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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.

2/8/2005 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.

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.

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.

1/7/2005 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

11/20/2004 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.

11/18/2004 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.

11/15/2004 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.

10/29/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Open artist call on The Shadow of Yesterday
When I published Donjon, I did a program like this: after all commissioned art was done, I let artists submit work to me that they would like to have published.…
In Connections
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Tony Irwin.

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.

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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.

5/18/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Shadow Wars!
Yeah, it's not a roleplaying game. It's a war game. But it's from Anvilwerks. See my personal website (http://www.crystalandclinton.com/clinton/) for more details. It's in playtest.
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Grover.

6/28/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: TSOY odds generator
If you've ever been curious about how odds work in TSOY, check this out: http://www.anvilwerks.com/cgi-bin/tsoy_dice.rb You can enter two sides of a contest (ability score, bonus/penalty dice) and see what…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, dyjoots.

6/29/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: TSOY owners' survey
Hi, all. Between my recent awesome play of The Shadow of Yesterday and some awesome discussion in the forum, my interest in TSOY has been re-sparked to a great degree.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, dyjoots, pfischer, joshua neff, Alan, James_Nostack, Jeffrey Straszheim, Trevis Martin, Negilent, bcook1971, KingstonC, Darcy Burgess, Thor Olavsrud, Clay.

7/5/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: The Solar System discussion
So, I finally let the cat slip and posted the link to my working copy of the new TSOY rules. You can find them here: http://www.anvilwerks.com/src/tsoy2/solar_system.html I've been playing with…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, dyjoots, Paul Czege, Bankuei, aplath, Christopher Weeks, bcook1971, Andy Kitkowski, Jasper Polane, pfischer, Thierry Michel, J B Bell, Vaxalon, First Age, Yasha, Andrew Morris, KingOfFarPoint, James_Nostack, demiurgeastaroth, Remko, matthijs.

7/10/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [The Shadow of Yesterday] Eating the Black
This post is part Actual Play and part True Confessions. So, I don't play the games I write. There it is. I play them before-hand, sure. I mean, I playtest,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, bcook1971, Sean, Victor Gijsbers.

7/17/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Everyone, We've obviously changed the software the Forge runs on. My apologies for the current looks of it. It's all unintegrated and wacko. Give me a day or two to…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Selene Tan, Uzzah, Paul Czege, Andy Kitkowski, Miskatonic, Jason Petrasko, joshua neff, Asrogoth, Gaerik, ethan_greer, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman, Rob Carriere, Warren, Nick Brooke, Nathan P., Matt Snyder, abzu, John Harper, Artanis, Jack Aidley, ffilz, Andrew Morris, Shreyas Sampat, Technocrat13, jrs, Lxndr, ephemere, John Burdick, cdr, matthijs, greyorm, Paganini, M. J. Young.

7/17/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Do you use RSS?
If you do, I've got some good news for you. Look at this: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;sa=recent;limit=10 Interesting, huh? See a detailed discussion on how you can pull RSS feeds from the Forge…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, MichaelCurry, immlass, rafial.

7/26/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: A psychological model of role-playing
I've posted this on my weblog before, but it got about as much response as a newspaper boy at the front door. So, here's the "Clinton R. Nixon Real Deal…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paka, SlurpeeMoney, ewilen, John Kim, Noon, Miskatonic, ethan_greer, ADGBoss, Matt Snyder, Marco, Nathan P., cruciel, cognis.

8/8/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Easy question: what GenCon booth number are we at?
Seriously, the Forge booth - what booth number is it?
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Gaerik, timfire, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

8/12/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [TSOY] Love and death on the Poison Coast
This is somewhat of a follow-up post to Eating the Black. Only somewhat. Eight lovely sessions, and what do we have? Last night was session eight of my current The…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, bcook1971, Paka, RedPissLegion.

8/13/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [GenCon 2005] Phone list
If you have a cell phone and you are part of the Forge GenCon booth in any capacity, you will want to be on the booth phone list. Send cell…
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, timfire, Bob Goat, Blankshield, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege.

8/24/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: City of Brass (GenCon preview edition) on sale!
Peeps, I have five red-hot awesome copies of City of Brass still available from GenCon. This thing is a slick little one-night competitive RPG. I thought I'd give my Forge…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Miskatonic.

8/28/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [Shadow of the Lamb] Miracles
Hey, all. I'm writing a new game hot on the heels of GenCon. It's called "Shadow of the Lamb" and is about the first three centuries of Christianity, and, hey,…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Sean, dyjoots, motherlessgoose, quozl, WhiteRat, Eero Tuovinen, rafial, ejh, timfire, Spooky Fanboy, Tony Irwin, Arturo G., SirValence, Doug Ruff, Paul Czege.

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