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2/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: GameStorm 2002
I've been signing up to run Donjon at all the Northwest conventions this spring, and just got the schedule for GameStorm 2002 (which isn't even up on their site yet.)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Armin D. Sykes.

2/22/2002 Ron Edwards: More fun with Trollbabe
Hello, Here are some more notions about Trollbabe. The biggest unit of play is "the Adventure," which is like a short story. It contains Scenes within it, and Scenes contain…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards.

2/22/2002 Mike Holmes: Mesopotamia Game
[quote]...Also, maybe we are thoroughly hijacking this thread and need a new one. [/quote] You were very right about the hijacking, so, here we are. [quote] I would be concerned…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mike Holmes, amiel, Mithras, contracycle, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Ever played SOAP? Reply here please!
Strange topic I imagine, but I need to know the names of all the people on the Forge over the last 1½ years who play(test)ed SOAP. I'm about ready to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, joshua neff, hardcoremoose, Dav, xiombarg.

2/22/2002 Dav: The Eternal Twilight
Okay, I finally got around and motivated enough to begin work on my new concept. Working title: The Eternal Twilight. System: Well then, the experience mechanic is directly tied to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dav, Ron Edwards, Matt, hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, RobMuadib, Jared A. Sorensen, Kenway, erithromycin, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Rod Anderson, contracycle.

2/22/2002 Christopher Kubasik: When Heroes Fail
James, Haven't yet played The Pool or TQB yet... But since it feels like a dream I had years ago made real, I believe I've got a handle on it.…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, James V. West, Bankuei, Gordon C. Landis, Rod Anderson, Blake Hutchins.

2/21/2002 GMSkarka: UnderWorld-y stuff
Just thought I'd share some links that folks have sent along to me, that are of interest to UnderWorld fans: An Automated UnderWorld Character Generator The Official Site of the…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: GMSkarka, Noel, Ben Morgan, Jürgen Mayer, Michael Newman, Adam, dimensional, Matt, BillionSix.

2/21/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Simulationsit Reality and Narrativist Reality
Oops. My bad. I just resurrected a thread Jesse had started eight months ago. My intention wasn't so much to give Jesse advice (I assume he'd probably dealt with the…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, A.Neill, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, joshua neff, Steve Dustin, jburneko, lumpley.

2/21/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Narrativism = few stats?
There's a simple subject line for y'all. A game like Sorceror has 4 stats. Donjon Krawl has about half a dozen. Is more than a few stats necessarily a bad…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr.

2/20/2002 jburneko: Abstract Premises
First off I'm using Premise in the narrow Narrativist Sense. I was thinking about Science Fiction and how it often has rather abstract Premises. One of the things that gets…
In RPG Theory
Participants: jburneko, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Seth L. Blumberg, contracycle, joshua neff.

2/20/2002 Zak Arntson: Donjon in Space
Okay, I don't know if Clinton or I will be writing Donjon in Space (or both of us), but it's something that will eventually happen. It's too cool not to.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bailywolf, Grex, Valamir, gizem, xiombarg.

2/20/2002 Zak Arntson: In-Progress - Alien Descent Team
Talking with Clinton about a space-age Donjon (which might become my Donjon supplement, we'll see), coupled with an inspiring mention from Jon Morris (of Ape-Law) about "Alien school", and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Garbanzo.

2/20/2002 Steve Dustin: Kitchen-sink setting::premise-good/bad/needs work?
Thought I'd shoot this game setting/premise by this forum to see what the reaction is. It's not even remotely original and borrows liberally from several sources, but (I'm hoping) it's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Steve Dustin, Mike Holmes, J B Bell.

2/20/2002 lumpley: Currency and Metagame &c vs. a Complete RPG
(There's been talk before about when and whether a game's complete, like Actually Finishing your RPG here.) So I've been designing some games and I've got some questions. I'll…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lumpley, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

2/20/2002 amiel: OT Visioncon
I know, wrong forum, but I don't know what the right one is. Is anyone from here going to be at Visioncon this weekend? -amiel
In Site Discussion
Participants: amiel.

2/20/2002 joe_llama: Outcast needs help
That's it. I quit playing RPG's. Well, not really quitting but taking a VERY long break. I guess part of this is GM burnout but it's not even half the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: joe_llama, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/20/2002 Bankuei: Fate & Tide (previously was Narrativist Mishmash game)
After playing Donjon Krawl, Dynasty Warriors 3 on the PS2, pulling ideas from the Pool, Sorcerer, and Scattershot, with some influence from Persona...here's a mechanic that was floating around in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, James V. West.

2/19/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: Diceless conversion quagmire
So there I was, trying to think of a scenario to run for AmberCon 2002 (see, GMs get preference over non-GMs when selecting games, and the popular games are damn…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Epoch, Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Torrent, Ron Edwards.

2/19/2002 lumpley: Another Sad Little Narrativist Vampire Game
This one looks very similar to the previous, but little changes in the stat names and relationships make a big (well, small, but still) difference in Premise. The two…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: lumpley, Bailywolf.

2/19/2002 GMSkarka: GAMA Trade Show 2002
OK...So, now we've had the discussion about who's going to be at GenCon '02 (not me, I'm skipping this year and taking a real, non-working vacation for the first time…
In Publishing
Participants: GMSkarka, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

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2/22/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: There and Back: a meta-system
A couple of months ago, I created a quick meta-system in these forums as a response to the Cheating Death thread in Indie Game Design. The goal was to provide…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Emily Care, Kenway, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/22/2002 Christopher Kubasik: The Narrativist Community
I have no idea where to dump this thread, so I'm putting it here. Whither GenCon? Sure, RPGs are where all our gaming concerns grew from. But when I read…
In Publishing
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, joshua neff, James V. West, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, mearls, Dav, wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards.

2/22/2002 Kenway: It Came From The Donjon!
Horror games would also work with DK rules. I'm thinking more of the shocks and crazy gunplay of Resident Evil rather than Call of Cthulhu. It was mentioned that DK…
In CRN Games
Participants: Kenway, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/22/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Heist!
Ocean's 11, The Sting, Snatch. Ever want to run a Caper Film game but couldn't find the right system? It's Donjon Heist! Make that roll, and you see the guards…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Kenway.

2/22/2002 James V. West: What's up.
Hey everyone! Just checking in with an update on what's going on with The Questing Beast, The Pool, and all my other scads of projects. - The Questing Beast will…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, hardcoremoose.

2/22/2002 Gordon C. Landis: System for multiple-roll scenes (and more)
A thread over in the Random Order Creations forum ("When Heroes Fail", http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1451) triggered me to write up a quick and rough summary of what I'm working on at the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, hardcoremoose, Bankuei, Joe Murphy (Broin).

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 lumpley: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
subtitle: But again with the vampires! Meguey, Emily Care and I played the World, the Flesh, and the Devil last night. It was cool. We'd made characters sometime in the…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Paul Czege, James V. West, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, furashgf, hardcoremoose.

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.

2/23/2002 mearls: Hardcore Gamist Design
I'm thinking of putting together what I think would qualify as a relentlessly gamist design. I don't even think it qualifies as an RPG, but we'll see. Here are a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: mearls, Valamir, Joe Murphy (Broin), Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan.

2/23/2002 J B Bell: Media Forum
This bboard has too many high-brow critics in it (including myself somewhat in that august company) to not have a media forum to cover TV, Movies, and written literature. Not…
In Site Discussion
Participants: J B Bell, Valamir.

2/24/2002 James V. West: Trollbabe- the feminine touch
I was just thinking...Trollbabe is the first rpg I've ever seen that actually limits you to one gender. So this seems to be a game that's all about girl power,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: James V. West, Valamir, Ben Morgan, Tim Denee, Dav, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2002 Tim Denee: Junk it!
Yeah! My website is up! Things I'd like comments on: The website's ability to function as a place to put my games, and as a website generally. It's my first…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim Denee, Matt, sdemory.

2/24/2002 Tim Denee: Donjon missiles
What's the deal with missiles in Donjon? Is it remaining the same as in the playtest rules? If the action was a missile attack, the winner rolls damage with his…
In CRN Games
Participants: Tim Denee, Clinton R. Nixon.

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.

2/24/2002 joe_llama: "...and they complain and complain and complain..."
Hi everyone, First of all, I'd like to thank Mike and Ralph for making me part of of the Universalis playtesting group. I see a lot of potential in this…
In Universalis
Participants: joe_llama, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

2/24/2002 mearls: Thoughts on Donjon Krawl
Jared spoke to me about Donjon Krawl last Wednesday, and I finally had a chance to read it over last night. Very interesting stuff. Anyway, some thoughts: * I love…
In CRN Games
Participants: mearls, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Kenway, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/24/2002 James V. West: The Premise of the Beast
I've been tackling one of the sticking points of The Questing Beast: what should a character actually do? No one has said much about it, but I felt like I…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Zak Arntson, Paul Czege, Zoetrope10, Gordon C. Landis, Henry Fitch, 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 Christopher Kubasik: I Want to Actually Play
If this is an inappropriate thread, I apologize ahead of time. I'm just getting back up to speed as a gamer. Don't have a group, just stocking up on the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, furashgf, Ben Morgan, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, joe_llama, jburneko, Mike Holmes.

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