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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.

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.

1/27/2002 Valamir: Email addresses
Ack, slight problem...or maybe a how to question. I'm having trouble sending email with an attachment to a forum member. This is because niether the member list nor the profile…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, J B Bell.

1/27/2002 Valamir: The PC in Universalis
Theres a number of comments on this topic in a couple of different threads here. Thought I'd start of a thread specific for this discussion. I'll get it started by…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Balbinus.

1/26/2002 Valamir: Great look to the Forge
I had taken a break from on line activities for a good month or two (including the Forge). When I came back the Forge was brand spankin new. New look,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/24/2002 Valamir: Crazy Question on mini sups
Any thought to publishing a compilation of mini-sups in a format to go along with Sorcerer, Sword, and Soul HC? Don't know what kind of hassle would be involved in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mario, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, J B Bell.

1/18/2002 Valamir: Whoa nelly
While I share Mike's enthusiasm for exploring these topics in some detail these thread topics may be a bit of putting the cart before the horse. Perhaps we should ensure…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

12/16/2001 Valamir: Sorcerer & Sword
Got it read it loved it. The only downside is that my new apartment uses those really small business envelope sized boxes and the mail carrier seems to view this…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2001 Valamir: Tooth and Claw
Return of the chant "What do I want?" "Tooth and Claw!" "When do I want it?" "In time for Christmas!" BTW: I just saw the latest game store guide that…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Valamir, Jason L Blair.

10/15/2001 Valamir: GNS Article: Why the focus on one primary aspect of GNS?
Not a challenge, just a request for ellucidation. Ron, early in your article you go to great lengths to describe that the presence of a gamist element in what is…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

10/9/2001 Valamir: Cat
just checking to see if we'll see Cat for Halloween as planned...
In Wicked Press
Participants: Valamir, John Wick, Ron Edwards, pointless point, Bailywolf, Gordon C. Landis.

10/3/2001 Valamir: Log In not working?
is the log in feature not working? Not only is it not recognizing me when I arrive, but entering my name and password in the Log In link appears to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Epoch.

9/24/2001 Valamir: Protagonist: player vs character
There's been quite a few threads recently on the idea of the PC as protagonist. However, some of the discussions seemed to focus less on the idea of the "C"…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Epoch, jburneko.

9/12/2001 Valamir: Defining Humanity
Many different ways of defining what Humanity represents have been proposed. How important is it to tie the definition of Humanity into the portrayal of demons. It occurs to me…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, random, Mike Holmes.

9/9/2001 Valamir: Sorcerer Characters
I figured I'd post the character's my players came up with. I think they really figured out the feel of a Sorcerer sorcerer far more quickly than I'd imagined. This…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Tar Markvar, Jack Spencer Jr.

9/9/2001 Valamir: My first Sorcerer game
Ok, just got back from my first Sorcerer game. The results were somewhat mixed. First let me say, that a good time was had by all, so the issues raised…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Supplanter, Rod Anderson, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, furashgf, random, Blake Hutchins, Clay.

9/7/2001 Valamir: Commanding Demons
Ok. Several places in the book it mentions the ability sorcerers have of giving orders to other demons besides there own. Are there specific rules for this? I can't find…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/6/2001 Valamir: The possessed house adventure
Hey all, I'm going to be running my first Sorcerer adventure this Saturday, which since I just found out about it yesterday, leaves me little time to prepare. I'm thinking…
In Adept Press
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay.

8/30/2001 Valamir: Calling John Wick
Hey John, Been trying to reach you for a few weeks now through both the Orkboss and Wickedpress addresses but haven't had much luck. Can you drop me a line,…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Valamir, John Wick, Mike Holmes.

8/28/2001 Valamir: Copyrights
Clinton just posted a very useful article on publishing indie games, but one thing not addressed is copyright...that vast morass of seemingly contradictory government BS. I've been doing some poking…
In Publishing
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, JSDiamond, FilthySuperman, Laura Bishop, Gordon C. Landis, Ian O'Rourke, Matt, Dav.

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2/7/2002 Valamir: Invited Members
1) can moderators add new members to the private forum or only site administrators. I would assume moderators could, but when I clicked on the "you can moderate this list"…
In Moderators
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

2/19/2002 Valamir: My Dungeon Krawl Session
Ok, got a chance to play some Donjon Krawl this weekend. Wasn't a very long session but it did confirm for me that this is definitely a game with a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, J B Bell, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/23/2002 Valamir: Pitch Generator
Ok, anyone who enjoys The Pitch must now go to this web site and click multiple times... http://www.rain-street.org/fightcrime.htm A near infinite variety of random dumb pitches such as: He's a…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Valamir, TSL, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, wyrdlyng, Jürgen Mayer.

2/23/2002 Valamir: Paging John Wick
Any one hear from The Wick recently? Wicked Press hasn't been updated since early November and I've heard no news about the big changes. I hope the Real World hasn't…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, hardcoremoose, John Wick, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, xiombarg.

2/24/2002 Valamir: Flavor and Significance
In another thread here, Baileywolf, Bankuei and I have been tossing around thoughts on Flavor and Significance in the game. I thought that the comments were "significant" enough to warrant…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/25/2002 Valamir: Scene Framing
Ok, i've been stirring around a few ideas. For awhile now Mike and I haven't really been satisfied with the definition of Facts and the subjective nature of Flavor vs.…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

2/25/2002 Valamir: Traits as resistances
One of the things we tried to accomplish was to create a game with no real need for "hit points" or other such measures. Yet given the semi competitive nature…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

3/1/2002 Valamir: Ported GNS Thread from Sorcerer
As Ron pointed out one of the threads over in the Sorcerer forum evolved into a GNS discussion and by rights should be over here. So since Gordon made some…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, joshua neff.

3/8/2002 Valamir: Submitted for discussion:
[b]A GNS Primer[/b] 3/8/02 Based on the GNS Theory created by Ron Edwards, and on the collective work of members of The Forge. The purpose of this primer is to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik.

3/14/2002 Valamir: Vanilla Narrativism
Really the basic definition of Vanilla Narrativism is "Narrativist play, without all of the Narrativist mechanics bells and whistles" The word having sprung from the idea that vanilla is "plain".…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Valamir, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, joshua neff.

3/16/2002 Valamir: Profile Comments
Hah, Bailey. I never thought I'd find anyone else even willing to admit they'd HEARD of the Street Fighter Story Telling game. That game rocked. A far better use of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, Bailey, Le Joueur, Rich Forest, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Sidhain, Jared A. Sorensen, razar, unodiablo, xiombarg, amiel, Matt Gwinn.

3/16/2002 Valamir: GNS incoherency
Mike and I spent a good couple hours discussing this last weekend (after his entire gaming group bailed on us....;-) I thought it would make for an interesting discussion. We…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards.

3/19/2002 Valamir: Providing Focus to the story
One of the assumptions that Universalis makes is that players will provide their own focus, both initially in setting up the nature of the game to be played, and subsequently…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Ayrizale, Bankuei.

3/19/2002 Valamir: Broken link
FYI: Clinton the link to your "Web publishing for $100" article appears to be broken.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir.

3/20/2002 Valamir: Complications
I'm working on a way to integrate Complications more closely with the normal scene framing turn. These are my current thoughts on it. Instead of spinning off into an entirely…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Ayrizale.

3/22/2002 Valamir: ForgeCon
You know I just had a crazy idea. There is a substantial number of Forge gamers between Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. We should pitch in rent a hotel conference room…
In Actual Play
Participants: Valamir, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, jburneko, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Le Joueur, unodiablo, Dav, Laurel, Christopher Kubasik, Seth L. Blumberg, Zak Arntson.

3/25/2002 Valamir: Motivations in GNS
[quote="Ron Edwards wrote:"] Hey Ralph, I'm a liiiiittle uncomfortable with your phraseology, although I do agree that we're aiming at the same thing. I don't think we are dealing with…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards.

3/28/2002 Valamir: Dramatism, what is it.
[quote="Mytholder"][quote="Valamir"] What you are describing as D, as an observable behavior and as a "fully functional" play style I believe is well explained by GNS as follows. [u]Dramatism: [/u]A game…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Valamir, Mytholder, contracycle, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/30/2002 Valamir: Riddle of Steel
I was browsing their web site recently and came across some pretty cool items. John Clements (author of a couple of books which are mandatory reads for anyone who wants…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Misguided Games, Jake Norwood.

3/30/2002 Valamir: Version 6.1
Well, it took me almost a week longer than I thought it would, but that was primarily because I decided to go back in and add alot of the stuff…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir.

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