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5/20/2001 joshua neff: three-headed dog
over on rpg.net, someone posted a question, asking which game he should buy, "rune", "dying earth", or "pendragon"... & it just struck me: is this a great example of "gamist",…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: joshua neff, james_west, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke.

5/15/2001 joshua neff: playing in the band
so, my group just finished up playing a short d20 "star wars" story...overall it went well, but i had a few problems w/ the way my friend ran it (which…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Dav, james_west.

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6/2/2001 joshua neff: my take on hero wars
okay, i finally got around to plunking down the cash for the boxed set & started reading thru the books... & certain things struck me right off the bat--like greg…
In HeroQuest
Participants: joshua neff, james_west, Ron Edwards, Levekius, Pyske.

6/6/2001 joshua neff: octane & pulp era rewrites
j-- what exactly are the differences between version 1 & version 2 of these? (since yr being a lazy bastard & not putting them up, i thought i'd ask, especially…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, Paul Czege, blå, Jason L Blair.

6/8/2001 joshua neff: hooking the players
NOT selling them for money (i just had an image of jared in a fur coat w/ a cane), but keeping them from getting bored during the first session... i…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, John Wick, Mytholder, Pyske, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Gordon C. Landis.

6/17/2001 joshua neff: timing is everything
last night i ran my first game session in a while. it went well. good, but not great. but one thing i definitely need to work on is pacing. i'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Dav, james_west, kwill, Ron Edwards, Peter, JSDiamond, jburneko, Mytholder, Epoch, Blake Hutchins, Uncle Dark, contracycle, Shpyder, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/3/2001 joshua neff: expanding the network
While RPGs are a huge passion of mine, I'm not much of a game designer (not since high school, when I made my own Doctor Who RPG), & not about…
In Publishing
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Dav.

7/25/2001 joshua neff: new directions
What are the assumptions about RPGs? What traditions have we become bound by? & how can we break these assumptions & rethink RPGs? Off the top of my head: *…
In RPG Theory
Participants: joshua neff, James Holloway, Dav, Gordon C. Landis, GreatWolf, Uncle Dark, Jack Spencer Jr, Damocles, jburneko, james_west, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, contracycle.

8/6/2001 joshua neff: source material
Working in a children's library, I thought I'd post some books I think would make good inspiration for Little Fears. * The House with a Clock in its Walls, The…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: joshua neff, Paul Czege, Clinically Insane, Balazs, unterhund, trelliz, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Astromarine, Jason L Blair.

8/14/2001 joshua neff: slouching towards narrativism
As some of you know, I've been running a Mage narrative for about a month or so. I slimmed the rules down in order to make it more narrativist, &…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, jburneko, Paul Czege, Uncle Dark, Mike Holmes.

8/26/2001 joshua neff: new web design
I really like the new look of the Sorcerer website. However, someone on RPGnet just asked about the Sorcerer's Apprentice free pdf--it's not available from the site & he's apparently…
In Adept Press
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards.

9/16/2001 joshua neff: hidden world fantasy
My friends & I are starting to design a "Hidden World" fantasy game--you know, like Changeling, only more narrativist (& less restrictions on the imagination). Basically, I want it to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Epoch, Mike Holmes, Uncle Dark, Mytholder.

10/5/2001 joshua neff: mildly disappointed
I just popped over to the Issaries website. Their revised production schedule has pushed the Lunar sourcebook back to next spring. Bloody hell! The one book I was looking forward…
In HeroQuest
Participants: joshua neff, pacific_steve, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2002 joshua neff: we got ourselves somethin' of a celebrity here!
Invisible City Productions mentioned our own Zak Arnston in their weblog: http://www.invisible-city.com/weblog/2002_01_01_ibs_archive.htm#8755415 Congrats, Zak!
In Indie Game Design
Participants: joshua neff, Jason L Blair, Zak Arntson.

2/17/2002 joshua neff: my own announcement
Okay, so this isn't nearly as cool as Raven having another Ravenbaby, but I'm damned excited... I got accepted into the Grad School at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for Library/Information Science!…
In Site Discussion
Participants: joshua neff, Valamir.

3/1/2002 joshua neff: Hellfire--a Sorcerer narrative
I finally started running Sorcerer. The first run isn't complete yet, but so far, this is the best gaming I've ever done. So I wanted to post about it. Set-Up…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/30/2002 joshua neff: epic sorcery (long & rambling)
I was in Borders the other day, & I found myself, as I often do, flipping through the Doctor Who novels. Doctor Who is one of my all-time favorite shows,…
In Adept Press
Participants: joshua neff, Uncle Dark, Paul Czege, Bailywolf, Clay, sdemory.

5/1/2002 joshua neff: demon cops!
As a reference for "The True History of the Planets", I bought Demon Cops. I wanted to see Ron's "anime Sorcerer", as a comparison & inspiration for my own "Sorcery…
In Adept Press
Participants: joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Valamir.

5/28/2002 joshua neff: Adventure! It's pulp-tastic!
The diabolical Sean Demory ran White Wolf's Adventure! for my group & me last night. It was wicked, killer fun. We enjoyed it so much, Sean & I decided to…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Joe Murphy (Broin), rabidchyld, sdemory.

6/11/2002 joshua neff: Sorcerer review at RPGnet
Eric Brennan has written a nice review of Sorcerer that's now up on RPGnet. Just so's ya know.
In Adept Press
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Balbinus, Paul Czege.

8/12/2002 joshua neff: first GenCon post
Yes, I'm getting here first, but with just a quick note. Basically, GenCon rocked the house & the neighbors' houses as well. It rocked the whole damn neighborhood. And the…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Trav, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Christopher Kubasik, sdemory, FruitSmack!, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Rich Forest, Mytholder, Michael S. Miller, Jürgen Mayer.

10/11/2002 joshua neff: trollbabe
[i]Trollbabe: The Adventures of Oga or The Game, The GM, His Girlfriend, & Her Character[/i] Last night, I ran Trollbabe for my girlfriend, Julie. The week before, we made her…
In Actual Play
Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Julie, Uncle Dark.

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