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1/31/2002 lumpley: Another Stab at Narrativist Vampires
Okay Ron, I'll bite. (Ha ha ho. I slay me.) We use violence to protect ourselves from intimacy. Make up a vampire. I'd go with text about how old you…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: lumpley, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Tim Denee, Mithras.

1/31/2002 Dav: Price Setting in the Gaming World
Okay, before I begin, I just want to mention that I may, to some degree, break into crazy business terms and mathematics. I don't know, I haven't written anything yet.…
In Publishing
Participants: Dav, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Gray, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, GMSkarka, Valamir, J B Bell, woodelf, Bailey.

1/31/2002 Le Joueur: Scattershot presents: Just the Mechanix
These are Scattershot's Mechanix isolated from its Techniques. (See glossary for the descriptions of italics items throughout.) The basic idea is the Techniques explain how to use the Mechanix. SOLO…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.

1/31/2002 Le Joueur: It's Here!
After many private requests for a 'mechanics-only' version of Scattershot, without all the presumptuous design-speak, I have finally cobbled one together. (I bet you were wondering where I had disappeared…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.

1/31/2002 Matt: How legends are made
This is my idea of the moment, a game about how legends grow in the telling, evolve and get hijacked. The idea is akin to Chinese Whispers, the first player…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt.

1/31/2002 Ian Freeman: Even More Narativist Vampires and The Uber Kicker
Lot's of great vampire ideas have just been written up and I think I came up with an odd little idea. So here's what I've been working on: War in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ian Freeman, Bailywolf, DaR, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

1/30/2002 Time: Just got my game going
Well, I finally got my very first Sorcerer game going last Saturday and I have to say so far everyone in the group loves it - and to get 10…
In Adept Press
Participants: Time, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Trav.

1/30/2002 lumpley: Protagonism and Troupe-style play
Hey everybody. First off: Is Protagonism something that a player has, or something that a character has? Next off: Anybody thought about what it might mean to Protagonism to play…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lumpley, Blake Hutchins, Paul Czege, Bankuei.

1/30/2002 Skippy: Alms for the poor
Okay, its sad to admit, but I find myself needing GM'ing advice. See, I've never run (or tried to run) an all-out player empowered game, and I'm really liking the…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Skippy, Ron Edwards, greyorm, James V. West, hardcoremoose.

1/29/2002 www.bionicbros.de: SOBRPG-State of Beings RPG (edited to Spam Discussion)
Project description now available for those who are interested Alife gaming. It is now three years in the making and is one of the largest games written to date- period!…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: www.bionicbros.de, Bailywolf, greyorm, mahoux, Laurel, Mithras.

1/30/2002 Zoetrope10: The Pool & casting dice
James I was delighted to discover The Pool a couple of days ago, by way of Ron's "Top 5 RPGs" article ( http://www.fandomlife.net./A55840/fln.nsf/all/52385EA75E4435DE80256B22006000B6?OpenDocument) I found the section of the rules…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Zoetrope10, James V. West.

1/30/2002 wolf212: Dallas/Fort Worth Game
Is there anyone in the DFW area looking to either run or join a game of little fears? If so we can either run or play. Rebecca and Chris
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: wolf212, archangel_2, Christopher Ashe.

1/30/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: SOBRPG-State of Beings RPG (edited to Spam Discussion)
[quote] Project description now available for those who are interested Alife gaming. It is now three years in the making and is one of the largest games written to date-…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, DaR, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, Bankuei, greyorm, Mike Holmes, www.bionicbros.de, xiombarg.

1/29/2002 Valamir: Logging in from other computers
Ran into a problem while on the road with the private forums. Do these forums use a cookie in order to get access to them? I can log on from…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, J B Bell, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

1/29/2002 ReverendCuster187: Hard Time (Prison RPG)
Hey I'm currently working on a prison based RPG, and would like some help with it. Its gonna be a brutal and realistic system, and I am likely to use…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ReverendCuster187, hardcoremoose, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Mithras, Jared A. Sorensen, J B Bell, Tim Denee, jburneko, contracycle, Skippy, lumpley, Marco, amiel, GMSkarka, Ben Morgan.

1/29/2002 jburneko: Sorcerer & Sword PBeM
Hello All, Well, for a while now Mike Holmes has been trying to talk me into running a PBeM of some kind, particularly using a more Narrativist friendly system. I've…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko.

1/29/2002 contracycle: known outcomes
So a thought on the implementation of the HW mechanic. There's something I've been toying with but presents some social contract concerns which I'd like to poll opinions aboyu. On…
In HeroQuest
Participants: contracycle, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

1/29/2002 Jason L Blair: Pictures, pictures, pictures.
Ron, Where can I see a picture of the Sorcerer's Soul cover? And some interior artwork! I'm itching to see Veronica's work and I have no idea what the cover…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Paul Czege, Clay.

1/28/2002 Bankuei: Motifs
I sat back watching one of my favorite anime series, Giant Robo, which is teeming with an actual story(more than blow things up), and is covered with motifs left and…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Bankuei, Le Joueur, James V. West.

1/28/2002 jburneko: Odd Kicker Question
Hello Again, So a couple players who have been away from one of my games for a long while are coming back. Rather than trying to squeeze them back in…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, efindel, contracycle.

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2/1/2002 wyrdlyng: Suggestions For Drawing Players Out
Synopsis: I play in a Sunday D&D game run by my wife and featuring my cousin, his girlfriend and another friend. The GF is new to roleplaying but shows great…
In Actual Play
Participants: wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Paul Czege, jburneko.

2/1/2002 Fabrice G.: Edwardian premises ?
Well i'm a newbie regarding premises. I read a lot about it here on The Forge, but still, it's not that clear to me. This morning i had some ideas…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Fabrice G., Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Marco.

2/1/2002 Le Joueur: Scattershot (only the mechanics) is Here!
After many private requests for a 'mechanics-only' version of Scattershot, without all the presumptuous design-speak, I have finally cobbled one together. (I bet you were wondering where I had disappeared…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Le Joueur.

2/1/2002 Valamir: Lets get some discussion going
Its been about a week since V4 went out, who has some further thoughts, comments, criticisms to share? Baliley and Balbinus got things started, lets keep it going. Anyone thinking…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/1/2002 amiel: Narrativist Wargames Part the Second
Okay, after taking some of your thoughts into consideration: Everyone makes decisions regarding base setting together, or the GM just makes it up. Faction/State generation: Write a 50-100 word description…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: amiel, Ron Edwards, Mithras.

2/1/2002 Thor Olavsrud: The Ninth Gate and The Club Dumas
I've just been re-reading Sorceror after picking up the excellent Sorceror & Sword supplement. Anyway, I was checking out the bibliography and noticed the mention of The Ninth Gate. I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Ron Edwards.

2/1/2002 jburneko: Is 'Railroading' A Useful Term
Hello All, So, I was having a discussion with one of my players about various play styles and we seem to be constantly bumping heads about the meaning of the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, furashgf, Marco, xiombarg, amiel, TrizzlWizzl.

2/1/2002 Tundra: Sorcerer's Soul Shipped
Say THAT three times fast ;-) SS shipped to distribution today, Feb 1. Direct orders placed with Adept will be mailed tomorrow and Monday. <ahem> It's really cool ;-) ttfn…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tundra, Paul Czege, random, Eric.

2/2/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Sorcerer, Schism reviewed in this month's SciFi magazine!
Just got my gratis copies from the editor! In the "Games" section, there's a review of Schism. Aside from getting a really nice review ("...a love letter to David Cronenberg..."…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

2/2/2002 Zak Arntson: Divine Right - Harlekin-Maus Monthly
Okay, I've put up February's game: Divine Right. It was originally about exorcists, but then the basic Premise, "What would you sacrifice to save another," kept sticking in my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G..

2/3/2002 GMSkarka: UnderWorld re-launch
In 2002, the UnderWorld RPG, first published by Synister Creative Systems in 2000, will be re-launched by my creator-owned venture, Adamant Entertainment. The 2nd Edition (which we've been calling UW2…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: GMSkarka, joshua neff, Bailywolf, Adam, Jason L Blair, Matt, wyrdlyng, Noel, ReverendCuster187, Minx.

2/4/2002 Paul Czege: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil Font...
...is now available for download. Intended to aid in the creation of dice for the game, it provides five fabulous icons (World, Flesh, Devil, and plus and minus symbols in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paul Czege, Joe Murphy (Broin), hardcoremoose, lumpley, Ben Morgan, James V. West.

2/4/2002 wyrdlyng: Release Date?
Just wanted to know if Seth had managed to nail down a time window regarding the release of Alyria. I'm not trying to rush him. I just wanted to know…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: wyrdlyng, GreatWolf.

2/4/2002 Bailywolf: Homebrew Charms
Anyone come up with their own Charms for their UW game? I put together a few based on breath. Catch Your Breath A mystical gesture- made while making a snatching…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: Bailywolf, GMSkarka, Matt, Torrent, David Howard, Peter Hollinghurst, Noel, Lxndr.

2/4/2002 Paul Czege: DNS errors?
Hey Clinton, I've had to try the URL repeatedly this afternoon, because I've been getting a DNS error nine times out of ten. Is something up? Paul
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paul Czege.

2/5/2002 Thededine: The Hell is a 'Kicker'?
Did I miss a newsfile or something? Everyone started talking about Kickers and I have no idea what they are. Help!
In RPG Theory
Participants: Thededine, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Mithras.

2/5/2002 Bailywolf: Ran into a problem...
Ran into a problem trying to convince my regular group to give U a try. They like a fairly bread and butter, mule-kick the orcs, goal-oriented game. They have a…
In Universalis
Participants: Bailywolf, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/5/2002 hardcoremoose: Scene Framing and octaNe
There have been a couple requests for practical scene framing guidelines. I know some of this stuff has been hashed over before, but it seems like a good time to…
In Actual Play
Participants: hardcoremoose, James V. West, Jared A. Sorensen, Tim C Koppang, Thor Olavsrud, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, contracycle.

2/5/2002 Bailywolf: More groovy sorcerer anime
Over the weekend I did one of those, "oh jeeze, I knew this already!" things... I binged, rewatching most of the anime run of 3X3 Eyes- a top-flight anime series…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf.

2/5/2002 GreatWolf: Collaborative Roleplaying
Chalk up another point for Places to Go, People to Be. They posted this interview with Ian Millington on the concepts of collaborative roleplaying. His website is www.collaborativeroleplay.org.…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

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