I'm looking for all types of people: non-gamers, artists, old skool…
In Connections
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

6/2/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: [The Shadow of Yesterday] The Sea of Teeth
This last weekend, I had a few friends down to New Orleans for ClintonCon 2004, my sometimes-annual home convention. We played a ton of great games - see our Burning…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, ethan_greer, xiombarg, rafial, joshua neff.

4/8/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Goodbye, again!
Thanks to everyone for participating in the Forge Birthday Forum this year. I was incredibly pleased with the results - we managed to discuss modern media, games, politics, and religion…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Vaxalon, Miskatonic.

2/9/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Zero at the Bone
I read Zero at the Bone tonight, and was very impressed. This is quality game material, and very complete for a sample game. I had a bunch of thoughts about…
In Adept Press
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Valamir, John Harper, xiombarg, james_west.

2/6/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Lulu and me
A few days ago, I was looking over Jerry Stratton's Gods and Monsters, a game I pimp whenever possible, when I noticed a new link on his page. "Book versions…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, james_west, HinterWelt, Lxndr, Matt Wilson, talysman, Christopher Weeks, madelf, Mike Holmes, jasonhead, Wolfen, xiombarg, Tony Irwin, Sylus Thane, Paul Czege, chadu, Matt Snyder, rafial.

1/24/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: AOL users, be warned!
Apparently, AOL is tagging e-mail from phpBB as spam. Several users have let me know that they're not receiving e-mails. If you are an AOL user, and there's a way…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, gobi, Valamir, orbsmatt.

1/13/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Simple sorcery/combat questions
Ok, this should be a no-brainer, but I haven't run sorcery in TROS before, really. Here's the setup: - A sorcerer is casting a spell with CTN 2. - A…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Salamander, Ben Lehman, Poleaxe.

12/3/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Artists for Daedalus project needed
In the Winter 2004 Daedalus magazine, I will be releasing a Sorcerer setting called "Inside." It's a cyberpunk, inside-the-matrix, hacking sort of thing, and I'm looking for a bit of…
In Connections
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

10/15/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The downage
The Forge was down for a day on Oct 13-14, 2003. I need to comment on it, although I'm on the road, and won't be able to read comments until…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, AnyaTheBlue, joshua neff, Jeph, rafial, ethan_greer, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Jack Aidley, Jonathan Walton, Tim Alexander, LordSmerf, Lxndr, Clay, Nathan, Marco, lumpley, Matt Wilson, xiombarg, greyorm, BenjaminRogers, ross_winn.

9/23/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Orbit concerns and comments
I've got a quote on the back of Orbit that says "This rocks." It's a strong statement, and one I was a little wary about, only because I hadn't seen…
In Orbit
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, JSDiamond.

8/30/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Wiki and Me
Yesterday (Friday, Aug 28), I managed to wipe out over half the Anvilwerks.com website. I backup every website I run except my own, apparently. I've been contemplating a new website…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer, John Harper, Hugin, rafial, Bob McNamee, ScottM.

8/2/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge News Thread
All, I've started this thread to post news about new forums, new reviews, new articles, and whatever else happens at the Forge. I've locked it, solely because it's an announcement…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/1/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: New article up, and tiny State o' the Forge
Everyone, I've been gone and busy for the last few weeks, and for that, I apologize. Finally relocated, and with a new job, I should be online quite a bit…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Shreyas Sampat, adaen, xiombarg, kregmosier.

5/31/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: What's next for Burning Wheel?
Luke, I noticed you have been releasing parts of the "Monster Burner," a book of character lifepaths for monster-type races. Since you're releasing it as you complete it, will it…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, rafial, drozdal, Bankuei, taepoong.

5/7/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Roland's Cavern and Donjon
Roland's Cavern, a website dedicated to an online chat-based role-playing group, has published an account of their Donjon game in their latest newsletter. The entire session is written as a…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

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11/15/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday is done!
Printing begins on the book today at 5pm. Layout was done this morning at 5:30am. This game took three years, approximately. I re-wrote it twice. I ended up performing all…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bob Goat, GaryTP, Andrew Navaro, Matt Wilson.

11/18/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Clinton's Fourth Axiom of Game Design
[i]Any good RPG can, with a minimum of effort, be used to play Jedi[/i]. I thought of this yesterday after sending the following e-mail to a friend: [quote] Dude, I…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, inky, rafial, Matt Snyder, hix, Blankshield, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, joshua neff, Michael S. Miller, John Harper, dunlaing, jknevitt, Vagabond, apparition13, pete_darby, Bob Goat, Roger, DrAwkward.

11/20/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Anvilwerks News Thread
[url=http://www.anvilwerks.com/tsoy/]The Shadow of Yesterday[/url] is complete! I've posted a sample adventure for the game, "Rat Moon Rising," at the website.
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

11/23/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Break-in and upgrade
A big security update for phpBB (the forum we use) came out recently. With it came a slew of little hackers, hell-bent on exploiting the holes in older versions. As…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

11/27/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: [Sorcerer - Demon Cops] Bound and Tide
It's celebration time: a new Actual Play thread from Clinton! (I've been trying to get a solid group together for a little while now.) I'm playing Sorcerer with the Demon…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, sirogit, pfischer, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards.

12/6/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: GenCon SoCal after-action report
I just finished GenCon SoCal and it was a physical beat-down. Four days on my feet was wearing. So, how'd it go? I think I can safely say that no…
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, rafial, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Jared A. Sorensen, Lxndr, Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, John Wick, Tav_Behemoth, Valamir, JSDiamond, razorwise.

12/9/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: The world (of rights) is a complicated place
I had a long talk with a new friend tonight, and the topic of independent games and rights came up. This may sound strange coming from a Forge admin, but…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, Bob Goat, madelf, Tav_Behemoth, jdagna, Ben Lehman, Blankshield, greedo1379, clehrich, Eero Tuovinen, GaryTP, GB Steve, greyorm, daMoose_Neo.

1/7/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] Wisdom's Ghost
After an exceedingly lethargic - but still good - game of Sorcerer, my biweekly group has moved to Dogs in the Vineyard. This week, we created characters and went through…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Negilent, lumpley, Nyarly.

1/19/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] Whores and flapjacks
My group just ran a second session of Dogs in the Vineyard, continued from Wisdom's Ghost. This game is tight, Vincent. It works as promised in great ways. I decided…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, lumpley, greedo1379, Wolfen.

1/27/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: New version of "How to Publish Your RPG" essay
Long ago, I wrote an essay on how to publish your own RPG. You can find the old version of it in the Forge Articles section or in the back…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Trevis Martin, abzu, bcook1971, Tzu-Theory, hix, MisterPoppet, Space Cowboy, Bob Goat, Andy Kitkowski, Domhnall.

2/8/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] A Chinese Ghost Story
[b]Notes[/b] This post builds on the two previous play sessions of [i]Dogs in the Vineyard[/i] that I have run with my group, [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13881&highlight=]Wisdom's Ghost[/url] and [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13991&highlight=]Whores and flapjacks[/url]. Brief key…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, Tim Alexander, lumpley, Nyarly, catzmiyow, Frank T.

2/8/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Paladin 2e: A peek behind the design
In Paladin 2e, I'm changing character creation a lot. One of the big differences is I'm genericizing the attributes and putting a lot more into skill type things. Characters will…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, gains, Paganini, James_Nostack, Wolfen, Bankuei, Tony Irwin.

2/9/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Interview with Clinton R. Nixon
I got interviewed over at Primeval Press. If you're interested it's at: http://www.primevalpress.com/articles/interviews/nixon.html Feel free to discuss here.
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, GaryTP, Bob Goat, Matt Snyder, Bankuei, sirogit, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes.

2/14/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [The Mountain Witch] Standing on Giants
Long ago, in a magical place called Seattle, I ran a weekly one-shot that got so popular that tens of people would come and lots of us would run one-shots…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Bob Goat, timfire.

2/18/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: The 'favorites' section, tags, and the future
Hey! Have you ever used the "Favorites" feature on the Forge? There's a link up top that says "Favorites" and a link at the bottom of every topic that says…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paka, Bob Goat, clehrich, joshua neff, Christopher Weeks, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, ffilz, bcook1971.

3/3/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] Miscegenation and female Stewards
[b]Note:[/b] This post details play started in [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13881]Wisdom's Ghost[/url], [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13991]Whores and Flapjacks[/url], and [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14242]A Chinese Ghost Story[/url]. The fourth and fifth sessions of Dogs in the Vineyard with my group…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paka, lumpley.

3/10/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Hack attack - officially back up
We're officially back up from our hack attack. The explanation: When searching on the version of phpBB that was running, the highlight= field in the URL allowed you to run…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic.

4/5/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: What do you do besides role-playing?
So, here's my "gettin-to-know-ya" topic? What are your hobbies and passions? Mine - I read like most people sleep. Six hours a day, probably. The last book I read was…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Chris Goodwin, TonyLB, Shreyas Sampat, Paka, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Wilson, Jason Newquist, Alan, JamesNostack, Brand_Robins, Ben Lehman, hix, Andrew Morris, joshua neff, abzu, Trevis Martin, Frank T, Bankuei, Tobias, Jack Aidley, James Holloway, J. Tuomas Harviainen, sirogit, Rich Forest, pete_darby, Doug Ruff, Eero Tuovinen, beingfrank, GB Steve, Sean, Domhnall, Gaerik, Bob Goat, xenopulse, Emily Care, Lee Short, C. Edwards, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, inthisstyle, Eva Deinum, Jeph, Lxndr, ethan_greer, Meguey, Leningrad, Danny_K, ScottM, zephyr.cirrus, bcook1971, John Harper, nellist, Victor Gijsbers, Scripty, Jason L Blair, Thierry Michel.

4/12/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [Dust Devils] Narration results question
I've just re-read the Dust Devils rules, as I might be running it soon. One question: does only one player need to win the deal for all the players to…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, jburneko.

5/2/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Clinton Does Glorantha
I'm very excited that I've finally found a group that wants to play HeroQuest. After we finished up our excellent game of Dogs in the Vineyard, we shuffled the group…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, paulkdad, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper, Christopher Weeks.

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