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10/28/2004 xiombarg: Unsung: PLAYTESTERS NEEDED
Okay, guys, I seriously need external playtesters for my upcoming game, Unsung. You can download everything you need to play from here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/rpg_workshop/2497.html The files are PDFs, and they're just…
In Connections
Participants: xiombarg, bcook1971, Ben Lehman.

8/30/2004 xiombarg: 9W errata?
I got my thank-you copy... And the game is very rockin'. But I'm curious if it's because I'm on a IBM PC or what, but a lot of the pages…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: xiombarg, Matt Snyder.

8/27/2004 xiombarg: Clark Ashton Smith
I've been trying to catch up on my "classic" S&S reading, and I've ended up reading a lot of Clark Ashton Smith stories, especially since most of them are available…
In Adept Press
Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Old_Scratch.

8/23/2004 xiombarg: DC Area Playtesters Needed
One of the cells of the top secret "Righteous Group" -- known to its members as simply "the RG" -- is just now finishing up its first mission, infiltrating and…
In Connections
Participants: xiombarg, Adorame, Vaxalon.

8/1/2004 xiombarg: LARP System: WRATH
So, here's the first draft of a LARP system I'm writing: http://xiombrag.tripod.com/WRATH.pdf I'm looking for comments from LARPers and non-LARPers alike. In particular, I'm interesting in: 1) Any obvious condradictions…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, PlotDevice, mindwanders, simon_hibbs, sirogit.

7/1/2004 xiombarg: stupid S&S questions
Okay, I'm sure there are threads that answer these questions, but my search-fu is poor today. 1. Okay, Pacts. If I understand this correctly, a Pact roll is exactly like…
In Adept Press
Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, greyorm, DannyK.

6/9/2004 xiombarg: Adventure Trade Organization
[url]http://www.rpgnews.com/article.php?sid=3291[/url] [url]http://www.rpgnews.com/article.php?sid=3294[/url] [url]http://www.adventuretrade.org/[/url] So, does anyone know anything about this? In particular, the man behind it, and how useful it's likely to be in actuality? I'm thinking if any of…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Shardmaster.

6/1/2004 xiombarg: layout tips
Two things... 1) Can anyone point me to a good resource, either here or elsewhere, on doing layout? I'm not talking about a free course telling you everything you need…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Clay, C. Edwards, Bob Goat, Weisshaupt.

6/1/2004 xiombarg: Unsung Done (kinda -- revised, certainly)
Well, as y'all know, I'm working on the for-pay version of my RPG, Unsung, and I'm looking for comments. At this point, I've done everything I can before layout and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Sydney Freedberg, Garbanzo.

5/21/2004 xiombarg: thought experiment
So, okay, I've been reading the version of the manuscript that Vincent sent me, and it's much clearer than the outline, that's for sure. I like the intro to the…
In lumpley games
Participants: xiombarg, lumpley, Emily Care, nikola.

5/20/2004 xiombarg: LARP and GNS: Narrativist techniques?
[size=9px](Note: Jargon ahead. And it's long. Continue at your own risk. Ewige blumenkraft.)[/size] Sometimes I feel like I'm the only LARPer on here. I know that's not true, so I'm…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: xiombarg, Andrew Morris, Blankshield, Matt, Ron Edwards, Merten, John Kim, iambenlehman, Erling Rognli, JamesSterrett, Eirik Fatland, Walt Freitag.

5/20/2004 xiombarg: timing of new releases
I'm curious what people think of the ideas in this blog entry: http://gamethink.blogspot.com/2004/05/publishing-schedules-picking-right.html Personally, I think the power of buzz cannot be underestimated, but it's worth noting that buzz is…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg.

5/18/2004 xiombarg: The Castle: A TRoS Mini-Setting
I came up with a little mini-setting for TROS that might interest some of y'all: http://www.livejournal.com/users/xiombarg/530091.html Obviously, chargen would have to be modified somehow to match this, perhaps by eliminating…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: xiombarg.

5/18/2004 xiombarg: [Unsung] Retirement System (and more)
Well, I'm working on the for-pay version of my RPG, Unsung, and I'm looking for comments. At this point, the game is technically playable: Introduction (mainly aimed at new roleplayers)…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

5/12/2004 xiombarg: scare quotes and "industry"
In a recent discussion my my Livejournal, one of the posters mentions something regarding "scare quotes" that I think is relevant to discourse here, as a sort of a footnote.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: xiombarg, John Kim, greyorm, ethan_greer, Asrogoth, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Rob Carriere, Andrew Norris, Mike Holmes, GMSkarka, Sean, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/12/2004 xiombarg: color print-on-demand
Well, it seems that booklocker can do color POD printing. It's pricer than rpgmall.com or lulu.com, but it might lower the barrier for people who want to do a full-color…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, hardcoremoose, madelf, Paul Czege, talysman.

5/10/2004 xiombarg: Forge Hubris, Part II
Jason might get mad at me for calling attention to this, but as it's a public post "on the record", I'd like to point it out: http://www.livejournal.com/users/jasonlblair/98591.html Regardless of what…
In Site Discussion
Participants: xiombarg, Dev, chadu, ethan_greer, clehrich, Valamir, Paka, Matt Wilson, Walt Freitag, John Harper, John Kim, Mark Johnson, joshua neff, Bankuei, Jason L Blair, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Sean, Dav, M. J. Young, Jack Aidley, Asrogoth.

5/7/2004 xiombarg: King of Life and other stupid questions
Okay, I've finally gotten around to starting to read the rules, and possibly run a game of this. I have two stupid questions: 1) What's the "King of Life"? Is…
In lumpley games
Participants: xiombarg, lumpley, bluegargantua.

4/28/2004 xiombarg: the "supplement treadmill"
Malcolm (eyebeams), as a freelancer for White Wolf (he can correct me if that's an incorrect way to refer to him in this context), made and interesting comment on another…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Pramas, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, FFG Greg, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, quozl, Erick Wujcik, ethan_greer, mearls, Lxndr, ryand, Paul Czege, Matt.

4/28/2004 xiombarg: customer fraud and e-publishing
I thought the following link might be of interest to y'all: When Your Customer Commits Fraud In essence, it goes over your rights, as a writer, regarding your customers, when…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Dev, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

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4/17/2005 xiombarg: Unsung Ready
Wahoo! I have my second commercial role-playing game entirely laid out at this point, in the form of a text-only beta. You can download a copy here: http://xiombrag.tripod.com/unsung.pdf If you…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Jasper, matthijs, paulkdad.

4/17/2005 xiombarg: Advertisement Swaps
As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm going to be publishing Unsung soon. I'd like to do an ad swap. Ads submitted to me for inclusion in the game would have to…
In Connections
Participants: xiombarg, daMoose_Neo.

4/25/2005 xiombarg: Unsung: Art Needed
So, as I mentioned elsewhere, I'm pretty far along with Unsung at this point. I need spot art. I'm talking clean, black-and-white line drawings, scanned in at 1200 dpi or…
In Connections
Participants: xiombarg.

9/30/2005 xiombarg: Unsung Unleased! My Publishing Experiences So Far
It might interest some of you to know that Unsung, a game I more or less have been developing here on the Forge since, like, forever (do a search on…
In Publishing
Participants: xiombarg, Dumirik, Mike Holmes, Jasper.

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